Run Tranche 2 client checks from your Xero contacts
How it works
- Connect Xero. An owner or the compliance officer opens Integrations, presses Connect Xero and approves read-only access in Xero.
- Pick your clients. Open Clients and press Import from Xero. Your Xero customers are listed. Tick the ones who are your clients, and say which service you provide to them and how they will verify.
- Import. Press Import. ScreenlyyID creates a client file for each. Nothing is emailed to anyone, and no checks start until you start them.
- Run the checks. Send each client a secure link for ID and beneficial owner checks, with PEP and sanctions screening, from the client file. An Open in Xero button takes you back to the contact in Xero.
The step-by-step version, with the exact menus and buttons, is the Xero set-up guide.
What syncs, and what does not
| Data | Direction | When and how |
|---|---|---|
| Customer contacts: name, first and last name, ABN (tax number), email, phone, address | Xero to ScreenlyyID | Read about every 15 minutes, or when you press Read from Xero now. Only contacts Xero marks as customers. They wait in a list until you pick them. |
| Organisation name and short code | Xero to ScreenlyyID | When you connect. Used to show which organisation is connected and to build the Open in Xero link. |
| The contacts you pick | Becomes a client in ScreenlyyID | Only when you press Import. Matched by ABN, so a contact is linked to an existing client rather than duplicated. |
| Later changes to an imported contact in Xero | Flagged in ScreenlyyID | Shown as Changed in Xero. The client record is never overwritten, because it is your due diligence evidence. |
| Anything from ScreenlyyID to Xero | None | ScreenlyyID writes nothing to Xero: no notes, tags, statuses, risk ratings or check results. |
Permissions
ScreenlyyID asks Xero for read access to contacts and read access to organisation settings, and nothing else. It does not use the sign-in you have for ScreenlyyID: people still sign in to ScreenlyyID with their own password and authenticator code.
Where the data is kept
ScreenlyyID Compliance is hosted in Sydney, Australia. Access tokens, and the contact details waiting to be imported, are stored encrypted. Details of a contact you import become part of that client's file in ScreenlyyID, like any client you add by hand.
How to disconnect
An owner or the compliance officer opens Integrations and presses Disconnect. You can also remove ScreenlyyID's access from Xero's connected apps. Either way, new contacts stop coming in. Clients you already imported stay.
Who it is for
Accounting practices and bookkeepers that keep their client list in Xero. Your Xero customers are the natural starting point for Tranche 2 customer due diligence, so you do not retype each one. See Tranche 2 AML software for accountants. Other Tranche 2 firms, such as law firms and conveyancers, can use the integration if they bill their clients through Xero.
What you still do in ScreenlyyID
Xero is where your client list lives. It does not verify identity or screen anyone. In ScreenlyyID you still do the work AUSTRAC expects: client and beneficial owner due diligence, ongoing PEP and sanctions monitoring, your AML/CTF program and the records. See the Tranche 2 compliance overview and pricing, or read how to run Tranche 2 AML checks for your Xero clients.
Questions accountants ask about the Xero integration
Does it change my Xero data?
No. ScreenlyyID only reads. The only permissions it asks Xero for are read access to your contacts and read access to your organisation's settings, and it writes nothing back: no notes, tags, statuses or check results.
Which Xero data does ScreenlyyID see?
Your customer contacts: the name, first and last name, tax number (ABN), email, phone and address Xero holds for each contact that Xero marks as a customer. It also reads your organisation's name and short code, to show which organisation is connected and to build the Open in Xero link. It cannot see invoices, bank feeds, payroll or reports, because it is not given those permissions.
Does it work with Xero Practice Manager?
ScreenlyyID connects to a Xero accounting organisation and reads that organisation's contacts. It does not read client records held in Xero Practice Manager. One Xero organisation can be connected to each ScreenlyyID firm.
Which plans include it?
The Solo and Practice plans. The Free plan does not include the Xero connection; you can upgrade at any time and connect straight away. See Tranche 2 pricing.
What happens if I disconnect?
ScreenlyyID disconnects the organisation at Xero, deletes the access tokens and deletes any contacts that were waiting to be imported. Clients you have already imported stay, because a client record is evidence of the checks you did. The Open in Xero link on those clients goes away.
Is it on the Xero App Store?
Not yet. We are working on a listing. Until then you connect Xero from inside ScreenlyyID, using the standard Xero approval screen, and you can remove ScreenlyyID's access at any time from Xero's connected apps.
General information, not legal advice. Xero is a trademark of Xero Limited. ScreenlyyID is not affiliated with or endorsed by Xero.
Connect Xero to your Tranche 2 checks
Included on the Solo and Practice plans.