Identity Verification
AML, PEP & Sanctions Screening
Screen individuals against PEP, sanctions, watchlists and adverse media, with configurable matching and ongoing monitoring.
Built for Enterprise Integration
Search Details
Sample User A
12 Mar, 1990 · 80% Fuzzy Match
400 Potential Matches
J. Doe (Illustrative)
Potential match
PEP
Sanctions
PEP & Sanctions
Global screening coverage
Adverse Media
Risk intelligence across markets
Ongoing Monitoring
Continuous post-onboarding screening
How it works
Real-time AML screening against global sanctions, PEP, watchlist and adverse-media sources, with configurable entity matching and continuous monitoring tuned for name-match complexity across global markets.
Screening: PEP & Sanctions
Monitoring Lists
PEP & Associates
Sanctions & Watchlists
Adverse Media · 200+ countries & territories
Continuously updated global sources
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Subject details submitted for screening
Full name, date of birth, father name, nationality, and other identifiers are submitted, with transliteration support for non-Latin names.
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Real-time database search runs
IDWise screens against PEP lists, OFAC and global sanctions lists, adverse media, and custom AML lists simultaneously.
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Fuzzy matching scores all results
Results are scored by a configurable match threshold (e.g. 80%) to surface true matches and reduce false positives from name variations.
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Ongoing monitoring activated
If enabled, the subject is monitored daily, new list additions trigger webhook notifications and AML audit log entries.
Why Enterprises Choose IDWise for AML, PEP & Sanctions Screening
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Reduce false positives
Configurable fuzzy-match thresholds and transliteration tuning reduce noise from transliterated and non-Latin name variants.
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Complete audit trail
Every search, amendment, whitelist decision, and monitoring update is logged to a complete AML audit log per journey.
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Global screening coverage
Sanctions, PEP and watchlist coverage across global jurisdictions, with multilingual adverse media across 200+ countries & territories and configurable entity matching.
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Amend without restart
Compliance officers can amend search parameters and re-screen without restarting the full onboarding journey.
Capabilities
Robust, enterprise-grade features built for regulated industries
PEP & Associates Screening
Screens against comprehensive PEP registries including relatives and close associates, continuously updated.
Sanctions & Watchlists
Real-time coverage of hundreds of global sanctions lists: OFAC, EU, HMT, UN and more, spanning global jurisdictions.
Adverse Media
NLP-classified multilingual news screening across 200+ countries & territories, surfacing financial crime, fraud, and regulatory risk from a continuous feed of global sources.
Ongoing Monitoring
Daily re-screening of all onboarded subjects against continuously updated sources. New hits trigger webhook events with complete audit trail entries.
Feature detail
Everything you need for aml, pep & sanctions screening
Coverage spans global sanctions and watchlists, PEP registries including relatives and close associates, and multilingual adverse media across 200+ countries & territories, continuously updated and screened with configurable entity matching.
Configurable fuzzy match threshold with machine learning entity resolution, resolves the same individual despite name transliteration variants, romanization differences, and patronymic naming conventions common in non-Latin markets.
Automated daily re-screening against all monitored sources post-onboarding. When any previously clear subject appears on a new sanctions list, PEP registry, or adverse media feed, a webhook fires immediately and the event is logged to the complete AML audit trail.
Every screening action is logged to an auditable, per-journey AML audit log, covering initial searches, match reviews, whitelist and override decisions, parameter amendments, and monitoring activation events. Designed to satisfy regulatory examination requirements across FATF-aligned jurisdictions.
Built for Enterprise Integration.
Simple API & SDK
Start with a few lines of code. Full sandbox, webhooks for every event, and docs your engineers will use.
Consistent controls across supported channels
Same fraud models, document coverage, and UX on iOS, Android, Web, React Native, and Flutter.
iOSAndroidWebReact NativeFlutterREST API
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// Start a journey with aml-pep-sanctions const journey = await idwise.startJourney({ flowId: 'your_flow_id', referenceNo: 'USR_000001' }); // Receive result via webhook app.get('journey/v2/get/12345667899', (req) => { const { decision } = req.body; // Passed | Refer | Rejected });
Frequently asked questions
IDWise screens against continuously updated global sources covering hundreds of global sanctions lists (OFAC SDN, UN Security Council, EU Consolidated, HMT, and more) across global jurisdictions, comprehensive PEP registries including relatives and close associates, and NLP-classified adverse media from 200+ countries & territories. Sources are continuously updated.
IDWise uses machine learning-powered entity resolution with configurable fuzzy match thresholds and transliteration support. Entity resolution handles romanization variants, name-order differences, and patronymic naming conventions common in non-Latin identity documents, significantly reducing false positives without sacrificing recall.
After onboarding, IDWise re-screens all subjects daily against continuously updated sources, including sanctions lists, PEP registries, and adverse media feeds. When any subject appears on a new list or generates a new adverse media hit, a webhook fires in real time and the event is written to the complete per-journey AML audit log.
Yes. Operators can amend search parameters (name, DOB, father name) and trigger a re-screen from IDWise Studio without restarting the onboarding journey.
Talk to an IDWise Specialist about AML, PEP & Sanctions Screening
Discuss your markets, regulatory requirements, risk controls and integration architecture with our team, and see how IDWise fits your operating model.