Beneficial ownership risk screening

Cross-references Meridian's administered entity UBO register against UK Sanctions, OFAC SDN, EU CFSP and UN consolidated lists. Adverse-media sweep runs weekly. Flags are tiered by severity and jurisdiction.

Sanctions list matching

Automated fuzzy-match of UBO names and passport numbers against UK Sanctions List, OFAC SDN/OFAC-50, EU CFSP and UN consolidated lists. Confidence-scored hits require manual review before clearance.

UK Sanctions List — daily diff from FCDO CSV
OFAC SDN + OFAC-50 — API-fed, updated on publication
EU CFSP Consolidated — weekly ingest
UN Consolidated — weekly ingest

Adverse media screening

Weekly Tavily sweep for each UBO name paired with financial crime, enforcement, fraud and bribery keywords. Results are scored by source credibility and surfaced for compliance review.

PEP & high-risk jurisdiction flags

Politically exposed person tagging via public PEP registry cross-reference. Jurisdiction risk scoring for entities incorporated or managed in FATF grey-list and black-list countries.