For Estate Agents

    Stop chasing passports. AML checks in 5 minutes.

    Your buyers already proved their identity to Coinbase, Kraken, or their bank. Why make them do it again? WhyAML lets you use that proof — no passports, no filing cabinets, no data to breach.

    MLR 2017 CompliantZero Documents StoredPatent Protected
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    Estate agent at desk, relaxed, no paperwork chaos. Modern office, laptop open. NOT stressed - confident. The visual promise: AML that doesn't slow you down.
    170
    UK estate agencies fined in just 6 months
    April - September 2025. £835K in penalties. Source: HMRC.

    Sound familiar?

    You became an agent to close deals - not to chase paperwork.

    Estate agent, Manchester
    "Three emails, a phone call, still waiting. The buyer's getting cold feet, the seller's losing patience, and I'm stuck chasing a passport copy that should never have been my job to chase."

    Sound familiar?

    See how WhyAML solves this
    Agent at desk, phone in hand, visibly waiting. Mid-forties, professional but tired.

    There's a better way.

    Why small firms are squeezed

    Two pressures. One small agency in the middle.

    Pressure 1 - The regulations

    Rules written for banks. Run by 5.7 million small firms.

    HMRC treats a two-person estate agency the same as HSBC. Same Money Laundering Regulations. Same liability. Same fines.

    8,335 large corporations. 5.7 million small firms. One rulebook - written for the first group.

    Scales of regulation, unbalanced - rules written for banks now run by high-street firms
    Pressure 2 - The software industry

    Built for banks. Sold to you.

    SmartSearch, Thirdfort, Credas, Xama, Veriphy - they built ten-product compliance suites for Tier 1 buyers. Selfies, liveness, document scans, video calls, source-of-funds, e-signing.

    You pay enterprise prices for features you don't need, to satisfy rules written for someone else. The industry kept the prices. You got the admin.

    One size does not fit all - bank-grade software sold to small firms
    What does HMRC actually ask for?

    One reliable source. That's it.

    Regulation 28, MLR 2017

    "Verify the customer's identity on the basis of documents or information obtained from a reliable source which is independent of the person whose identity is being verified."

    It does not say passport plus utility bill. It does not say selfie. It does not say app download. It says: a reliable, independent source. A Tier 1 bank is one. A regulated exchange is one. Your buyer already has a verified account at one. WhyAML's Witness Model verifies they control it.

    The WhyAML Difference

    Your client does the work. You get the proof.

    Illustration: buyer at screen with a Coinbase/Kraken verified tick. Signal of identity already proven.
    01

    Coinbase already verified your buyer.

    Kraken checked their passport. These institutions spent millions proving that person is real.

    Illustration: pile of duplicated passport copies with a question mark. Signal of pointless repetition.
    02

    Why do it again?

    The proof already exists. Asking for passport copies adds risk, admin, and delay, and stalls your deal.

    Illustration: compliance certificate with a tick, client smiling holding their passport. Signal of everyone wins.
    03

    WhyAML proves they control it.

    You get a compliance certificate. They keep their passport. Everyone gets back to the sale.

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    What you actually get

    Not just verification - protection.

    Six pillars of WhyAML: verified behavioural data, institutional connection history, insurance track record, regulatory precedent, patent protection, only method that gets better with age

    Verified Behavioural Data

    Real signals from how your client uses verified accounts over time, not a static passport scan. Transaction patterns, dormancy periods, institutional connections - data that cannot be synthesised or faked.

    The argument
    Why AML?

    5.7M firms face the same burden as Barclays. Read the full story.

    Problem solved
    Client won't send passport?

    The deal doesn't have to stall. There's another way.

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    Frequently asked questions

    Legal compliance, how it works, getting started.

    You're not alone

    You sell property.
    You're not in the document business.

    170 agencies fined in 6 months. Same fines as the big chains. Same paperwork burden. Same liability. Rules written for 8,335 large corporations - run by the 99.9%.

    A different way is already here.

    Every account that opens with us makes it more visible.

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    Ready to stop chasing documents?

    No contract. No documents to store. Verification your clients complete in 5 minutes.

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