What is NameScan?
NameScan delivers comprehensive Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB) screening solutions designed to help organizations comply with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF) regulations. The platform provides real-time transaction monitoring and risk identification through access to extensive official government databases worldwide.
The service includes automated PEP screenings, sanctions checks, and adverse media searches with ongoing monitoring capabilities that dynamically identify profile updates and send real-time alerts. NameScan offers both self-serve dashboard access and RESTful API integration for streamlined onboarding processes, serving over 27,000 customers across 195 countries with daily updated proprietary data.
Features
- Real-time Monitoring: Dynamically identifies updates to profiles and sends alerts for new or reduced risk
- Global Database Coverage: Accesses extensive official government databases from around the world with daily updates
- API Integration: Developer-friendly RESTful API with comprehensive documentation for easy integration
- Multiple Screening Types: Provides PEP checks, sanctions checks, adverse media searches, and business verification
- Self-serve Dashboard: Modern, interactive platform consolidating all screening needs in one interface
Use Cases
- AML/CTF compliance screening for financial institutions
- Customer due diligence during onboarding processes
- Business partner risk assessment and verification
- Ongoing monitoring of existing clients for risk changes
- Regulatory compliance reporting for various industries
FAQs
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What types of checks does NameScan provide?
NameScan provides PEP checks, sanctions checks, adverse media searches, know your business checks, compromised email checks, and AML risk assessment checks. -
Does NameScan offer free services?
Yes, NameScan offers free PEP checks, free sanctions checks, free adverse media checks, free know your business checks, free compromised email checks, and free AML risk assessment checks with credit limits. -
How often is the database updated?
NameScan's global database of sanctioned individuals is updated on a daily basis to ensure users have access to the most recent PEP/RCA profiles and sanctions lists. -
What industries does NameScan serve?
NameScan serves accountants, legal industry professionals, betting industries, precious metals businesses, financial institutions, real estate companies, insurance providers, cryptocurrency firms, pension/superannuation funds, and money remitters. -
Does NameScan offer API access?
Yes, NameScan provides a developer-friendly RESTful API with comprehensive documentation for integration into existing systems.
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