Trust, established on the record.
Bulca & Partners verifies who a counterparty, client or candidate actually is, and documents it so the decision can be explained to a committee, an auditor or a regulator years later. Scope, depth and format are set by your requirement, not by a fixed product.
Illustrative analyst note: a disclosed political relationship requires context. Political exposure alone is not evidence of wrongdoing; the decision remains with the client.
Summary views, board packs, full narrative reports or a structured feed, we produce whichever suits how your team reviews and files evidence.
Read an illustrative report →Three things a diligence file has to do.
Establish identity
Confirm the person or company exists as described, at the registry, in the licence, on the filing.
Surface what matters
Separate a genuine concern from a name collision, and state how confident we are in each finding.
Stand up later
Leave a cited, dated record that defends the decision long after everyone involved has moved on.
Twelve checks, in three groups.
All services →Engage us the way your process actually runs.
Nothing here is a fixed package. Each model is a starting point we shape around your policy, volumes and reporting lines.
Single engagement
One subject, one decision. Scope and fee agreed before work starts, with the depth set by what the decision needs.
Suits transactions, onboarding exceptions and senior hires.Programme
Recurring checks against your own policy tiers, with agreed service levels, review cadence and a single point of contact.
Suits onboarding pipelines, supplier and portfolio reviews.Embedded support
Analyst capacity alongside your team for a defined period, remediation, backlog clearance, or cover during a build-out.
Suits remediation programmes and lean compliance functions.A clear account of the work behind each finding.
Understand what was checked, how the sources were assessed and where the evidence leaves a question open.
Judgement, not a score
Automation retrieves and translates. An analyst decides what it means and signs it.
Sources assessed in context
The relevance, reliability and limitations of each source inform the assessment.
Scope agreed up front
Fee and timeline confirmed before work starts, and re-agreed with you if the scope has to move.
Defensible after the fact
Findings linked to dated sources, with follow-up and audit-support requirements agreed in the engagement.
Teams that have to justify a decision afterwards.
Banks & financial institutions
EDD for correspondent, private and commercial banking files that face regulatory review.
Fintech & payments
Merchant and partner checks at onboarding speed, without abandoning the audit trail.
Crypto & VASPs
Counterparty and treasury diligence where corporate records are thin and jurisdictions shift.
Law firms
Research support for disputes, asset recovery and client intake, with confidentiality and any privilege considerations addressed by instructing counsel.
Investors & M&A
Integrity diligence on founders, sellers and co-investors before terms are signed.
Procurement & third-party risk
Supplier and agent checks proportionate to spend, exposure and the market involved.
Standards we work to
Our Code of Conduct →Lawful research methods
Respect for lawful access and the people behind the records.
Evidence-led assessment
Sources, context and uncertainty made clear.
Defined scope and purpose
Research shaped around the decision it supports.
Human judgment
Findings assessed by people, with technology in support.
Start with the question, not a contract.
Tell us the jurisdiction and the decision the research supports, without sharing subject details. We will discuss scope, fees, timing and confidentiality before the work begins.