50,000+ vetted sources
News, regulatory bulletins, court records, NGO watchdog reports, sanctions enforcement actions and more.
Adverse media screening
See the negative news your customers don't want you to find.
ComplianceSuite adverse media screening scans 50,000+ news, regulatory and watchdog sources in 120+ languages — financial crime, fraud, corruption, sanctions evasion, terrorism — and surfaces only the articles that actually relate to your customer. FATF-aligned risk categories make EDD evidence audit-ready.
Capabilities
What's included.
120+ languages
Native-language coverage with on-demand translation and AI summary in the analyst's locale.
FATF-aligned risk categories
Articles tagged by financial crime, fraud, corruption, terrorism, sanctions evasion, tax — filter to what matters.
Entity disambiguation
DOB, nationality, employer and topic context cut common-name false positives dramatically.
Continuous monitoring
Daily re-screen of the entire customer book. New adverse media surfaces as a case alert.
Audit-ready evidence
Every article, version and disposition stored as immutable evidence for inspections.
FATF-aligned risk categories.
Articles are tagged by the financial-crime taxonomy regulators expect — so EDD evidence maps directly to your risk framework.
Money laundering
Terrorism & terrorist financing
Fraud & financial crime
Bribery & corruption
Sanctions evasion
Tax crimes
Human trafficking & modern slavery
Cybercrime
Organised crime
Environmental crime
Frequently asked questions.
What is adverse media screening?
Adverse media screening (also called negative news screening) scans global news, regulatory and watchdog sources for negative coverage about a customer or UBO — financial crime, fraud, corruption, sanctions evasion, terrorism and more — so compliance teams can apply Enhanced Due Diligence.
Is adverse media screening required by regulators?
FATF Recommendations, EU AMLR/AMLA and major national regimes expect adverse media as part of risk-based EDD for high-risk customers, PEPs and correspondent relationships. Coverage gaps are a common audit finding.
How do you handle false positives in news matching?
AI-assisted entity resolution disambiguates common names using DOB, nationality, employer and topic context. Articles are categorised by FATF-aligned risk taxonomies so analysts review only relevant coverage.
Which languages and sources do you cover?
120+ languages across 50,000+ news, regulatory and watchdog sources globally, with primary-source coverage in every market we serve. Articles are translated and summarised in the analyst's language.
Can adverse media be screened continuously?
Yes. ComplianceSuite re-screens the entire customer book daily and surfaces new adverse media as alerts in your case management workspace.
See what we surface on your highest-risk customers.
Bring 10 names — we'll run them through PEP, sanctions and adverse media live and walk you through every hit.