Sanctions & Watchlists
AI-powered sanctions and watchlists screening for global risk and regulatory compliance.

Executive Summary
ComplyAdvantage's Sanctions & Watchlists solution provides a comprehensive database of sanctioned entities, individuals, and companies. It is designed to help businesses meet their anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regulatory obligations by identifying and mitigating financial crime risks. The platform leverages AI and machine learning to automate and enhance the screening process, significantly reducing manual effort and false positives. It offers real-time screening capabilities for both customers and transactions, ensuring that organizations can proactively detect and prevent dealings with sanctioned parties. This solution is part of the broader ComplyAdvantage Mesh platform, a cloud-based compliance system that unifies AML risk intelligence and actionable risk signals, making compliance a strategic driver for growth.
Use Cases
- Sanctions screening for new customer onboarding
- Ongoing monitoring of existing customer base against updated watchlists
- Real-time transaction screening for payments
- Due diligence for business partners and third parties
- Regulatory compliance reporting
Features
Visibility
- Real-time Screening: Screen transactions and customer data in real-time against global sanctions lists.
- Configurable Fuzziness Interval: Adjust the fuzziness interval percentage to fine-tune screening sensitivity and reduce false positives.
- Unified AML Platform: Access sanctions screening alongside PEPs & RCAs and Adverse Media screening within a single platform (ComplyAdvantage Mesh).
Intelligence
- AI-driven False Positive Reduction: Utilize AI to significantly minimize false-positive hit rates, improving efficiency for compliance teams.
- Actionable Risk Signals: Receive clear, actionable risk signals to quickly identify and prioritize high-risk entities.
- Dynamic Data Delivery: Deliver dynamic data through an intuitive user experience, integrating seamlessly with client workflows.
Technical Specifications
- Architecture
- Cloud-based, AI-driven platform
- Deployment
- SaaS
- API Available
- Yes
AI/ML Stack
- Machine learning
- Automated data processing
- Manual expert review
Security & Compliance
Certifications: ISO 27001, GDPR
Encryption: Data encrypted in transit and at rest
Pricing
- Model
- Subscription, based on monitored entities
- Starting Price
- $99.99
- Target Customer
- SMB,Mid-Market,Enterprise
About ComplyAdvantage Ltd
ComplyAdvantage is a SaaS-based risk intelligence platform that leverages AI to combat financial crime, including anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud detection. It provides solutions for identifying sanctions, politically exposed persons (PEPs), and adverse media risks, supporting ongoing monitoring and investigations to enhance compliance and reduce false positives. The company's mission is to empower businesses to eliminate financial crime through a unified platform and extensive partner ecosystem.
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