Know Your Customer- Building KYC Workflows with Netflix Conductor

Know Your Customer (KYC) workflows are crucial for banks and financial services to comply with regulations aimed at combating money laundering and other illegal activities. These workflows involve collecting and validating extensive customer information to assign risk and customer classes and tailor services accordingly. The article explains how to implement KYC workflows using Conductor, an open-source microservice and workflow orchestration framework, and the Orkes Developer Edition for hosting workflows. By following the tutorial, users can locally build and test a KYC workflow using Docker and other tools before deploying it on AWS with the necessary backend infrastructure. Despite some initial challenges, such as the lack of persistent storage in the default setup, Conductor allows developers to automate processes across microservices effectively. The article emphasizes Conductor's capability to orchestrate complex workflows and suggests trying out its features through the Orkes Developer Edition or Orkes Cloud for a fully managed service.