# Automate Your KYC Process with Kognitos

> Watch Kognitos automate a full KYC verification: extract data from an application, passport, and driver's license, cross-check name/DOB/address/passport number, and email an approval with risk level.

**Page**: https://www.kognitos.com/videos/automate-your-kyc-process-with-kognitos/
**Watch on YouTube**: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY5jmtq9cCg
**Length**: 7m 25s

## What's in this video

A 7.5-minute walkthrough of a Kognitos KYC automation. KYC processes are labour-intensive, error-prone, and slow customer onboarding when handled manually — this demo shows how an English-defined Kognitos process does the heavy lifting end-to-end.

## Documents the automation processes

- **KYC application form** — name, gender, marital status, date of birth, nationality, passport number, address, and a signature.
- **Passport** — the proof of identity for the demo applicant.
- **Driver's license** — the address verification document.

## What Kognitos does, step by step

- **Identify each file**: Kognitos recognises which document is the application, the passport, and the license without depending on filenames.
- **Field extraction**: extract the relevant fields from each document using OCR plus LLM-driven extraction.
- **Cross-document matching**: check that the name, gender, date of birth, address, and passport number agree across the three documents.
- **Decision**: approve or deny the KYC and set a risk level. In the demo: *Verification completed, risk level Low*.
- **Recordkeeping email**: email the operator a structured summary — every extracted field for each document, every per-field match check, the final KYC status, and the risk score.

## Where this scales next

The same English process extends naturally to sanctions and watchlist screening, PEP (Politically Exposed Person) checks, and ongoing monitoring — all by adding English steps and API calls rather than rebuilding the workflow.

## FAQs

**Q: Which documents does this KYC automation process?**

Three: the KYC application form (name, gender, marital status, date of birth, nationality, passport number, address), the applicant's passport (proof of identity), and the applicant's driver's license (address verification).


**Q: How does Kognitos validate the KYC application?**

It cross-checks the applicant's name, gender, date of birth, address, and passport number across all three documents. When every field matches, Kognitos marks the KYC verification as completed and assigns a risk level — Low in the demo.


**Q: What does the operator receive at the end of the run?**

An email containing every extracted field from each document, every per-field match check (name, gender, DOB, address, passport number), the final KYC verification status, and the risk level — a full recordkeeping packet ready for audit.


**Q: Can this be extended to sanctions, PEP, and ongoing monitoring?**

Yes. The video explicitly calls out that sanctions and watchlist screening, PEP checks, and ongoing monitoring can be added as additional English steps to the same Kognitos process — no separate platform required.