Due Diligence For High-Risk Articles

Enhanced Due Diligence for High-Risk Contractors: What Triggers EDD and How to Conduct It

High-risk contractor onboarding often breaks in one of two ways. Teams either send every edge case to Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), or they keep stretching baseline checks past the point where those checks can answer the real risk question. The practical rule is simpler: start with Customer Due Diligence (CDD), then escalate only when standard review cannot explain or mitigate the remaining risk.