Stop music fraud before it's paid out
Fraud costs the music industry billions. Protect your business and your artists by ensuring payouts go to legitimate rights holders. Robust Know Your Artist (KYA) protections combine ID verification, watchlist screening, and adaptive risk-based workflows so you can flag risks, prevent fraudulent payouts, and strengthen trust in your recipients.
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Topic: Fighting music industry fraud at the source: How a new "Know Your Artist" approach is putting more money in the right pockets
📅 April 29, 2025
🕒 8AM PST | 11AM EST | 4PM GMT | 5PM CET
📍 Online | In collaboration with Music Ally
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How a KYA process with Trolley works
Know Your Artist protections help you stop fraudulent payouts before they happen by verifying artist identities, screening for risks, and automating fraud detection. Here’s how:
Verify artist identities with confidence
Proactively screen for high-risk accounts
Reduce risk with intelligent workflows
Build IP protection into every payout
Got KYA questions?
Who benefits from KYA?
KYA is designed for music businesses that handle royalties and need to prevent fraud and protect the artists they work with. If your DSP, distributor, publisher, or record label needs stronger fraud prevention, KYA ensures that legitimate artists are paid securely while bad actors are kept out.
How does KYA differ from traditional fraud prevention?
KYA goes beyond standard artist verification by incorporating ID verification for musicians, watchlist screening, and intelligent fraud detection technology designed for payout security. Adaptive risk-based workflows ensure bad actors are flagged, and payouts are held until you can act on them. If a previously banned individual attempts to create a new account using the same name, tax ID number, or bank account, they will be flagged for review within 24 hours.
Does this slow down artist payments?
Not by a single second! Automated verification ensures legitimate artists are paid securely, while fraudulent accounts are blocked. Trolley’s global payment network leverages direct-to-bank payouts through SWIFT wires, ACH, IACH, EFT, and various local routes. Real-time tracking and automated approval workflows provide transparency and efficiency, ensuring security doesn’t come at the expense of speed—artists get paid quickly and safely.
What if we already have fraud detection tools?
Centralizing IDV and other fraud prevention data with payment information in one system minimizes risk and ensures accurate payouts, helping you maintain compliance and protect revenue streams. That said, Trolley's modularity and API-first infrastructure ensures it can work on top of your existing risk tools, providing specialized verification tools designed for music industry payouts.
What are the best practices for artist verification?
A robust artist identity verification process should include government-issued ID checks, watchlist screening, fraud detection algorithms, and risk-based workflows—all of which are built into Trolley’s platform.
How can I get started?
Save your spot for our upcoming Music Ally KYA webinar
Whether you’re a manager, DSP, distributor, label, PRO, or publisher, this session is for you.
Here’s what you’ll walk away with:
- An understanding of common types of music industry fraud and their impact on businesses and creators
- Insights into the tools and technologies available to identify and mitigate fraud
- Practical strategies for implementing KYA processes to protect your business and ensure trust between you and your artists
- Actionable insights into how you can protect your artists, improve royalty accuracy, and strengthen trust across the music payment chain
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📅 April 29, 2025
🕒 8AM PST | 11AM EST | 4PM GMT | 5PM CET
📍 Online | In collaboration with Music Ally
