One platform for faster, compliant onboarding
OnBoard by MVSI helps US payment providers, lenders, banks, and regulated businesses onboard faster without losing compliance control. As an end-to-end merchant onboarding and compliance platform, it brings digital onboarding, KYB, KYC, AML screening, underwriting, and ongoing due diligence (OCDD) into one system.
Built for faster merchant onboarding and stronger AML/CTF compliance in the US
The US market demands fast onboarding, but speed only works when it is defensible. OnBoard by MVSI helps teams move faster while maintaining strong controls across onboarding, verification, and decisioning in one merchant onboarding and compliance platform.
- Capture clean application data with smart digital forms
- Automate KYB, KYC, AML screening, and beneficial ownership checks
- Route applications through configurable risk and approval workflows
- Use OnBoard AIQ™ to interpret documents, validate inputs, and trigger next steps automatically
- Detect hidden website risk with AIQ SiteScanner™ for merchant and scheme exposure review
- Manage by exception so low risk cases move quickly
- Maintain ongoing customer due diligence (OCDD) from the same platform
- Support channel, partner, and white label onboarding at scale
From first application to ongoing monitoring
OnBoard by MVSI gives regulated businesses one connected onboarding workflow.
Smart Forms
Capture the right information upfront with dynamic, low-friction digital applications.
Offer & Contract Automation
Turn approved applications into completed commercial outcomes faster.
KYB, KYC & AML Screening
Verify entities, beneficial owners, sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media in one workflow.
OnBoard AIQ™
Read onboarding documents, extract structured data, validate inputs, and trigger next steps automatically.
AIQ SiteScanner
Detect hidden website risk, activity mismatches, redirects, cloaking, and potential scheme exposure.
Risk & Decisioning
Apply your rules in real time to approve, decline, or escalate applications.
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OCDD & Re-KYC
Keep customer records current and risk monitoring active after onboarding.
AML On Demand
Add expert operational support when volumes spike or complex cases need attention.
Why OnBoard by MVSI
stands apart
One platform. One compliance architecture
Built to support risk-based onboarding and ongoing compliance in the US
OnBoard by MVSI is an end-to-end merchant onboarding and compliance platform for regulated payments, fintech, and financial services, combining digital onboarding, KYB, KYC, AML screening, underwriting, and ongoing customer due diligence (OCDD) in one system. This architecture helps teams simplify compliance, improve auditability and governance, accelerate onboarding, and scale with confidence.
Designed for US merchant onboarding and compliance expectations
US regulated businesses need onboarding that supports strong customer due diligence, beneficial ownership understanding, sanctions screening, and defensible ongoing monitoring. When customer due diligence, sanctions checks, and risk review sit across disconnected processes, teams lose speed, consistency, and audit readiness at the point where decisions matter most. OnBoard by MVSI helps teams build workflows that align with the practical demands of the US BSA/AML environment, including FinCEN customer due diligence expectations and OFAC sanctions controls, while reducing manual effort, improving control, and supporting stronger audit readiness.
Risk-based onboarding that supports defensible decisioning
In the US, onboarding teams need to move quickly while maintaining a clear rationale for how risk was assessed and how each decision was made. OnBoard by MVSI helps businesses apply configurable risk rules, route exceptions intelligently, and maintain a clear record of approvals, escalations, and declines.
Beneficial ownership and entity verification in one workflow
US onboarding often requires more than basic business verification. OnBoard by MVSI helps teams verify entities, capture beneficial ownership information, and build stronger KYB workflows that support customer due diligence and more consistent onboarding outcomes.
Sanctions screening and higher enforcement expectations
Sanctions compliance is non-negotiable in the US market. OnBoard by MVSI helps automate sanctions, PEP, and adverse media checks within one workflow, helping teams reduce friction while maintaining stronger control across higher-risk customers and supporting FinCEN and OFAC-related compliance expectations.
Audit-ready workflows from application to approval
Fast onboarding is only valuable if it stands up to internal review and regulatory scrutiny. OnBoard by MVSI keeps verification steps, workflow actions, approval decisions, and compliance records in one system, helping teams maintain stronger visibility, clearer audit trails, and more consistent governance across onboarding.
Ongoing customer due diligence (OCDD) starts with stronger onboarding data
Strong monitoring depends on strong inputs. OnBoard by MVSI helps teams capture the information needed to support downstream monitoring and review, including business profile, expected activity, geography, KYC refresh, and ownership data. That makes it easier to connect onboarding decisions with ongoing due diligence over time.
