uSonar Launches "DeepCheck" Business Partner Screening Service
Significantly Reduce Research Time with One-Stop Access to Corporate Registration Documents

uSonar Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Chairman: Nami Fukutomi; President: Katsuhito Nagatake; hereinafter "uSonar") is pleased to announce the launch of "DeepCheck," a new service designed to significantly reduce the operational burden on corporate sales and finance departments regarding business partner screening (compliance and creditworthiness checks). This definitive screening service provides a one-stop solution, including access to essential supporting documentation such as corporate registration records.
Given the increasing importance of business partner screening, including perspectives on economic security, uSonar—which has long provided "LBC," Japan's largest*1 corporate database—is now delivering "Deep Insights, Instantly."

In an era where corporate social responsibility is increasingly scrutinized, the process of checking and vetting new and existing business partners for compliance, creditworthiness, and payment status—collectively known as business partner screening (including compliance checks, anti-social force checks, and credit checks)—has become an essential task across a wide range of industries, particularly in finance and real estate.

Engaging with problematic entities can lead to difficulties in collecting accounts receivable and a decline in a company's own reputation, making this a critical business function. However, departments responsible for these checks face the challenge that "the more thoroughly one attempts to investigate, the more information sources must be consulted, resulting in enormous time and cost expenditures."

To address this, uSonar developed "DeepCheck," which instantly displays investigation results and supporting evidence derived from various information sources, significantly reducing the time and effort required for customer research.

Since April 2020, uSonar has provided the "Cautionary Company Flag"*2 as a reference for business partner screening. DeepCheck incorporates the expertise gained from this service, offering specialized information and features designed to support business partner screening operations.

The first release is an AppExchange application exclusively for Salesforce CRM/SFA. It allows users to instantly check whether companies listed in Salesforce account/lead objects are flagged as cautionary. There are no limits on the number of checks performed.

Key Information Available via DeepCheck
・ Details of Cautionary Information (Categories, Primary Grounds) and Related Articles
・ Basic Attributes of the Target Company
・ Positive and Negative Story Profiles of the Target Company
・ Credit Rating of the Target Company and Its Position within the Entire LBC Corporate Database
・ Cautionary Information Linked to Group Companies of the Target Company
・ News Releases and Related Information Regarding the Target Company
・ Research Analyst Blog (Occasional Research Topics, Logic, and Insightful Perspectives)

How to Use DeepCheck
・ Store Cautionary Information in Salesforce for Use in Reporting and Other Tasks
・ Set Custom "No-Transaction" Flags for Target Companies
・ Use as a Reference for Determining Transaction Eligibility at the Group Level (Including Verification of Non-Affiliated Companies Held by Representatives or Executives)
・ Instantly Obtain Corporate Registration Information for Target Companies (Industry-Leading Low Pricing, Integrated with Touki Sonar*3)

The breadth and depth of information sources are critical for effective business partner screening.
For instance, screening based solely on information collected via internet searches, such as news reports, often results in inadequate checks because older information is frequently removed.
uSonar possesses not only internet-based information and corporate numbers published by the National Tax Agency but also public records that are costly and time-consuming to obtain, such as nationwide commercial registrations. Furthermore, since our establishment in 1990, we have accumulated a vast repository of corporate data dating back to the pre-internet era, which we synthesize to evaluate information.
We consider this a practical application of OSINT*4, an intelligence methodology that has gained significant international attention in recent years.
Our clients frequently express their appreciation, noting that "uSonar's data often uncovers risks that were previously undetectable."

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*1 Japan's Largest: Based on our internal research regarding the number of head office and branch location data points held for Japanese companies (as of January 21, 2025)
https://usonar.co.jp/service/usonar/index.php#serviceLbc

*2 Cautionary Company Flag: This is a reference indicator based on various public information sources available to us and is not definitive information. Please use it as a reference for determining whether to proceed with a transaction.

*3 Touki Sonar: Details https://usonar.co.jp/news/20240731_710.html

*4 OSINT: Abbreviation for Open-Source Intelligence. A methodology for analyzing and combining publicly available information.

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For Inquiries Regarding This Matter:
uSonar Co., Ltd. Public Relations (Hiyama, Sawada)
Email: ir@usonar.co.jp