Sanctions, OFAC & Watchlists
Sanctions, OFAC, PEP, and watchlist screening: which lists are screened and how often they update, name matching and thresholds, batch screening, reading hit results, handling false positives, and criminal background checks
Articles
- Which watchlists do you screen, and how often are they updated?
- How does OFAC / watchlist name matching work, and can we adjust the threshold?
- How do I run a batch OFAC screen, and how is the date of birth used?
- Why am I getting OIG hits, and how should I handle watchlist false positives?
- How do I adjust which watchlists are screened and how strictly names are matched?
- How do I order a criminal background check, and what comes back?
- What do watchlist hit results look like?
- Do you have a test example that returns a positive watchlist hit?
- Does watchlist screening run automatically on all officers/owners?
- How does PEP screening work, and what does a PEP hit include?
- Does a watchlist hit tell me which name triggered it?