Italian KYB is built on the Registro delle Imprese, administered by the provincial Chambers of Commerce and centralised digitally through InfoCamere. Companies are identified by their Codice Fiscale and Partita IVA, and the SRL (società a responsabilità limitata) is the dominant private form. A new beneficial-ownership register (titolare effettivo) has been brought online to complement the commercial record.
Business verification (KYB)
First Mile Labs retrieves the Registro delle Imprese visura — legal form, registered office, share capital, directors (amministratori), and legal representatives — via the InfoCamere data keyed to the Codice Fiscale and Partita IVA. Beneficial ownership is drawn from the titolare effettivo register where available, and the registered officers are reconciled against the application form, with Italian-language filings processed in the original.
Identity verification (IDV)
Italian directors and beneficial owners are verified using the Carta d'Identità Elettronica (CIE) or passport, with document authentication, liveness, and face-match. The Italian driving licence (patente) is accepted as a secondary document, and non-nationals resident in Italy are verified via their permesso di soggiorno.
Sanctions, PEP & adverse media (AML)
Italian entities and individuals are screened against the EU consolidated list, UN, OFAC, and national measures, with PEP and adverse-media checks running continuously. Italy's elevated organised-crime and PEP exposure makes adverse-media screening particularly valuable here.
From our compliance team
Italy is data-rich but governance-complex. The visura gives you a clean commercial record, but Italian companies frequently use elaborate director and proxy arrangements, and beneficial ownership can be obscured behind family holdings and fiduciary (fiduciaria) structures. We lean hard on adverse-media and PEP screening here and treat the titolare effettivo filing as a starting point for ownership, not the final word.
Italy onboarding — FAQ
Who administers the Italian company register?
The Registro delle Imprese is run by the provincial Chambers of Commerce and centralised digitally through InfoCamere. First Mile Labs retrieves the structured visura keyed to the company's Codice Fiscale and Partita IVA.
Does Italy have a beneficial-ownership register?
Yes — the titolare effettivo register has been brought online to complement the commercial record. The platform draws beneficial ownership from it where available and reconciles it against the registered directors.
Why is adverse-media screening emphasised for Italy?
Italy's higher organised-crime and PEP exposure, combined with the common use of fiduciary and family-holding structures, makes adverse-media and PEP checks an important complement to the registry data rather than an afterthought.
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Onboarding customers in Italy?
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