Tag: Opoint

Blackdot Solutions, a specialist in intelligence and investigations software, has joined forces with Opoint, a worldwide supplier of media intelligence and news data, to...

Sanctions screening is the practice of checking customers, companies and transactions against official sanctions lists to detect parties barred or restricted from financial activity....

GDELT has become the default reference point for anyone exploring global news data, and its scale is hard to ignore. Free, vast and frequently...

Politically Exposed Person (PEP) screening determines whether a customer, counterparty or beneficial owner holds a position of public influence that carries an elevated risk...

Compliance teams often treat sanctions screening, PEP screening and adverse media screening as interchangeable checkboxes. They are not. Each targets a different category of risk,...

News monitoring is the practice of tracking published news for mentions of the people, organisations, topics or events a business needs to follow, and...

Media monitoring and media intelligence are often spoken about interchangeably, yet the distinction between the two carries real consequences for anyone building or buying...

Media monitoring, when executed properly, follows five steps: deciding what to track, selecting sources, configuring filters, routing results and reviewing performance. Tools change frequently,...

Market-moving stories break in local-language press hours before international wire services catch up, and a new data-led guide from media monitoring firm Opoint has...

As the volume and velocity of global information continue to accelerate, organisations operating in risk, compliance, and investment environments face a growing challenge: how...