Sanctions Screening

Screen & Monitor Customers—Stay Ahead of Regulatory Risk

Catch high-risk customers before onboarding and stay protected with always-on watchlist monitoring. Screen against global sanctions, PEP, and adverse media lists in real time with continuous updates and intelligent filtering that adapts to your risk strategy.

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HOW IT WORKS

Only Screen What Matters

Onboarding Screening

Instantly screen new customers against consolidated global sanctions, PEP, and adverse media lists using a single, unified API.

Customize Rules & Logic

Define which lists apply to which customers based on country, customer type, or risk profile. Set your PEP sensitivity and adverse media focus.

Ongoing Monitoring

Continuous screening ensures any status change — sanctions designation, new media, or PEP updates — triggers immediate re-screening and alerts.

Alert & Review Workflow

Alerts are routed into queues by type, region, or severity. Analysts investigate matches side-by-side, with collaboration tools and audit-ready tracking.

Why Unit21 Sanctions Screening?

Eliminate Concern of False Positives

Real-Time, Continuous Protection

Screen and monitor customers with zero delays — during onboarding and throughout the lifecycle.

Custom Risk Logic

Configure who to screen, what lists to use, and how strictly to match — tailored to your regulatory obligations and internal risk appetite.

AI-Powered False Positive Reduction

Focus on meaningful alerts only. Advanced filters and match configuration reduce noise and speed up decisions.

Adverse Media Intelligence

Access Tier-1 media sources with customizable topic coverage. Get alerts when relevant stories emerge post-onboarding.

Dynamic Routing by Alert Type

Send sanctions alerts to one team, PEPs to another — all based on your operational needs.

Audit-Ready and Regulator Friendly

Every alert, decision, and override is logged with reason codes and timestamps for full transparency.

Unified Case Management

Investigate, escalate, and resolve alerts in Unit21’s all-in-one analyst dashboard — complete with custom queues and collaboration tools.

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