Your AI KYC tool won’t save you in an auditSouth African companies are buying AI-powered compliance tools faster than they’re reading the regulation those tools are supposed to satisfy. KYC products are being sold on faster onboarding, lower friction, and better UX. A model that produces an output without a traceable, human-readable rationale isn’t a compliance tool. Buying an AI KYC product is not a compliance programme. They’re the ones that deployed it with rigour, as a tool that makes their compliance programme faster, sharper, and more defensible.