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Sanctions screening

Sanctions screening vendors aggregate OFAC, EU, UN, and national designations into normalised, searchable datasets. Real-time API access lets compliance teams screen customers, transactions, and counterparties against current lists.

38 suppliers in this category · 9 global / multi-region

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Global and multi-region

9 suppliers operating globally or across multiple regions.

ComplyAdvantage

London, United Kingdom

AML screening and risk intelligence platform built on a real-time database of sanctions, PEPs, watchlists, and adverse media. Serves banks, fintechs, and regulated businesses globally with API-first KYC and transaction monitoring.

Dow Jones Risk & Compliance

New York, USA

Provides PEP, sanctions, and adverse media data feeds and screening services to financial institutions and corporates. Database covers over 5 million risk profiles built from Dow Jones newsroom and research teams.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Alpharetta, Georgia, USA

Provides data, analytics, and identity solutions for financial crime compliance, fraud, and risk assessment. Operates the WorldCompliance database covering PEPs, sanctions, and adverse media across 240+ countries.

NICE Actimize

Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

Financial crime, risk, and compliance software provider serving banks and payment firms globally. Covers AML transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, fraud detection, and trade surveillance.

Refinitiv World-Check

London, United Kingdom

Risk intelligence database covering PEPs, sanctions, and adverse media on millions of individuals and entities. Used by financial institutions and regulators worldwide for KYC and AML screening.

Sayari

Washington, DC, USA

Commercial risk intelligence platform mapping corporate ownership, trade, and supply chain relationships across 250+ jurisdictions. Used by governments, banks, and supply chain teams for sanctions and counter-illicit-finance investigations.

Shufti Pro

London, United Kingdom

Identity verification and AML screening provider covering 240+ countries and territories with support for 150+ languages. Offers KYC, KYB, OCR, and ongoing AML monitoring through API.

Sigma360

New York, USA

Risk decisioning platform combining proprietary entity-resolved data, public records, and customer data for KYC, third-party, and supply chain risk. Used by banks, asset managers, and corporates worldwide.

SymphonyAI Sensa

Palo Alto, California, USA

AI-driven financial crime detection and AML platform combining transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and case management. Used by global banks and payment firms for regulatory compliance.

Europe

6 suppliers in this region.

Aleph

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Open data platform operated by OCCRP and partners indexing leaks, official registries, watchlists, and adverse media across Europe and beyond. Free for public-interest research with paid bulk access for vetted institutions.

Clarity Project

Kyiv, Ukraine

Ukrainian business intelligence platform aggregating 140+ Ukrainian registries including Prozorro tenders, courts, sanctions, and construction. Serves more than 1 million monthly users.

Elliptic

London, United Kingdom

UK blockchain analytics and crypto-compliance vendor used by 700+ exchanges, banks, and regulators. Provides wallet and transaction screening, cross-chain investigations, and VASP risk data.

Napier AI

London, United Kingdom

UK AML compliance platform serving 150 financial institutions with screening, transaction monitoring, and perpetual KYC. Sells Continuum Pro, Live, and Flow deployments to banking, payments, and asset-management clients.

Trapets

Stockholm, Sweden

Swedish AML, fraud, and surveillance platform used by 250+ banks, payment firms, and exchanges across the Nordics and Europe. Sells transaction monitoring, screening, and case management.

Vortexa

London, United Kingdom

UK commodity-flow intelligence platform tracking energy cargoes and vessel ownership for sanctions and trade-compliance use cases. Sells API access to traders, banks, and regulators.

North America

13 suppliers in this region.

Castellum.AI

New York, New York, USA

Sanctions, PEP, and watchlist screening platform aggregating 1,500+ global lists with real-time updates. US-headquartered, used by banks, fintechs, and exporters for AML and trade compliance.

Descartes Denied Party Screening

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Restricted-party screening solution from Descartes Systems Group covering OFAC, BIS, EU, UK, Canadian, and 200+ international sanctions lists. Used by global exporters, customs brokers, and supply chain firms.

Exiger

New York, New York, USA

Supply chain, third-party risk, and financial crime compliance platform. Provides AML, sanctions, ESG, and adverse media intelligence with strong US federal government and Fortune 500 adoption.

FinScan

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

AML compliance platform providing customer screening, transaction screening, and data quality services. US-headquartered with deep adoption among banks and insurers.

FINTRAC

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Canada's Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre. Publishes administrative monetary penalty records, public listings of reporting entities, and supervisory actions used in Canadian AML compliance research.

K2 Integrity

New York, New York, USA

Financial crime risk advisory and investigations firm founded by former senior US Treasury officials. Provides AML investigations, sanctions advisory, monitoring, and integrity due diligence.

NameScan

Sydney, Australia

Australian PEP, sanctions, and adverse media screening platform from Neurocom Australia. Covers 195+ countries with daily-updated lists and an API for AML and KYC workflows. Serves 27,000+ customers.

