The Encompass story: Fighting financial crime since 2012

Following the successful exit of their big data visualization company, our founders, Wayne Johnson and Roger Carson, became investors. One of those investments proved costly, as they became victims of financial crime.

Information on the parties involved that would have flagged this risk was available but inefficient and manual processes meant it was overlooked. With a clear and comprehensive picture of these parties, Wayne and Roger would have walked away from the deal.

This experience led them to set up Encompass with the mission of enabling banks to create and maintain the identity of their corporate clients to create business opportunities, prevent financial crime and reduce regulatory risk.

KYC has since become more complex and a significant differentiator for those who get it right. Client expectations are high, and corporate and institutional banks that can accurately verify the identity of clients faster than their peers have an important advantage.

This led to the launch in February 2025 of our new Corporate Digital Identity (CDI) platform, EC360 to enable fast and flawless identity validation and verification of corporate clients. For the first time, publicly available and private client information are combined to create a reusable holistic view of clients.

CDI represents a unique opportunity to elevate customer experience, streamline operations, and improve risk management. Now, with EC360 and our suite of EC solutions, banks can deliver the consumer-class service that corporate clients expect.

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