v1.3 — honest disclosure
Verification methodology
KeyBS Trust Intelligence supports supplier verification across 195 countries, with country-specific verification depth, registry availability, document intelligence, analyst review, and local-agent verification where required. We disclose the exact method and auto-approval rule for every country.
The five tiers
Tier 1 — Direct API
Direct API + instant registry
Mature digital company registry with real-time API or authoritative bulk feed. Beneficial-ownership data accessible. Court and sanctions data integrated. Verification typically completes in minutes.
Auto-approval policy: Allowed at high confidence.
Tier 2 — Structured registry
Structured web + registry scrape
Public registry exists with structured search but no commercial API. Verification combines automated scraping of official sources, PDF extraction, and document intelligence. Most filings are timely.
Auto-approval policy: Allowed at very high confidence only.
Tier 3 — Hybrid analyst-assisted
Hybrid analyst-assisted
Registry data is partial, paywalled, or fragmented across agencies. Verification mixes machine extraction with analyst review of corporate documents, tax IDs, and beneficial-ownership declarations.
Auto-approval policy: Not permitted. Analyst sign-off required.
Tier 4 — Analyst + documents
Analyst + document intelligence
No reliable public registry, or registry data is stale, missing, or inconsistent. Verification depends on supplier-provided documents, court records where available, and KYC analyst review.
Auto-approval policy: Never auto-approved.
Tier 5 — Local-agent verification
Local-agent on-the-ground
Sanctions, conflict, or absence of any functional registry infrastructure. Verification requires a vetted local agent to physically confirm premises, signatory identity, and operating status.
Auto-approval policy: Never auto-approved. Full sanctions + adverse-media check mandatory.
Auto-approval rules
Confidence is computed per request from registry signal strength, document quality, and corroborating sources. These thresholds are hard-coded in the orchestrator.
- Tier 1
Auto-approval permitted when registry confidence ≥ 0.90.
- Tier 2
Auto-approval permitted only at very high confidence (≥ 0.97).
- Tier 3
Never auto-approved. Analyst review mandatory.
- Tier 4
Never auto-approved. Analyst + document intelligence required.
- Tier 5
Never auto-approved. Local-agent on-the-ground verification mandatory.
Honest disclosure
Every country page surfaces its tier, what method is used, and whether auto-approval is permitted. Every verification request returns the tier, confidence score, and decision notes. We do not promise real-time results in countries where registry infrastructure does not exist.