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Screening

Identify high-risk clients easily

Manage the risk of working with politically exposed individuals or sanctioned entities. Using live data from thousands of global sources, our automated AML screening and financial risk indicators help you get the full picture.

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    How it works

    Step 1

    Select screening through our portal or partner platform.

    Step 2

    We’ll screen clients and counterparties, whether they're individuals or corporate entities.

    Step 3

    You’ll be able to view your results in a few moments.

    Step 4

    Be alerted to changes with ongoing monitoring.

    Screen clients and counterparties with ease

    • Unlike other providers we don't ask you to enter lots of data to screen your clients.

    • We check global data sources that are frequently updated.

    • You can screen individuals and corporate entities.

    No updates slipping through the cracks

    • Protect yourself and your firm for the duration of your business relationship.

    • Be notified of any changes in status or if an individual falls under new sanctions.

    • Only receive updates when there is something new to review.

    Keep a clear audit trail

    • Having one platform for all of your client due diligence means you can keep a clean audit trail of every result and every action taken.

    • When reviewing screening matches, we automatically create a timestamped trail of who took what action and when, along with your notes. These are always accessible.

    Non-AML risk indicators, flagged

    • Surface financial-risk indicators during screening or ID verification.

    • Checks for County Court Judgments (CCJs), insolvency and client maintenance orders.

    • Get the full picture of your client from the outset.

    FAQs

    We work with ComplyAdvantage, a provider that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to both gather and deliver data.

    Our system draws data from a multitude of sources globally. We screen lists relating to sanctions, politically exposed persons, regulatory warnings and fitness and probity. These sources are constantly subject to updates and changes.

    The majority of sources we use are updated and made available to our clients within a few minutes. The screening teams responsible for these updates operate 24/7, while many sanctions updates are captured automatically by digital monitoring of sanctions lists.

    The screening search enables firms to identify and manage potential risks presented by clients and UBOs. By drawing on a wide range of sources and presenting the information in a clear, easy to understand way, firms are able to use the service to build up a complete picture of their client and make an informed risk-based decision.

    The system has a variety of outputs which are flagged in both our portal and downloadable report. Our system flags all positive or potential screening matches and we have optimised our thresholds to minimise false positives. For any flagged names, we then provide deep dive data on all possible matches and further information that is available on each.

    The system flags all name matches with the same year of birth (not only the exact date of birth) and uses both fuzzy name matching and phonetic name matching. All results that are relevant to the search name are then listed and presented for your consideration. We cover all jurisdictions and nationalities, globally. In total, there are five categories of hits that the system can detect:

    • Sanctions

    • Politically exposed person (PEP)

    • Regulatory enforcements and warnings

    • Fitness and Probity

    • Adverse Media

    In the UK, we can also screen for non-AML risk indicators, including:

    • County Court Judgements (CCJs)

    • Insolvency records

    • Child Maintenance Orders (CMOs)

    Yes. When viewing your report you can use the ‘Dismiss’ function to rule out any results that you’re confident are not your client. We’ll then collect information such as who dismissed the result and the reason why. We’ll also time-stamp this for you and add the dismissal to your audit trail.

    Alongside AML screening, you can also screen for CCJs and insolvency. This can be enabled for ID verification and screening checks when address verification is included.

    We use Experian as our data provider for CCJs and Insolvency checks.

    Protect your firm from high-risk clients

    Remove uncertainty with our PEPs and Sanctions screening - and keep up to speed with changes as they happen with ongoing monitoring.