# What is CIP vs CDD vs EDD in UAE? **URL:** \ **Category:** UAE\ **Created:** [October 17, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://www.amlfaqs.com/t/what-is-cip-vs-cdd-vs-edd-in-uae/363 "2024-10-17T10:27:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
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What is CIP vs CDD vs EDD? ---
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Customer Identification Program (CIP) is the process that involves identification of customers and the verification of their identities. CIP is also known as Know Your Customer (KYC). Customer Due Diligence (CDD) involves CIP, name screening, Customer Risk Assessment, and other measures to help businesses understand the identities of their customers as well as the financial crime risks they pose, to adopt risk mitigation measures accordingly. Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) is the more stringent version of CDD, applied on customers that have been categorised as high-risk. CIP, CDD and EDD are part of the Anti-Money Laundering, Combating the Financing of Terrorism And Countering Proliferation Financing (AML/CFT/CPF) compliance programs of businesses regulated under the AML/CFT/CPF laws of a country. To learn more about customer identification, check out our blog here: > **[Customer Identification – A Critical Component of AML Compliance](https://amluae.com/customer-identification-a-critical-component-of-aml-compliance/)** > > Customer Identification is one of the basic steps that banks, DNFBPs, and financial institutions must follow to verify the identity of the prospective customers.