Modern technology has brought in a lot of new innovations in banking which have provided convenience across the board. One such innovation is the E-KYC process. Under the electronic know-your-customer (e-KYC) scheme, customers can open a bank account online based on just their Aadhar card. While the physical KYC process takes five-seven working days, the time would be reduced to three days in the case of e-KYC. Using this will also mean less documentation for insurance companies and customers.   Be it opening banking accounts or buying insurance policies, as the e-KYC becomes mandatory, the complete documentation procedure becomes faster, which eventually helps the banks, insurers, customers and the policy holders. Apart from that, the procedure is entirely paperless and it also takes the least turnaround time for the insurance companies and the banks, which eventually makes the service better. Accordingly, it has been decided to accept E-KYC service as a valid process for KYC verification under Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005. Further, the information containing demographic details and photographs made available from UIDAI as a result of e-KYC process (which is in an electronic form and accessible so as to be usable for a subsequent reference) may be treated as an ‘Officially Valid Document’ under PML Rules.