Napier AI, a provider of financial crime compliance technology, has finished technology validation for an integration of its Transaction Screening product with LSEG’s newly launched World-Check On Demand, letting banks and other institutions check payments against fresh sanctions data minutes after it is released.
Through the integration, financial institutions can access LSEG’s World-Check risk intelligence via an API and apply it to payment screening shortly after LSEG analysts publish updates. Firms can then use that data within screening processes tailored to their own risk appetite, internal policies and chosen data sources.
World-Check On Demand is LSEG’s API-led approach to delivering its World-Check data. The service provides continuously refreshed intelligence in real time, giving organisations immediate access to information on sanctions, politically exposed persons (PEPs), adverse media and enforcement actions.
Screening large volumes of payments against PEP and adverse media lists often produces a high number of false positives. Napier AI says its Transaction Screening solution is designed to deliver speed while maintaining accuracy, checking every payment in real time, including against World-Check On Demand data. Firms can also tailor screening according to payment rail and customer risk category, giving them control over which transactions are validated against World-Check On Demand.
The integration brings a more detailed, granular data structure to Napier AI Transaction Screening, which supports risk-based configurations. Because the data is machine-readable, it can feed automated and AI-powered workflows, while source information at field level improves transparency around where the data originates. As a result, organisations can opt to screen solely against the sources that match their risk appetite.
Napier AI CEO Greg Watson said, “Payments move in milliseconds. Sanctions and compliance checks should not be the reason they slow down. Sanctions lists are changing faster and more frequently than ever. Our customers rely on us to screen payments quickly and accurately, and that demands real-time data, that can be used effectively within automated and AI-enabled compliance workflows.
“By working with LSEG to bring World-Check On Demand into Napier AI NextGen Transaction Screening, we’re helping financial institutions meet regulatory requirements for a truly risk-based approach that reduces over-screening, false positives, and risk exposure through accurate, real-time financial crime intelligence.”
LSEG Risk Intelligence head of product, screening Priya Nallan said, “Effective payment screening depends on institutions having timely access to trusted risk intelligence and the ability to apply it in line with their own risk policies.
“By integrating World-Check On Demand with Napier AI Transaction Screening, we are helping customers access newly published intelligence more quickly and use richer, more granular information within their existing screening workflows. This supports more precise, risk-based screening while keeping institutions in control of their compliance decisions.”
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