Built for multiple channels, products, and operating models
US onboarding programs often span direct sales, partner channels, multiple products, and different risk settings. OnBoard by MVSI helps teams configure workflows that support those variations without rebuilding core compliance infrastructure each time.
Expert AML support for higher-volume and higher-risk onboarding
US payment providers often need extra compliance capacity without slowing approvals or overextending internal teams. With AML On Demand, OnBoard by MVSI gives teams access to expert verification support for complex cases, higher-risk merchants, and fluctuating onboarding volumes. That helps organizations maintain stronger control, support audit readiness, and keep onboarding moving under FinCEN and OFAC-related compliance expectations.
What teams improve with OnBoard by MVSI
Faster time to revenue
Reduce delays between application, approval, and activation with one connected workflow. Smart forms, automated verification, and real-time decisioning help merchants move forward faster.
Lower operational effort
Automate repeatable checks and reduce manual handoffs across sales, compliance, risk, and operations. Teams can focus expert review where judgement matters most.
Better conversion
Remove friction from forms, document collection, and internal follow-up. A smoother onboarding experience helps reduce drop-off and keeps commercial momentum moving.
Stronger control
Keep verification, workflows, decisions, and audit records in one place. That gives teams clearer
oversight, more consistent outcomes, and stronger compliance confidence.
More conversions.
Less drop-off.
OnBoard by MVSI helps regulated businesses reduce onboarding friction before it turns into lost revenue.
- Keep every application moving with shared visibility across sales, compliance, risk, and operations.
- Trigger reminders, follow-ups, and workflow actions automatically when progress stalls.
- Reduce friction, improve completion rates, and shorten the path from application to approved merchant.
Built for scale across channels, partners, and products
OnBoard by MVSI is designed as onboarding infrastructure, not a disconnected point solution. It helps regulated teams launch across brands, products, geographies, and partner channels without rebuilding the process each time. That means less operational drag, more consistency, and more confidence as volumes grow.
Compliance and security built for regulated onboarding
OnBoard by MVSI is designed for regulated onboarding environments where auditability, governance, and data handling matter as much as speed. Teams can manage verification, workflow actions, approval decisions, and ongoing customer due diligence in one system while supporting stronger operational oversight, clearer audit trails, and secure handling of onboarding data.
This gives payment providers, lenders, banks, and regulated businesses a more controlled foundation for KYB, KYC, AML screening, underwriting, and OCDD across the customer lifecycle.
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Here’s why businesses around the globe trust OnBoard
“OnBoard and MVSI has made an enormous difference to our business. Our onboarding process has never been as efficient, and we onboard clients 5-7 times faster than we have prior to using MVSI. Having the verifications team at MVSI assist our customers in AML compliance makes it painless for customers, and ensures we meet the requirements of KYC law for every account.”
“Venue Smart have been using OnBoard for KYC, AML, and credit checks for several years. Venue Smart is a franchise network and MVSI help to ensure a great deal of consistency across the onboarding of our merchants. Each application is seen to promptly and should there be any further clarification our team requires provide a detailed response. "
“As a technology company onboarding merchants across different industries, KYC and AML comes with its challenges. MVSI has perfected compliance within in the payments industry allowing a seamless experience for both the merchant and provider. The ongoing development, support and customisation of the platform has allowed us to reach new milestones year on year.”
"The verification team are great to work with, they understand the time constraint and importance of completing verifications within a strict deadline and communicate effectively. OnBoard solves the entire KYC of all our merchants and does it within a fast timeframe."
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Frequently asked questions
What does OnBoard by MVSI automate?
OnBoard by MVSI automates merchant onboarding and compliance workflows for regulated payments, fintech, and financial services. It brings digital onboarding, KYB, KYC, AML screening, underwriting, approval routing, contract generation, and ongoing customer due diligence (OCDD) into one system.
Is OnBoard by MVSI suitable for US merchant onboarding?
Yes. OnBoard by MVSI is designed to support end-to-end merchant onboarding for US regulated organizations that require robust KYB, beneficial ownership visibility, sanctions screening, configurable workflows, and ongoing compliance oversight, including support for FinCEN and OFAC-related onboarding controls.
Can OnBoard by MVSI support low touch or no touch onboarding?
Yes. Low-risk applications can move through automated workflows with management by exception, while higher-risk cases are routed for review.
Can we adapt workflows for different products or channels?
Yes. OnBoard by MVSI is configurable across brands, partner channels, products, geographies, languages, and risk settings.
Make onboarding a growth advantage
in the US
Give sales, compliance, and operations one connected onboarding workflow. Book a demo with our Denver team to see how OnBoard helps US regulated businesses move faster with confidence.
