Adverse media screening

Roles that need it

• KYC Analyst
• Corporate Onboarding Analyst (KYC)
• AML Analyst
• Sanctions Analyst
• Financial Crime Investigations Associate

Skills it belongs to

• Know your customer due diligence
• Assessing the quality of sources
• Investigative reasoning on anomalies

Related concepts

• KYC (Know Your Customer)Know Your Customer is the process a firm uses to establish and verify who its customer is, who owns and controls it, what the relationship is for and how risky it is, before onboarding and throughout the relationship. In EU law it is carried out through customer due diligence measures.
• EDD (Enhanced Due Diligence)Enhanced due diligence is the set of additional customer due diligence measures required for higher-risk situations, such as politically exposed persons, high-risk third countries, cross-border correspondent relationships and unusual transactions. It typically includes source of wealth and funds checks, senior management approval and closer monitoring.
• PEP (Politically Exposed Person)A politically exposed person is someone who holds or has held a prominent public function, such as head of state, minister, member of parliament, senior judge or board member of a state-owned company. PEPs, their family members and close associates require enhanced due diligence, for at least 12 months after leaving office.
• Sanctions screeningSanctions screening is the control that compares customers, related parties and payment data against sanctions lists, such as the EU consolidated list and UN lists, to stop dealings with designated persons or prohibited activities. It runs at onboarding, on list updates and in real time on payments.

Sources

• The FATF Recommendations, Financial Action Task Force (external site) accessed 31 Oct 2026

Updated 31 Oct 2026.