AML & Sanctions
Effortless AML Screening solutions for greater regulatory compliance
Screen for suitability and risk using uqudo’s solutions with access to the world’s largest PEPs, sanctions, AML (Anti Money Laundering) and adverse media lists.
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Why choose us?
Uncover more risk
than all other solutions combined before they harm your company.
Meet legal and
regulatory Anti-Money Laundering obligations with confidence.
Reduce false positives with more relevant and up-to-date verification and AML screening solutions.
Eliminate the need to rescreen customers for updates with our automated portfolio monitoring services.
How it works
Monitored lists
Check compliance against
1500+ global lists.
PEPs
Check against 1.7+ million
global Politically Exposed Persons.
Adverse media
Screen against a library of media articles 3X bigger than the next largest competitor.
Continuous screening
Fully automated ongoing Anti-Money Laundering screening eliminates the need to rescreen.
Screening Features
High-risk monitored lists validation
Verification against 900+ global lists, including:
- International sanctions
- Regulatory bodies’ actions
- Money laundering related
- Terrorism related
- Human trafficking-related
- Fraud related
- Organized crime-related
- Drug trafficking-related
- Fugitive lists
- Fraud warnings
- Debarment lists
- Disciplinary/enforcement actions
- Law enforcement press
PEP screening services
Our verification check services inspect against a 1.7+ million global Politically Exposed Person list which features government officials, military and judicial figures, family, associates, advisors and state-owned enterprises.
Adverse media screening
As a leading adverse media screening service provider, uqudo can uncover client/company involvement in activities related to financial crime or that pose a reputational risk by screening over 3 billion media articles that are deduped and prioritized.
Automated ongoing AML (Anti-money laundering) solutions
Stay up-to-date with legal and compliance changes by leveraging fully automated and continuous AML (Anti-money laundering) screening and monitoring services.
Secure, frictionless, & fully compliant digital onboarding. Integrated seamlessly within your app.
Latest Screening/AML updates
6 tips for a successful AML (Anti-Money Laundering) Compliance
Chandrika Mahapatra
KYC Content Specialist uqudo
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FAQ
What does your Screening process involve?
uqudo’s screening process involves running background checks by checking global lists for high-risk entities. In regulated industries, there is a requirement to ensure the individuals you are dealing with aren’t sanctioned to mitigate business risk.
- Anti Money Laundering (AML) is a set of policies, procedures, and technologies that prevents money laundering. Money laundering involves the execution of transactions to eventually convert illegally obtained money into legal money.
- A Politically Exposed Person (PEP) check, also known as PEP sanction screening, involves searching official politically exposed people lists to see if a prospective or current customer is on that list during client identification or transaction screening processes.
- Sanctions checks (sometimes known as watchlist checks) are specialised searches that include several international, government, or regulator sanctions databases that identify individuals prohibited from certain activities or industries.
How do you do AML/PEP’s/Sanctions screening?
Our Screening lists include the following:
- Monitored Lists: 900+ monitored lists that include international sanctions, money laundering and other global lists.
- PEPs (Politically Exposed Person) lists: PEP list check against 1.7+ million high-risk individuals.
- Adverse Media Screening: Screening against 3 billion media articles.
We can screen and monitor in real-time, on an ongoing basis.
What is AML?
AML (Anti-Money Laundering) refers to the rules and regulations that combat money laundering and terrorist financing. AML screening helps detect and identify these suspicious activities.
What are monitored lists?
Monitored lists use data from numerous sources to evaluate a customer’s risk profile. Some examples of monitored lists include
- International sanction lists (FATF, OFAC, UNSC)
- Regional sanction lists (MENAFATF, EU, GIABA, ESAAMLG)
- Money laundering
- Terrorist financing
- Drug trafficking
- Narcotics trafficking
- Human rights violations
- International treaties violations
What is PEP screening?
PEPs (Politically Exposed Persons) are those individuals holding a prominent public position, which increases their susceptibility to fraud. PEP screening involves identifying PEPs and evaluating their risk profiles.
Our PEP screening involves evaluation against 4 PEPs risk levels, which are:
- High-risk PEPs
- Medium-risk PEPs
- Low-risk PEPs
- PEPs by association
Why is watchlist screening important?
A global watchlist screening helps companies identify suspicious money launderers and individuals associated with financial crimes. Along with this, screening helps firms comply with their region’s AML/CFT regulations.
Are uqudo’s Screening lists regularly updated?
Yes, our database undergoes real-time updates, so our Ongoing AML can easily track changes in a customer’s risk profile.