AML Screening — Sanctions, PEP, and Adverse Media
Continuous screening against OFAC, UN, EU, and HMT sanctions lists, PEP databases, and adverse media sources — at onboarding and on an ongoing monitoring schedule.
Multi-list sanctions coverage with sub-second latency
Kycanvas screens customer identity against multiple sanctions lists simultaneously — OFAC SDN, UN consolidated, EU consolidated, and HMT (UK). List updates are applied on the Kycanvas side — no action required from your compliance team when lists are updated.
OFAC SDN
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons — US-required screening for all US financial institutions
UN Consolidated
UN Security Council sanctions list — relevant for international customers and cross-border transactions
EU Consolidated
European Union sanctions list — relevant for EU-related transactions and European customer bases
HMT (UK)
UK His Majesty's Treasury financial sanctions list — relevant for UK operations and customers
FinCEN 314(a) process note: Kycanvas is designed to support your OFAC obligations. FinCEN 314(a) information sharing is a separate process administered by FinCEN and your financial institution's compliance program.
Politically Exposed Persons screening
PEP screening is a mandatory component of Enhanced Due Diligence under FinCEN guidance. Kycanvas screens against PEP databases covering domestic and foreign politically exposed persons — including heads of state, senior government officials, senior executives of state-owned enterprises, and immediate family members and close associates of PEPs.
Domestic PEPs
Current and former holders of prominent public functions within the customer's home jurisdiction
Foreign PEPs
Current and former holders of prominent public functions in foreign jurisdictions — FATF-aligned coverage
RCAs (relatives and close associates)
Immediate family members and known close associates of identified PEPs — often missed in basic PEP programs
Adverse media screening for EDD
For customers subject to Enhanced Due Diligence, Kycanvas is designed to surface adverse media from monitored news sources for compliance team review. Adverse media categories include: money laundering allegations, fraud, bribery, corruption, terrorism financing, and sanctions violations.
Coverage limitation: Kycanvas adverse media screening is designed to surface adverse media for compliance review — not to claim complete coverage of all news sources globally. Your compliance program should treat adverse media signals as one input to the overall EDD assessment.
Continuous re-screening — not just at onboarding
Sanctions lists are updated regularly — OFAC adds and removes names on the SDN list throughout the year. A customer who was clean at onboarding may match a newly-added name six months later. Kycanvas continuous monitoring re-screens your customer base on a configurable schedule and delivers alerts via webhook when a potential match is detected.
Periodic re-screening
Configure daily, weekly, or monthly re-screening schedules per customer risk tier. Higher-risk customers screened more frequently.
Event-triggered re-screen
Trigger re-screening on transaction pattern changes, geographic risk changes, or operator-defined event signals via webhook.
Alert delivery
Potential match alerts delivered via webhook. Structured alert payload includes match details, match confidence score, and list source.
Audit log
Complete log of every screening event, including no-hit screenings — exportable for examiner review and BSA/AML program documentation.
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