About screening
Screening in Moody's for Compliance provides a unified view of sanctions, political exposure, adverse media, and watchlists during onboarding and ongoing monitoring of entities and associates.
Screening is a core part of compliance work. It checks companies and individuals against datasets to spot signs of risk. It supports Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) frameworks, helping you confirm whether any risk is present with entities you do business with.
Moody's for Compliance pulls information related to entities in your portfolio from multiple risk‑focused datasets. Each dataset pinpoints a different type of risk:
Sanctions lists: Official government and international sanctions sources.
Politically exposed persons (PEPs): Individuals with significant public roles or connections.
Adverse media: Negative press or public information connected to alleged wrongdoing.
Watchlists: Lists maintained by official bodies for risk detection.
Internal watchlists: Organization‑defined lists for internal risk policies.
When screening is part of your assessment workflow, these datasets are included in screening checks while onboarding entities to your portfolio as well as during ongoing monitoring. You can view screening events of entities and their associates in the Screening events chapter.
An automated AI process reviews every potential match and assigns a confidence score using a machine‑learning model. This score can be used to filter out low-quality false positives before they reach further stages of analysis.