Sanctions & OFAC Screening
Screen Against 250+ Global Watchlists — On Every Validation
OFAC sanctions carry strict liability. Transacting with a sanctioned individual or entity — even unknowingly — creates civil penalty exposure that can dwarf the value of the transaction. TIN Comply screens every vendor, payee, customer, and partner against 250+ global sanctions and watchlists, returns official list data from the publishing organization, and logs every result with a timestamp. Screening runs automatically alongside IRS TIN matching — one call, complete result.
Why Sanctions Screening Can't Be a Separate Step
Most organizations screen at vendor onboarding and assume that's sufficient. Two problems with that: sanctions lists are updated continuously, so a vendor that was clean at onboarding may be designated afterward. And if onboarding screening was inconsistent — which is common in vendor populations built over years — a significant portion of active vendors may never have been screened at all.
TIN Comply embeds screening into the same call as IRS TIN matching. Every validation — at onboarding, on correction, via bulk pre-filing — screens simultaneously. The result is a screening record for every vendor, not just the ones someone remembered to check.
Regulatory Violations
OFAC sanctions are strict liability — intent is not a defense. A payment to a sanctioned entity creates exposure regardless of whether the payer knew. Screening before payment is the only control that works.
Civil Penalties & Enforcement
OFAC civil penalties can reach millions per violation. Criminal exposure exists for willful violations. Documentation that screening was performed — and when — is the foundation of any enforcement defense.
Vendor Onboarding Risk
A sanctioned vendor added to the AP system without screening may receive payments for months before anyone checks. Screening at onboarding — before the vendor record is activated — is the only point where the risk is preventable.
Hidden Counterparty Exposure
Sanctioned parties operate under aliases, transliterated names, and through beneficial ownership structures designed to avoid detection. Exact-match screening misses them. Fuzzy matching and alias detection are required.
Required Fields
Legal Name
Individual or business name as it appears on your vendor, payee, or customer record. TIN Comply's fuzzy matching handles name variations, partial matches, and transliterations — not just exact strings.
Screening Workflow
Select Who to Screen
Screen vendors, payees, customers, or partners by name — individually through the portal, in bulk from an uploaded file, or automatically via API on every onboarding or validation event.
Choose List Scope
Run global screening across all 250+ lists or narrow by region or list type for targeted coverage. Industry-specific lists — gaming, healthcare, financial services — available for regulated workflows.
Screen with Fuzzy Matching
TIN Comply screens against list entries including known aliases, transliterations, and alternate names — catching the matches that exact-string screening misses.
Review Potential Matches
Results include list source and official list details so compliance teams can triage quickly. Potential matches are flagged for review and escalation based on your internal policy — clear results, not just a hit/no-hit binary.
Log for Audit
Every screening result is logged per record with a timestamp — list source, result detail, and screening date retained automatically. The documentation that supports enforcement defense and compliance audit exists before it's needed.
See Sanctions Screening in Action
Key Capabilities
250+ Global Lists
OFAC SDN, OFAC Consolidated, FinCEN advisories, BIS Denied Persons and Entity List, EU Consolidated, UN Security Council, and additional national and international programs — all in a single screening call.
OFAC SDN Coverage
Full coverage of U.S. Treasury OFAC Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list — the highest-priority U.S. sanctions list — plus OFAC Consolidated and program-specific lists.
Industry-Specific Lists
Specialty lists for gaming, healthcare, insurance, and financial services — covering excluded providers, debarred parties, and regulated industry watchlists alongside standard sanctions coverage.
Included on Every TIN Validation
Sanctions screening runs automatically alongside every IRS TIN matching call — no separate workflow, no additional step, no vendors that slip through because someone forgot to screen.
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Screen Against 250+ Lists in Minutes
Run sanctions screening through the portal, bulk files, or API — automatically alongside IRS TIN matching on every validation, with official list results and a timestamped audit trail on every record.