World Check: What Is, How To Remove Your Data, What are the Lists
In this chapter, we will delve into the fundamentals of World Check Risk Intelligence.
Initially, we will define what World Check actually is.
Additionally, I will elucidate the origins of this contentious database, widely utilized globally in the fight against financial crimes, including money laundering and terrorism.
What is World Check?
WorldCheck is an extensive database, essentially a digital repository containing vast amounts of personal data.
It is employed by banks worldwide as both a risk intelligence and risk management tool, with the primary goal of assessing the financial reputation of individuals or companies.
Are your name or your brand listed in WorldCheck?
If so, it could mean significant hurdles in opening bank accounts or accessing credit facilities.
The Story
The true story of World Check, the one that no one has (yet) told you, revolves around 3 main protagonists and really has an incredible value.
Let’s see in detail who designed, developed and finally purchased World Check.
David Leppan
David Leppan is the South African entrepreneur who came up with the idea of creating World Check.
In fact, he is one of the most powerful men in the world, since he knows the secrets of other influential and wealthy men.
Trivia: live in this Ibiza house.
During an interview with the New York Times, Leppan revealed the background that led to the birth of World Check:
I created World-Check with my ex-wife in 2000.
I was 24 years old, I worked for Thomson Financial and I was sales manager in Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Austria.
At the time, there was a Swiss banking scandal over money transfers by the Nigerian general Sani Abacha.
I was on a business trip and several major banks began to ask us if Thomson Financial had an early warning database to help them understand the financial risks associated with their clients around the world.
At that moment I saw an opportunity and within a few months I created our company with the online database.
Nikolaus Kimla
If David Leppan was the mastermind, Nikolaus Kimla was the arm of World Check.
Through his company Uptime ITechnology has developed the entire IT platform that supports the WorldCheck database.
Austrian by birth, Kimla still deals (among other things) with programming and updating ever better versions of the database.