OFAC SDN List

Washington, DC, USA

Official US Office of Foreign Assets Control Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list, plus consolidated non-SDN lists. Free downloads in XML, CSV, and PDF; widely used as a primary source by sanctions screening vendors.

OpenSanctions

Berlin, Germany

Open dataset and API aggregating global sanctions, PEPs, and criminal watchlists. Operated from Berlin but used worldwide including by US compliance teams. Data is free for non-commercial use; paid commercial license available.

OSFI (Canada Sanctions)

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada. Publishes lists of consolidated Canadian autonomous sanctions targets used for financial sector compliance screening.

SAM.gov

Washington, DC, USA

Official US federal procurement registry. Holds all entities registered to do business with the US federal government plus the Excluded Parties List System. Free public search and API.

Sanction Scanner

London, United Kingdom

AML and sanctions screening platform aggregating 3,000+ global watchlists, PEPs, and adverse media sources. Used by fintechs and crypto firms across the Americas for compliance onboarding.

Visual Compliance

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

US trade and export compliance screening platform. Screens against OFAC, BIS, DDTC, and 200+ global restricted-party lists. Heavy adoption among US manufacturers, freight forwarders, and exporters.

Latin America & Caribbean

8 suppliers in this region.

CIMA Cayman Islands Monetary Authority

George Town, Cayman Islands

Cayman Islands Monetary Authority. Publishes regulated entity registries, enforcement actions, and the official list of suspended or revoked licensees. Used for Cayman counterparty due diligence.

Mexico CNBV Sanctions Registry

Mexico City, Mexico

Mexican Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores publishes a public sanctions registry of financial sector violators. Used for Mexican PEP and adverse-media research.

NameScan

Sydney, Australia

Australian PEP, sanctions, and adverse media screening platform from Neurocom Australia. Covers 195+ countries with daily-updated lists and an API for AML and KYC workflows. Serves 27,000+ customers.

OFE (Bermuda)

Hamilton, Bermuda

Bermuda Monetary Authority. Regulates the Bermudian financial sector, including insurance, banking, and trust companies. Publishes regulated entity registers and sanctions enforcement actions.

OpenSanctions

Berlin, Germany

Open dataset and API aggregating global sanctions, PEPs, and criminal watchlists. Operated from Berlin but used worldwide including by US compliance teams. Data is free for non-commercial use; paid commercial license available.

Portal da Transparência Brazil

Brasília, Brazil

Brazilian federal transparency portal operated by CGU. Free public data on government contracts, suppliers, sanctioned firms (CEIS), and employees. Critical Brazilian KYB and adverse media source.

Sanction Scanner

London, United Kingdom

AML and sanctions screening platform aggregating 3,000+ global watchlists, PEPs, and adverse media sources. Used by fintechs and crypto firms across the Americas for compliance onboarding.

SBS Perú Sanctions/Watchlist

Lima, Peru

Peruvian Superintendencia de Banca, Seguros y AFP. Publishes sanctions, PEP lists, and regulated entities. Source for Peruvian AML and PEP screening.

ASEAN

2 suppliers in this region.

Sycarda

Singapore

Singapore-based AML transaction monitoring and analytics platform serving banks and fintech firms across Southeast Asia. Offers real-time transaction screening, sanctions monitoring, and case management.

Tookitaki

Singapore

Singapore-headquartered AML compliance platform offering AI transaction monitoring, customer screening, and risk scoring through FinCense. Operates the AFC Ecosystem typology repository for banks across APAC.

East Asia

1 supplier in this region.

NK Pro

Seoul, South Korea

Specialist North Korea intelligence and analysis service operated by NK News. Tracks DPRK trade, sanctions evasion, and front-company networks. Subscription-based; widely cited in DPRK compliance work.

Middle East & North Africa

2 suppliers in this region.

Aleph

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Open data platform operated by OCCRP and partners indexing leaks, official registries, watchlists, and adverse media across Europe and beyond. Free for public-interest research with paid bulk access for vetted institutions.

FOCAL by Mozn

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi AML and fraud prevention platform built by Mozn. Provides transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and KYC orchestration tailored for SAMA regulations and GCC banks.

Africa

2 suppliers in this region.

AfriSwift

Johannesburg, South Africa

African screening and compliance technology firm providing PEP, sanctions, and adverse media screening with focus on African source data integration for banks and fintechs.

Aleph

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Open data platform operated by OCCRP and partners indexing leaks, official registries, watchlists, and adverse media across Europe and beyond. Free for public-interest research with paid bulk access for vetted institutions.

Oceania

2 suppliers in this region.

NameScan

Sydney, Australia

Australian PEP, sanctions, and adverse media screening platform from Neurocom Australia. Covers 195+ countries with daily-updated lists and an API for AML and KYC workflows. Serves 27,000+ customers.

Tookitaki

Singapore

Singapore-headquartered AML compliance platform offering AI transaction monitoring, customer screening, and risk scoring through FinCense. Operates the AFC Ecosystem typology repository for banks across APAC.

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