Sanctions screening

Checking a person or entity against published lists of restricted parties before and during a relationship.

Screening runs at onboarding and continuously against the lists that apply to the jurisdictions involved.

A match blocks the relationship until it is resolved, and the outcome is recorded.

Related terms

The controls a business runs to detect and prevent the use of its products for laundering money.

A country whose residents cannot hold a given token because of law, sanctions or the terms of the offering.