Sanctions screening
Checking customers and transactions against sanctions lists in real time, with fuzzy matching and recorded decisions.
Overview
Screening covers lists such as the OFAC SDN list, EU, UK and UN lists, and sectoral sanctions. Each potential match needs a decision, clear or hit, made by an accountable person or rule and recorded.
It connects most directly to Sanctions, Office of Foreign Assets Control and OFAC requirements.
Check the official sources below for legal scope, applicable dates and exceptions. This entry is an explanatory reference, not legal advice.
Why it matters
Sanctions violations can be strict-liability; a single miss can be a breach.
Who it affects
Banks, payment firms, crypto businesses and exporters.
Where it sits
Ten linked steps connect where you operate to the proof that you complied.
- 01Jurisdiction
- 02Industry
- 03Activity
- 04Authority
- 05Regulation
- 06Requirement
- 07Guidance
- 08Control
- 09Evidence
- 10Enforcement
Connections
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What to do about it
- 1Define the owner, frequency, data and pass condition.
- 2Automate the test on source data where you can.
- 3Capture evidence on every run, including exceptions.
- 4Review exceptions and failures and record the decision.
From requirement to evidence.
Screening runs on streaming transactions, and every decision is sealed.
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