Sanctions Screening and Monitoring

Sanctions Screening and Monitoring

Reduce false positives and boost your Anti-Money Laundering compliance with a smarter, audit-ready, global Sanctions and Watchlist Screening solution.

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Profile ID40444
Profile nameJohn Doe
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First nameJohn
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SurnameDoe
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Wanted for

Conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances; possession with intent to distribute.

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The basics

Sanctions screening, explained

Thousands of sanctions lists exist worldwide, each with its own structure. Screening them by hand is slow, error-prone and effectively impossible at scale.

What is Sanctions screening?

Financial services firms need to perform sanctions screening to comply with regulatory requirements and avoid legal, financial, and reputational risks associated with dealing with sanctioned parties or high-risk activities. Sanctions screening involves checking the identities of customers, counterparties, vendors, and transactions against various sanctions lists and watchlists to prevent or detect any violations. Failing to comply can result in severe penalties, fines, legal actions, and reputational damage.

Why use Sanctions Screening services?

The world contains thousands of sanctions lists, each with its own complex structure. Checking these lists manually is difficult and time-consuming, with some lists requiring hours of review for just one individual. Furthermore, manual control of these lists is nearly impossible. Sanction Screening Services enable quick and efficient screening — checking your sanction lists now takes only seconds, saving you valuable time and resources.

Protection for all accountable institutions

Which companies and industry sectors need to screen for sanctions?

Regulators like the FIC may impose an administrative sanction if the FIC finds that an Accountable Institution, or any person with an obligation to comply with the FIC Act, has not complied with the Act or with a directive issued in terms of the Act.

Banking

2 sectors
  • Banks
  • Mutual banks and co-operative banks

Financial services

4 sectors
  • Financial services providers
  • Credit Providers
  • Life insurers
  • Dealers in foreign exchange

Professional services

2 sectors
  • Legal Practitioners
  • Trusts and company service providers (TCSPs)

High-value trade

2 sectors
  • High Value Goods Dealers
  • Estate agents
The Solution

How RiskSecure's Sanctions Screening supercharges your compliance workflows

Explore our diverse suite of products designed to enhance your business operations and security.

01

Reduce False Positives

Accurately identifies potential matches with sanctioned parties or high-risk activities, reducing the risk of false positives or false negatives.

02

Advanced Name Matching Algorithms

RiskSecure leverages advanced name-matching algorithms that surpass traditional fuzzy matching, using human-like logic and semantics to detect name variations and significantly reduce false positives.

03

Easy integration

HLBNGA's modular Sanctions screening APIs, cloud-based or on-prem platforms can completely align with your workflow. We also have a user-friendly, streamlined web tool available.

04

Reduce costs

Reduce the need for manual screening processes, which can be time-consuming and costly, along with the additional staff and resources needed to manage sanctions compliance.

05

Audit trails

The Sanctions screening software provides an audit trail of all screening activities, which can help firms demonstrate their compliance with regulatory requirements.

06

Improve efficiency

We process multiple sources of Sanctions data quickly and effectively every 15 minutes, allowing firms to screen transactions in real time or near real time.

Ongoing monitoring

Integrated ongoing Sanctions monitoring, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Our professional service teams will integrate and configure RiskSecure to work seamlessly with your existing IT landscape and automatically alert you about any possible third-party or customer Sanctions threats with ongoing smart surveillance. You'll be notified as soon as related institutions or natural persons appear on any of the many global Sanctions lists we monitor.

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01

SaaS with user-friendly interface

Access sanctions screening anywhere with our cloud-based platform, designed for simplicity. No steep learning curve.

02

API integration

Integrate sanctions data seamlessly into your existing systems with our affordable API — quick to set up and efficient.

03

Ongoing Sanctions monitoring

Automatic, ongoing monitoring that alerts you to new risks as they emerge, helping you maintain compliance.

04

Bulk Screening Service

No complex software or API setup. Let us handle your bulk sanction screening and deliver results in Excel or CSV.

Beyond data

Achieve the ultimate operational efficiency

The lists are only half of it. These are the controls that decide how quickly a hit is understood, actioned and evidenced.

Screening control

How the screening is tuned and run.

  • Adjustable parameters
  • Customizable workflow and case management tool
  • Easy to use web interface (GUI)

Detection and monitoring

Catching changes as they happen.

  • Reliable and automated daily uploads (new and updated records)
  • Ongoing screening and monitoring
  • Multi-level drill down after a hit is detected

Evidence and reporting

Proving what you did, and when.

  • Report downloads
  • Screening and investigation audit trails
  • Watchlist performance reporting
Ready when you are

Ready to manage your Sanctions risks from one central solution?

Screen with confidence, and prove it with a full audit trail.