AML screening software
Screen individuals and businesses against global sanctions, PEP and adverse media data to identify potential financial crime risk signals, and stay protected with automated ongoing monitoring.
Meet regulatory obligations and reduce risk exposure
Identify high-risk individuals and entities effectively
Receive real-time updates to keep fraudsters out
Precise global coverage to scale with your business
AML screening is only as effective as the matching technology behind it
Financial crime screening rarely involves exact-name matches. Variations in spelling, transliteration differences, aliases, abbreviations and incomplete records can all lead to missed connections or irrelevant hits when screening customers against sanctions, PEP and watchlist databases that slows your team down.
ID-Pal’s AML screening solution is designed to identify potential matches beyond exact-name comparisons, helping organisations uncover risks that traditional screening approaches may miss, helping teams surface risk signals that would otherwise stay hidden. The customisable platform offers alignment with internal risk policies, providing tailored rules-based logic to help reduce unnecessary alerts, allowing compliance teams to focus attention on genuine risks rather than spending valuable time investigating low-quality matches.
By improving match precision, organisations can strengthen risk detection while reducing operational overhead.
Screen against thousands of global risk data sources
A comprehensive screening programme requires access to sanctions data, politically exposed person records, law enforcement notices, government watchlists, and adverse media intelligence from around the world.
Trying to piece that together from multiple, disconnected sources often leaves gaps, delays onboarding and increases the chance of missed risk.
ID-Pal brings thousands of global risk datasets into a single screening process, giving compliance teams a clearer, more complete view of customer risk before onboarding or during ongoing reviews.
Fully certified and industry accredited
ID-Pal’s AML screening checks against sanctions and watchlists across 250+ countries and jurisdictions
- U.S. Sanctions List — Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
- EU Consolidated Sanctions List
- UK Sanctions List – Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
- Canada Sanctions List
- UN Consolidated Sanctions List
- OCC Shell Bank List
- SECO List
- Bureau of Industry and Security
- CBI List (The Central Bureau of Investigation)
- World Bank Debarred Parties List
- Interpol Most Wanted
- Government agencies
- State agencies
- Police forces
Reduce screening noise and alert fatigue
One of the greatest operational challenges in AML screening is managing excessive alert volumes. Large screening programmes often generate significant numbers of potential matches that require investigation. Many of these alerts ultimately prove to be false positives, consuming valuable analyst resources and slowing operational processes.
Industry practitioners consistently identify false-positive management as one of the most resource-intensive elements of screening operations. Effective screening programmes rely on high-quality data, contextual matching and structured review processes to improve efficiency.
ID-Pal helps organisations reduce unnecessary reviews by improving data quality at the point of screening, helping to reduce unnecessary alerts, so teams spend less time triaging noise and more time focusing on genuinely relevant risk signals.
AML screening for complex corporate structures
Financial crime risk often extends beyond the primary legal entity. Corporate screening requires visibility into directors, shareholders, beneficial owners and associated parties who may present sanctions, corruption or reputational risks.
By screening both businesses and the individuals linked to them, ID-Pal helps surface hidden exposure across corporate networks and supports more accurate risk assessment from the outset.
Faster investigations, better screening outcomes
The effectiveness of AML screening is measured not only by the risks detected, but by how quickly teams can investigate and resolve potential matches.
Compliance teams need access to screening results that are clear, actionable and easy to review. Delays caused by fragmented systems, manual research or excessive alert volumes can reduce operational efficiency and increase investigation costs.
ID-Pal brings sanctions, PEP and adverse media results into one place, giving your team a single workflow to review and manage alerts. This allows investigators to evaluate alerts faster and maintain a more efficient screening operation.
Global sanctions watchlists
Adverse media sources
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How AML screening works
Simplify compliance in an ever-changing regulatory landscape with our end-to-end identity verification and AML screening solution. Check against 6,000+ global watchlists and 20,000+ adverse media sources.
Identity verification
PEPs screening
Uncover potential risk by identifying politically exposed people (PEPs) placed in influential positions, who could be exploited for illicit purposes.
Sanctions checks
Adverse media checks
Optional ongoing monitoring
Pre-verify an identity and Address before AML screening to provide better data sets with more accurate outcomes.
Check for politically exposed persons who hold prominent positions or influence that can be abused for the purpose of financial crime.
Integrate ID-Pal's AML screening solution your way
Same-day deployment with every aspect of the front-end user experience and back-end business process customisable in one click.
Ready out-of-the-box
- Setup in minutes
- Front and back-end ready
- Customise in seconds
API / SDK
- Integrate into existing systems
- Prebuilt, ready to deploy
- Tailor to your business needs
Salesforce integration
- Go live in minutes
- Install directly in Salesforce
- Compatible with all clouds
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Anti-Money Laundering (AML) FAQs
Why is AML screening important for fraud prevention?
AML screening is a crucial process designed to prevent money laundering activities by closely monitoring and assessing the risks posed by customers as part of a wider AML compliance regime.
Our AML screening solution integrates seamlessly with identity verification processes, employing real-time checks against global watchlists, PEP (Politically Exposed Persons) lists, and sanctions lists. By identifying high-risk individuals and monitoring transactions for suspicious activity, AML screening serves as a critical layer of security, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and safeguarding your business from the financial and reputational damages associated with money laundering.
Does ID-Pal support ongoing AML monitoring?
Yes. ID-Pal can support ongoing monitoring by continuously re-screening individuals and businesses against updated watchlists, sanctions, and adverse media sources. This ensures that risk exposure is not assessed only at onboarding but maintained throughout the customer lifecycle. Alerts are generated when risk profiles change, enabling timely investigation and compliance action.
What is sanctions screening?
Sanctions are restrictions placed on countries, businesses or individuals to prevent them from engaging in certain activities. As part of AML regulations, businesses are required to check Sanctions lists prior to working with new customers to ensure that they do not work with sanctioned individuals.
What is a PEP?
A PEP is a Politically Exposed Person. These individuals represent a higher level of money-laundering risk due to the fact that they, or someone close to them, hold a prominent position that makes them more vulnerable to negative influences such as bribery or corruption. Screening for PEPs enables businesses to identify these high-risk customers, thereby ensuring robust AML compliance measures are in place.
Can ID-Pal screen both individuals and businesses?
Yes. ID-Pal supports screening for both individuals (KYC) and businesses (KYB), including directors, beneficial owners, and associated entities. This is particularly important for firms required to identify ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) and assess the broader risk associated with corporate structures. Screening extends beyond the entity itself to the people behind it.
How does AML screening integrate with identity and business verification?
AML screening is integrated directly into ID-Pal’s identity verification and business verification workflows. This means organisations can verify identity documents, perform biometric checks, and run AML screening within a single platform.
The result is a unified onboarding and compliance process rather than fragmented checks across multiple systems.
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