How does Payment Screening compare to Sanctions Screening?

ComplyAdvantage's Payment Screening solution ensures that financial transactions are screened against global sanctions lists, PEP databases, and adverse media sources in real-time. This solution helps organizations comply with international regulations by preventing illicit transactions and minimizing financial crime risks.

The system's advanced algorithms provide accurate and efficient matching, significantly reducing false positives and improving operational efficiency. Its flexible configuration options allow businesses to customize screening parameters based on their risk tolerance and regulatory requirements. Alerts and detailed reporting features keep compliance teams informed and prepared for audits.

By safeguarding payment processes, ComplyAdvantage's Payment Screening solution enhances security and ensures the integrity of financial operations.

Sardine's Sanctions Screening module provides real-time screening of customers and transactions against global sanctions lists, ensuring compliance with international regulatory requirements. The module continuously updates its databases with the latest information from various sanctions lists, including those maintained by governmental and international bodies. It employs advanced matching algorithms to accurately identify potential matches, minimizing false positives and ensuring that legitimate customers are not unduly affected. The system also generates comprehensive audit trails and reports, facilitating regulatory reporting and internal compliance reviews. By integrating seamlessly with existing customer management and transaction processing systems, the Sanctions Screening module enables organizations to maintain compliance without disrupting operational workflows.

Sardine's sanctions screening is part of their broader fraud and compliance platform, which includes:

- Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB) checks
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance
- Transaction monitoring
- Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and adverse media checks.

This integrated approach allows for a comprehensive view of potential risks across the customer lifecycle, from onboarding to ongoing transactions.

ComplyAdvantage, founded in 2014, is a RegTech company that specializes in providing AI-driven financial crime risk detection and anti-money laundering (AML) solutions. ComplyAdvantage leverages artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing to offer real-time risk insights and AML data solutions.

The company provides a range of services, covering:

- AML onboarding and monitoring
- Transaction monitoring
- Payment screening
- Politically exposed persons (PEPs) and adverse media screening
- Real-time sanctions and watchlist screening

ComplyAdvantage has experienced significant growth since its inception, raising $88.2 million through three rounds of venture capital funding and expansion of its operations with offices in the United States, Singapore, and Romania. The company serves over 1,600 businesses across the globe, including major financial institutions like Santander and Affirm, and clients have reported a 70% reduction in false positives and a 50% decrease in onboarding cycle time.

Sardine offers a platform to automate risk decisioning, catch more fraud, detect money laundering, and protect customers from scams.

Sardine's platform integrates several key functionalities aimed at combating fraud and ensuring compliance:

- Fraud Detection: Utilizing behavioral analysis and machine learning, Sardine detects scams before they occur by monitoring subtle changes in user behavior across the customer lifecycle—from onboarding to transaction monitoring.
- Risk Scoring: The platform employs advanced risk-scoring models to evaluate potential threats in real-time.
- Compliance Solutions: Sardine provides services such as Know Your Customer (KYC), Know Your Business (KYB), transaction monitoring, and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance.
- Device Intelligence & Behavioral Biometrics: By incorporating device intelligence and behavioral biometrics, Sardine enhances its fraud detection capabilities beyond traditional methods.

The inception of Sardine was driven by the founders' experiences in the fintech space, particularly their recognition of the fragmented nature of fraud prevention services available to cryptocurrency and neobanking sectors. Ranjan's background in cybersecurity and machine learning, alongside the team's collective expertise, led to the development of a unified API platform designed to tackle various fraud risks comprehensively. The name "Sardine" is a nod to Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), which are critical in reporting financial crimes.