Sanctions Screening

Screen against sanctions lists with speed and confidence.

Add supported sanctions and PEP checks to onboarding and investigations, with rescreening workflows available where configured.

User

Michael Chen

ID: P-98214-XX

Liveness Match
Company Registry
Status
VERIFYING

The problem

Sanctions exposure grows when screening is delayed or isolated.

Onboarding friction

Disconnected verification steps create avoidable delays for legitimate users and operations teams.

Blind spots

Basic ID checks miss vital context, like whether the individual is on a sanctions list today.

Disconnected data

When identity data lives in one platform and transactions in another, risk analysts are forced to make decisions partially blind.

Synthetic identity risk

Basic checks can miss stolen, tampered, or synthetic identity evidence without the right verification workflow.

Why it matters

Sanctions screening should support ongoing review, not only onboarding.

Watchlists and customer risk can change after onboarding. Rescreening workflows help teams review updated sanctions and PEP context when the relevant checks are configured.

The Remllo approach

Screening built into the wider risk workflow.

  • Verification OrchestrationRun supported identity, document, biometric, and business checks through configured provider routes.
  • Liveness & BiometricsUse supported liveness and facial matching checks as part of a configured verification workflow.
  • Sanctions & PEP ScreeningInclude supported sanctions and politically exposed person checks in onboarding and review workflows.
  • Ecosystem IntegrationShare verified identity signals natively across the Remllo ecosystem to power identity-aware transaction monitoring.

Capabilities

Sanctions controls built for modern compliance teams.

01

KYC Verification

API-based verification of supported national IDs, BVNs, and passports.

02

KYB Verification

Verify business entities and run supported registry, International TIN, director, and ownership checks where enabled.

03

Verification Outcomes

Keep provider results, evidence, and review status together in a tenant-scoped record.

04

Signed Webhooks

Deliver verification outcomes through signed webhooks with retry and delivery history.

How it works

From onboarding checks to configured rescreening.

  1. 01

    Capture

    Your application submits the required identity or business data for a supported check.

  2. 02

    Route

    Remllo routes the request to the configured provider for the check and country.

  3. 03

    Verify

    Document authenticity, biometric facial matching, and liveness are scored by the configured provider.

  4. 04

    Screen

    Supported sanctions and PEP checks can be included where configured.

  5. 05

    Review

    Your team receives a structured result with evidence and a reviewable decision record.

Customer fit

Used by institutions that need watchlist visibility.

For fintechs, banks, lending platforms, and payment businesses that need sanctions, PEP, and identity screening across customer lifecycles.

Fintechs & Neobanks

Run supported individual verification checks for tiered onboarding workflows.

Digital Lenders

Add identity and document evidence to borrower onboarding and review.

B2B Platforms

Run supported KYB, registry, International TIN, and ownership checks before approval.

Crypto Platforms

Add supported identity, sanctions, and PEP checks to onboarding and review workflows.

Product connection

Powered by the Remllo ecosystem.

Remllo Identity provides the verification workflow. It can share supported identity context with Remllo WatchTower when the products are integrated.

Why Remllo

Why Remllo works for sanctions screening.

  • We never silo data: unified KYC flows directly into AML and Fraud alerting
  • Optimized for Africa with deep support for regional ID registries (e.g. BVN, NIN)
  • Rescreening workflows support ongoing review where configured
  • API-first verification with signed webhooks and delivery history

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Sanctions screening software checks customers, businesses, and counterparties against watchlists, PEP databases, and other restricted-party sources to help prevent prohibited relationships or payments.

Remllo supports rescreening workflows for supported sanctions and PEP checks where configured. Alert timing and coverage depend on the enabled provider and deployment.

Yes. Remllo connects sanctions screening with identity, transaction monitoring, and investigation workflows so analysts can review sanctions context inside the same system.

Need sanctions screening that supports ongoing review?

Use Remllo to connect watchlist screening to onboarding, AML operations, and transaction investigations.

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