SCOPE FinTech Solutions and Yes-co entered into a partnership in September 2020. Thanks to this partnership, the CDD On Demand solution has been integrated into Yes-co’s software for real estate agents. This makes Yes-co the first provider to offer real estate agents an integrated solution for complying with the obligations arising from the AML Act and the Sanctions Act.
Can you tell a little about yourself and your role within Yes-co?
“I’ve been working at Yes-co for 13 years now. I started out at a sister company, and through that company, I ended up at Yes-co as a customer support representative. In that role, I mainly helped real estate agents when they had questions about the software. From there, I gradually moved more into the sales side, and I’m currently the sales and support manager. I enjoy this role because it allows me to hear about the issues that come up in support, stay in close contact with customers, and at the same time address those issues through sales.”
When was Yes-co founded? And how many employees does Yes-co currently have?
“Yes-co was founded in 2006, and we currently have 8 full-time employees. The Nationale Hypotheekbond is a sister company of Yes-co that employs 40 people. We work very closely together, and our collaboration is becoming increasingly integrated; we’re also based at their office, so you could actually say we have nearly 50 employees.”
Can you explain what Yes-co does for real estate agents?
“Yes-co is a CRM system for real estate agents. With our system, real estate agents can keep track of their contacts, properties, and case files, and use the software to perform all kinds of additional tasks—whether or not involving external parties—such as creating brochures, digitally signing documents, generating a digital closing report, and conducting AML and UBO checks. We want all these actions to be initiated from within Yes-co and to be recorded back in the system, thereby completely taking the burden off the real estate agent. Of course, properties can be published directly from our system to platforms such as Funda, Jaap, Huislijn, Pararius, Realnext, Ventu, and others. The Yes-co system is truly a one-stop-shop!”
How many brokers are currently using Yes-co's CRM system?
“Yes-co currently has 300 to 350 users.”
How did incorporating a Wwft check become an agenda item, and how did Yes-co end up with SCOPE FinTech?
“Because we want real estate agents to be able to easily handle everything in our system, and because the NVM also emphasizes the importance of AML for real estate agents, we began considering how to integrate an AML check into our software. We explored various options for this, such as developing it ourselves or partnering with another company. This led us fairly quickly to SCOPE FinTech Solutions and another provider. Since SCOPE also has experience with CRM systems, we hit it off right away, and we were impressed by the features of the CDD On Demand solution.”
Why did you choose SCOPE FinTech Solutions?
"We chose SCOPE partly because the API connection was very complete and it worked quickly. Moreover, we didn't think it was necessary to reinvent the wheel ourselves when there is a party that has a good solution."
How did the collaboration go?
"The cooperation with SCOPE went very smoothly. We had good contact with the technical department and communication was also very smooth from SCOPE sales. If there were any questions, they were handled quickly and competently. As a result, the whole integration process went very smoothly and the API connection worked very quickly."
How many of your clients use SCOPE FinTech Solutions' Wwft check?
“At least half of our clients use the AML check from CDD On Demand. Our software includes a built-in app store that allows real estate agents to enable or disable additional system features. One of these additional options is the AML check from CDD On Demand. We strongly advise our clients to use this feature, because the Tax and Customs Administration is handing out a lot of fines, and those fines are no small matter.”
Are you getting positive feedback from clients about SCOPE FinTech Solutions' Wwft check?
"We get a lot of positive feedback from customers; there are even customers who wonder if the checks are real because it works so quickly and easily. Many customers also like the report that can be downloaded. Mainly that it works quickly and simply and that it is so well integrated we get to hear a lot."
