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Watchlist Check

The world is getting more complex. Connect with our expansive global Watchlist and check who you’re doing business with
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Product Overview

Equifax Watchlist Check is a comprehensive, reliable and accurate global customer screening service that supports your compliance with Anti Money Laundering (AML) Regulations, Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF) and Joint Money Laundering Steering Group (JMLSG) guidelines.

Navigate regulatory compliance, using our market-tested analytics solution, powered by comprehensive watchlist data. This powerful combination streamlines compliance, providing invaluable support in an ever-changing landscape.

How It’s Used

Worldwide screening at your fingertips
Access to over 5 million¹ structured profiles of individuals and entities, covering multiple risk categories and subcategories, including global sanctions, PEPs, enforcement actions, state-owned enterprises and registration lists.
Screen your customer portfolio with confidence
A market leading source of worldwide compliance information, with full coverage of politically exposed persons (PEPs) and sanctions, with immediate updates reflecting regulatory changes.
Utilise sophisticated matching techniques
Our solution uses advanced matching algorithms to optimise results, significantly minimising the return of false positive matches and ensuring all true threats are identified.
Take advantage of pre-configured screening profiles
Your prospective and existing customers can be screened according to the risks presented by selecting one of the screening profiles; Global, UK Standard or UK Plus.
Access Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) data
Gain access to enhanced due diligence (EDD) data to support referral assessments on any alerting candidate(s).
Strengthens your anti-money laundering (AML) profiles
Complements your Know Your Customer (KYC) identity verification checks, and ensures candidates listed on any alert databases are identified within the 3-digit AML Profile, fully supporting your regulatory compliance obligations.
¹Equifax Watchlist Check brochure, Equifax, 2023
32 billion
interactions collected each year
400 million
physical address data
55 million
pieces of identity data

The World is Getting More Complex and Complicated

AML and CFT compliance now is reliant on screening customers against sanctions and PEP data. Watchlist Check offers comprehensive screening tools, covering global sanctions, PEPs, and their associates. This service extends to Special Interest Persons and Entities, highlighting potential high-level crime risks. By streamlining the enhanced due diligence process, Watchlist Check helps organisations efficiently manage resources while maintaining robust compliance standards.
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