Guides

Sanctions screening resources

Find practical guidance on choosing sanctions lists, screening customers and counterparties, investigating potential matches and documenting decisions.

Start with the essentials

Sanctions Screening: 2026 Guide, Process and Best Practices

Learn what sanctions screening is, when to screen customers and transactions, which lists matter, and how compliance teams reduce false positives.

Understanding OFAC Sanctions for Business Compliance

Comply with OFAC Sanctions with Automated Screening Solutions

Sanctions authorities and lists

OFAC and OFSI: What MLROs Should Do After the 2026 Partnership Update

OFAC and OFSI are coordinating more closely. See what this means for MLROs managing sanctions screening, reporting, licensing, evidence, and cross-border controls.

Screening in practice

Scaling Compliance: A Deep Dive into Batch Screening via API

Discover how API-driven batch screening transforms high-volume compliance.

Maritime Compliance: Essential Guide using SaaS Solutions

Essential International Compliance Guidelines for Maritime Business

Guidance by country

Kenya AML/CFT and Targeted Financial Sanctions Screening Guide

Understand Kenya's FRC, goAML reporting, TFS lists, screening workflow, and evidence requirements.

Mexico AML/CFT and Sanctions Screening Guide

Understand Mexico's AML/CFT map, LPB, LFPIORPI, reporting channels, screening workflows, and evidence.

SEPBLAC and Sanctions Screening in Spain

Understand SEPBLAC's role, who is an obliged subject in Spain, which sanctions lists to screen, how to handle matches, and how to keep audit-ready evidence.

Guidance by industry

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Sanctions screening for payment institutions

How payment institutions can screen customers and payment parties, investigate alerts and keep an audit-ready record.

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