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Introduction

LSEG© World-Check On Demand© is the next-generation World-Check Risk Intelligence database. It was created to offer improved and more timely access to information that assists businesses in meeting their due diligence obligations, identifying potential financial criminal activity, and addressing Politically Exposed Persons monitoring requirements, among other things. This new database is provided through REST APIs, allowing organisations to easily integrate the information into their own systems and processes, and helps meet due diligence and compliance requirements, such as AML and PEP screening, by providing enriched data with clearer categorisation and source transparency. This enables more confident decision-making when assessing individuals or entities.

Backed by 25 years of trusted expertise, World-Check On Demand delivers real-time, rich and highly structured content in JSON format and includes provenance on key fields, new granular categorisation, and much more structured data which will help organisations make more informed decisions when screening individuals or entities to conduct business with. With this new API, organizations can quickly and easily access the information they need to comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulations, and to protect themselves and their customers from the risks associated with financial crime.

World-Check On Demand redefines how risk intelligence is created and delivered - giving our customers the power to act faster, smarter, and with absolute confidence. 

Key Benefits​

Real-time, on-demand access​

Stop waiting for batch updates – gain access to sanctions, PEPs and adverse media data as it happens, providing immediate insight to inform business decisions.

Better business agility​

Adapt swiftly to business and regulatory changes – our high quality, structured and provenance-rich data offers complete flexibility to adapt and change in a highly competitive business landscape.

Stronger compliance outcomes​

Minimise the risk of non-compliance – access trusted data, on-demand to approve transactions and onboard customers without unnecessary risk or delay.

Lower operational costs​

Enhance operational efficiency – our data is structured for precision and machine readability enabling automated workflows that reduce manual effort and speed up remediation to accelerate decision-making.

Greater screening precision​

Reduce false positives – leverage deep filtering, enhanced categorisation, and structured risk taxonomy to tailor screening based on your risk appetite and focus on what truly matters.

Transparent change tracking​

Be in control of alerts – a built-in record change summary highlights what’s new, so you can react faster and keep your systems in sync, with confidence.

Efficient sanctions screening​

Check against and identify sanctions from all relevant bodies – using consolidated and deduplicated data across watchlists to ensure you meet your regulatory and compliance obligations.

Flexible integration​

Choose daily, weekly, monthly, or entire database updates that support screening, rescreening and ongoing screening needs – the API supports requests for single record retrieval, bulk input request, or delta requests for data changes.

Use Cases​

World-Check is used to screen customers, transactions and payments, suppliers, agents and intermediaries, vessels, UBO’s, SMO’s, other third parties, securities and more, at the time of onboarding, on a continuous basis, during transactions, in order to identify:

  • Possible explicitly or implicitly sanctioned entities, individuals, securities or places
  • Politically exposed persons and their relatives and close associates
  • Entities or individuals that are listed or wanted by law or regulatory enforcement agencies
  • People or entities about whom there is reliable, relevant and material adverse media

The next-generation World-Check platform is suitable for financial institutions, government agencies, corporates, MSBs, casino gaming companies, and other institutions with regulatory or reputational requirements to screen clients, customers, and third-party relationships.

Partnerships​

LSEG works with more than 200 filter partner organisations across the globe, enabling the integration of World-Check Risk Intelligence data with software solutions tailored to specific business domains. Partnering gives customers more choices regarding workflow, technology, performance, cost, and overall value. We work with partners from a wide range of sectors.