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Sanctions screening software that covers the whole entity.
Sanctions screening software in KYCK runs one counterparty screening pass across the company, its directors, its beneficial owners and, where relevant, its vessels: sanctions, politically exposed persons and adverse media together, with explainable match scores and a timestamped audit trail. Screening data alone is a commodity; a defensible screening decision is the product.
LAST UPDATED AUG 2026
Sanctions screening
Sanctions screening in KYCK checks counterparties and their people against global regimes, including OFAC, the EU consolidated list, UK OFSI and the UN committees, refreshed continuously. Explainable scoring weighs strong identifiers over weak aliases, so a clear can be defended line by line; the full list of bodies sits in our sanctions authorities directory.
PEP screening
Politically exposed person checks run on the same pass, covering the entity's directors, shareholders and UBOs. Matches carry the person's role and jurisdiction, so your reviewers can apply enhanced due diligence where the law expects it instead of treating every namesake as a crisis.
Adverse media screening
Adverse media screening checks the entity and its people against negative news coverage that lists have not caught up with yet: investigations, enforcement actions, credible allegations. Results are ranked by source quality and match confidence, and each hit lands in the case file with the article attached as evidence.
UBO verification
UBO verification in KYCK unwinds layered ownership to the ultimate beneficial owners, applying the 50 percent rule where sanctions law requires it, verifies the chain against documents, and screens every person it finds for sanctions, PEP status and adverse media. Screening a company without screening its owners is theatre; the owners are covered on the same pass.
Re-screening and perpetual KYC
Re-screening in KYCK means any counterparty can be checked again on demand against current lists, because lists change daily and ownership changes without notice. Perpetual KYC extends this on the roadmap: continuous monitoring that raises an alert against the original record when something moves, replacing fixed-calendar reviews.
What arrives with every result
Every KYCK screening result arrives with the evidence needed to defend it: the lists and list versions checked with timestamps, match reasoning showing which fields aligned and how strongly, the reviewer and decision with any escalation path, and a one-click disclosure package ready for banks, auditors and supervisors.
Frequently asked questions
What is PEP screening?
Checking whether a counterparty, its directors or its beneficial owners are politically exposed persons: people who hold or held prominent public functions, plus their relatives and close associates. A PEP match is not a prohibition; it triggers enhanced due diligence, which is why the evidence around the decision matters as much as the match.
How does adverse media screening work?
The entity and its people are checked against negative news coverage: fraud, sanctions evasion, money laundering, regulatory action. Good adverse media screening weighs source quality and match confidence, so your analysts see a ranked, explainable result instead of a pile of name collisions.
What is perpetual KYC?
The shift from periodic reviews to continuous ones: instead of re-checking every counterparty on a fixed calendar, re-screening triggers when something changes, a list update, an ownership event, a designation wave. KYCK supports on-demand re-screening today, with continuous monitoring on the roadmap.
Can screening results be defended to a regulator?
That is the design goal. Every KYCK screening records what was checked, against which list versions, when, with match reasoning and the reviewer's decision. The disclosure package exports that trail in one click, which is exactly what an auditor or bank asks for.
What is counterparty screening?
Counterparty screening checks a business counterparty and the people behind it, directors, shareholders and ultimate beneficial owners, against sanctions lists, PEP databases and adverse media, before onboarding and again whenever lists change. Unlike consumer KYC checks, the object is the company and its ownership chain, with every result kept as evidence.
What is perpetual KYC?
Perpetual KYC replaces fixed-calendar reviews with continuous re-screening: counterparties are checked again when sanctions lists change, ownership moves or new adverse media appears, and an alert is raised against the original record. The goal is that risk surfaces the day it exists, not at the next annual review.
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