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Compliance & AML
Sanctions and PEP screening with fast, accurate alert handling
We review customer and payment screening alerts against global sanctions, PEP and watchlists, close false positives with clear rationale and escalate true matches immediately.
At a glance
Onboarding screening
Ongoing re-screening
Payment screening
PEP identification
Supporting fintechs in the UK, EU, US and Canada
Overview
Zero tolerance needs a reliable process
Sanctions breaches carry strict liability and severe penalties, and payment partners will not tolerate weak screening. Yet poorly tuned systems flood teams with false positives, and rushed reviews are exactly how real matches slip through.
Hilix analysts work your screening alerts with a consistent methodology: compare identifiers, assess the strength of the match, document the rationale and escalate genuine matches with the information you need to freeze, report or reject. We also help you tune lists, fuzzy matching and thresholds so the volume is manageable without losing coverage.
What’s included
Everything included in Sanctions & PEP Screening
Who this is for
- Remittance and cross-border payment providers
- PSPs screening merchants and payments
- EMIs and wallets with large customer bases
- Businesses expanding into new corridors
What you receive
- Cleared screening queues to agreed SLAs
- Documented rationale for every closed alert
- Escalation packs for potential true matches
- Screening configuration recommendations
- Alert volume and quality MI
How we work
How we take over or build your compliance function
Diagnose
We review your policies, risk assessment, case files, queues and systems to see what works, what is missing and what is exposed.
Design
We agree scope, service levels, escalation rules and the decisions that stay with your MLRO, then document them.
Operate
Our analysts work inside your tools, clear queues to agreed SLAs and record every decision with evidence.
Report and improve
Weekly and monthly MI, quality checks and trend analysis feed continuous improvement and board reporting.
FAQ
Sanctions & PEP Screening: common questions
Which sanctions lists do you cover?
We work with the lists configured in your screening tool, typically OFAC SDN and consolidated lists, UK OFSI, EU consolidated, UN Security Council and other national lists relevant to your corridors.
What happens if there is a true match?
We escalate immediately to your nominated contact with the evidence, recommended actions and the reporting steps required in the relevant jurisdiction.
Can you reduce false positives?
Yes. We analyse alert patterns and recommend tuning changes, good-guy list rules and data quality fixes, always documenting the risk impact of each change.
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