Movera builds new specialist KYC team as part of ongoing growth

11 November 2025

Home moving brand Movera has created a new dedicated Know Your Client (KYC) team to manage source of funds processing and streamline the property transaction process for its conveyancers within the ONP Solicitors and Cavendish brands. Part of Movera’s commitment to revolutionising home-moving, the team is designed to free up the brand’s many property lawyers and allow them to focus on building client relationships and progressing transactions.

Source of funds checks are a crucial part of the property transaction process, but they can also be incredibly time consuming. By introducing a specially trained team to manage KYC, money laundering and source of funds, and liaise with the clients and donors directly, these checks can be started immediately and run simultaneously to the other elements of the process. Not only will this cut down transaction time, but it will also ensure that any issues are spotted by the assigned Source of Funds specialist quickly, preventing delays whilst reducing risk and complying with regulation.

Illustrating ongoing growth for the brand, each member of the team has been hired for their extensive experience in the financial sector and understanding of the due diligence required to perform the source of funds role effectively. The team will be led by Natalie Brown, Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer at Movera, who has over eleven years’ experience with the brand, and sits within the Operation Support arm of the business.

This specialist team will also be responsible for other KYC and money laundering elements of the transaction and utilise market leading technology from Thirdfort to ensure ONP clients are protected and that regulatory obligations complied with.

“Introducing a KYC team has transformed the transaction process for all our property lawyers, allowing them to focus on the job at hand while our KYC handlers make light work of the source of funds process,” commented Natalie Brown, KYC Manager and Deputy MLRO. “For many of our lawyers who have built strong relationships with their clients, investigating source of funds can also be a challenging distraction. With this new specialist team, our property lawyers can focus on prioritising their clients’ transactions and completions.”

Craig Underwood, Group COO at Movera said:

“We asked our property lawyers how we could improve the conveyancing process, streamline their client’s transactions and put more time back into their days. The feedback was unanimous that KYC, AML and source of funds processes were time consuming and introduced delays for their clients. Their feedback highlighted the difference it would make to output if we had a dedicated team to focus on this element of the process. We asked, we listened, and we’ve improved the process for both colleagues and clients.”