Financial Crime Prevention

PEP, sanctions screening and watchlists

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Streamlined screening and due diligence

Sanctions lists, PEP data, watchlists and adverse media sources change constantly as financial crime risks, geopolitical events and regulatory expectations evolve. For regulated firms, the challenge is not only identifying potential exposure, but reviewing, evidencing and acting on matches consistently.

Experian Screening helps firms screen customers, businesses, UBOs, connected parties and higher-risk relationships across onboarding and across the customer lifecycle. Screening outcomes can be connected to Customer Risk Assessment, workflow, case management and audit, helping teams assess potential matches, evidence decisions and trigger proportionate action where risk requires attention.

Our data quality tools can also help improve the accuracy and completeness of customer input data before screening takes place. Better-quality names, addresses, dates of birth and customer attributes can help reduce avoidable false positives and investigation effort.

Identify, authenticate and screen

We optimise the PEP sanctions screening process to improve precision while optimising the customer experience. Our three-step process and status as an approved Credit Bureau simplifies verification, reducing processing delays and creating a seamless journey with reduced risk of customer drop-off. We verify the Ultimate Business Owner (UBO) and help you confidently, quickly and easily check individuals to achieve superior levels of customer due diligence.

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Screen with better data and clearer action

Screening is most effective when the input data is accurate, the matching approach is proportionate and the outcome is connected to the wider customer risk process. We help firms improve screening precision while supporting smoother onboarding, clearer review workflows and stronger audit evidence.

Improve customer experience

Collecting the information needed for screening and due diligence can create delay and friction if handled manually. We help firms use trusted data and digital journeys to reduce unnecessary customer requests, while still capturing the evidence needed to support compliance outcomes. 

Strengthen screening input data

Screening results are only as strong as the data being screened. Our data quality tools can help improve names, addresses, dates of birth and customer attributes before screening takes place, supporting better match outcomes and reducing avoidable investigation effort.

Connect matches to workflow and audit

Potential matches should not sit in a separate process. Experian Screening can connect outcomes to disposition workflow, case management, Customer Risk Assessment and audit history, helping teams review, evidence and act on screening exposure consistently across onboarding and throughout the customer lifecycle.

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Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBO)

For business relationships, firms need to understand not only the organisation they are dealing with, but also the people who own, control or are connected to it. UBO, PSC, director and connected-party information can all affect screening, KYB, Customer Risk Assessment and enhanced due diligence decisions.

We help firms identify and assess relevant individuals within business structures, supporting a clearer view of ownership, control and potential financial crime exposure. This can help teams understand where risk may sit, screen relevant parties and evidence decisions more consistently.

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Persons of Significant Control (PSC)

A Person of Significant Control, or PSC, is an individual or legal entity that has significant ownership or control over a UK company. This can include share ownership, voting rights, the right to appoint or remove directors, or significant influence or control.

We help firms use PSC, director and ownership data to support KYB checks, screening and due diligence. This helps teams understand the people behind a business and connect ownership and control information into the wider customer risk view.

Batch or real-time screening

Different firms need different screening routes. Experian Screening can support onboarding checks, portfolio screening, ad hoc review and ongoing monitoring, with outcomes connected to workflow and audit where required.

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Due diligence

Due diligence helps firms verify customers, understand business relationships, screen for risk exposure and evidence decisions. AML and KYC controls should support proportionate action, not blanket intervention across every customer or business.

Experian Financial Crime Compliance helps connect trusted data, digital onboarding, screening and CLM workflow, so teams can manage due diligence across the customer lifecycle. Where higher risk, policy triggers or missing evidence require deeper review, Experian CLM can help route enhanced due diligence, outreach, approvals and audit through controlled workflow.

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