Automate risk checks with real-time watchlist screening
Whether you’re hiring, onboarding users, or managing transactions, Veriff helps you screen individuals against global sanctions and watchlists—instantly and automatically. Stay compliant and reduce risk without adding friction.


Why use Veriff for Watchlist screening?
We help businesses identify high-risk individuals before they gain access to your services. Veriff automates watchlist checks as part of your existing identity verification process—ensuring quick decisions and reducing manual workload. You can reduce exposure to sanctioned or high-risk individuals, detect politically exposed persons (PEPs) and adverse media hits, and automate decision-making for faster, more compliant onboarding.

Stay compliant with Veriff

From financial services to online platforms, regulatory compliance is critical. Veriff helps you meet AML, CTF, and KYC obligations by screening users against real-time global watchlists.
Our coverage includes:
- Government sanctions lists
- Law enforcement and criminal databases
- PEP lists and politically sensitive profiles
- Adverse media sources
Stages of watchlist screening
Veriff helps you implement automated screening at key moments across the user journey:
Extract user data directly from government-issued ID
Automatically match against global and custom watchlists
Instantly flag hits for further review or automatic decline
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Protect your business with watchlist screening
Easily screen users and stay compliant with a unified platform that detects risk early, before it escalates.