WORLD-CHECK OVERVIEW

World-Check, the leading global provider of highly structured risk intelligence, offers banks, institutional lenders, lawyers, accounting firms and other regulated financial services providers a comprehensive solution for meeting their regulatory compliance requirements.

More than 4 500 institutions, including 49 of the top 50 banks, rely on this database of known heightened-risk individuals and entities to effectively screen their clients, transactions and employees for potential risk relating to money laundering, terrorist financing and over 20 other types of risk. Significantly, it is also the risk intelligence solution of choice for more than 200 government and law enforcement agencies around the world.

World-Check’s acquisition of IntegraScreen has added due diligence reporting to its portfolio of risk management products and services. This new addition provides clients with end-to-end risk management services such as customised country risk assessments, full-spectrum risk intelligence as well as comprehensive reporting, in-depth analysis and monitoring across all markets and industries.

World-Check can be accessed via two annual subscription models, Online Service and Data-File. Our Online Service is accessed through our website and the Data-File is a downloadable flat file that can be loaded into various software applications to screen large volumes of clients and transactions against a comprehensive range risk factors.

Which World-Check solution will suit my organisation?

Learn more about the different World-Check subscription models, respective compliance solutions and value-added products below:

World-Check Online Service

World-Check Online is an Internet-based risk screening service enabling users to instantly check individual or entity names against the full World-Check data set. Updated in real-time, its quick search functionalities allow users to identify any potential risks the person, entity or their associates may hold. It also allows for at-a-glance verification during the remediation of automatic screening outputs. Incorporating Passport-Check, it also verifies the authenticity of ‘machine readable’ (MRZ) passports from more than 180 countries.

The integration of name checking and ID checking into one process provides both commercial and government clients with a unique solution for meeting stringent international Customer Identification (CIP) and Know Your Customer (KYC) obligations.

Click here to find out more about World-Check Online.

Data-File (flat file)

The Data-File (flat file) is an automated compliance solution that allows for the discrete and in-house screening of large volumes of clients and transactions. Additionally, the Data-File allows for 'dynamic downloads', enabling customers to perform data-sliced requests and download data sub-sets relevant to specific internal risk screening processes.

The Data-File is updated twice daily to ensure our customers have access to the latest information, with annual subscriptions allowing for unlimited downloads. It allows for the daily batch filtering of new customer account names, or for the ongoing filtering of all existing customers and vendors. The Data-File also facilitates the creation and storage of electronically auditable proof of due diligence.


Find out more about the World-Check Data-File.

IntegraScreen Reports

World-Check's due diligence reports are specifically designed to meet compliance obligations relating to KYC, KYE and business partner screening as required by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), USA Patriot Act and similar legislation.

Enhanced due diligence is essential when:
•    Conducting pre-merger and acquisition inquiries and pre-IPO research
•    Entering into a new international joint venture
•    Engaging a critical business partner in an emerging market
•    Reviewing international hedge funds and implementing best practices for regulatory compliance and corporate governance.

Click here to find out more about the IntegraScreen Reports.

Country-Check

Country-Check is a proprietary country risk index that aggregates political, financial and criminal risk factors to rank 'overall' risk for 244 countries and territories worldwide.

Engineered to meet international market demand for a holistic risk analysis tool that objectively ranks country risk, Country-Check is the fruit of extensive collaborations between some of the UK’s leading statisticians and expert computer programmers.

Country-Check Master Index values are calculated by aggregating more than 160 credible data sources across the full risk spectrum. Featuring both risk ranking and customisable multi-band risk profiling functionalities, Country-Check provides a transparent and methodologically verifiable model for country-specific risk assessment.

For more information visit www.country-check.com.