About us
Who We Are
We are Aiming to Improve KYC Process across the Industry
We are aiming to improve the KYC process by facilitating both banks and asset managers to seamlessly share information and documents in a secure platform through the full client lifecycle from onboarding through to recertification and off-boarding.
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Our Team
Gerhard Kronsteiner
Product Owner of KYC Platform
A highly experienced Senior Business Leader commanding a wealth of 20 years experience within the Finance and Banking arena.
Focusing on process improvement as Managing Director of a global tier 1 bank. Together with a number of financial institutions was writing a KYC document collection standard.
Set up KYC Platform.uk, powered by Saphyre, in 2024 with the aim to improve the operational excellence of the document collection and wider KYC processes.
Gerhard is Global Head of Client Solutions and product owner of KYC Platform at Saphyre.
Living with his family in London, UK.
Gabino Roche
Board of Directors
CEO of Saphyre, the owner of KYC Platform.
Gabino has 20+ years of experience in banking processes, including extensive knowledge of the KYC process. Before founding Saphyre, Gabino worked at McKinsey, NYSE and JP Morgan.
Louis Machuca
Board of Directors
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saphyre, Inc, parent company of Saphyre UK.
Louis has extensive banking experience globally and is currently board member of a number of companies, including a US bank.
Stephen Roche
Board of Directors
Co-founder of Saphyre Inc, the parent company owning KYC Platfom.
Stephen has deep knowledge of the corporate business having worked at AT&T with Fortune 1000 companies. He is very familiar of the requirements of relationship management and KYC from a corporate perspective.
Mission and Values
KYC Platform is proud to be UK based. Our mission statement and core values drive our decision making process.
KYC Platform’s mission statement is to ‘radically improve the quality and availability of KYC data enabling the financial services industry to meet regulatory standards in a timely and efficient manner’
KYC Platform is Built on Five Core Values
Honesty
We believe that a transparent and honest operating environment will enhance the financial services industry.
Reliability
We aim to build successful business relationships based on trust and outstanding performance.
Teamwork
We respect and value all those with whom we work and believe that through effective teamwork we are stronger.
100% Client focus
We focus relentlessly on our clients and their long term, strategic requirements.
Sustainability
We are socially and environmentally responsible.
Our office is and our staff will remain based in the UK.
Our Goal
KYC Platform’s vision is to promote a safe, and operationally efficient, financial system. Our independent status as collaborative platform and highly efficient workflows will radically change the KYC data collection across the UK industry. KYC Platform’s objective is to create long lasting and successful business relationships based on an industry leading KYC process.
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Our Future
After the success of KYC UK Platform we aim to extend a successful business to a global approach, including international regulatory and credit topics.
