Practical guides on OFAC, EU, UK and UN sanctions screening — for compliance, KYC, AML, and onboarding teams.
Sanctions screening explained: what it is, why regulators require it, which lists to screen against (OFAC, EU, UK, UN), and how to do it without drowning in false positives.
Read article →Step-by-step guide to running a free OFAC check against the SDN list — what to type, how to read the result, and when a fuzzy match needs analyst review.
Read article →A practical guide to the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list — how it's structured, how often it changes, and how to screen against it effectively.
Read article →EU and U.S. sanctions overlap heavily but enforce differently. Here's how to read both lists and avoid common compliance gaps.
Read article →How fuzzy name matching actually works, why naive substring search produces dangerous false positives, and how to tune your match thresholds.
Read article →What PEP screening is, why FATF and AMLD require it, how PEPs differ from sanctioned individuals, and how to run enhanced due diligence without drowning in false positives.
Read article →What AML screening software actually does, the features that matter (sanctions lists, PEPs, adverse media, fuzzy matching, batch and API), and how to evaluate vendors without overpaying.
Read article →How the UK sanctions regime works post-Brexit, what the OFSI Consolidated List contains, and how to run a UK sanctions check without missing designations the EU and US lists don't carry.
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