Compliance risk assessment
We check you the way a bank’s compliance team, an immigration authority or a counterparty’s lawyer will: search, AI answers, adverse media, sanctions lists and databases. We identify what may raise questions and prepare the answers in advance.
IMG 0121:9Why it matters now
IMG 024:3Banks and immigration programmes do not explain refusals. The reason is usually something found during the check: an article with negative context, a name match on a sanctions list, a database entry, or simply an empty profile that does nothing to support the source of funds.
We run the same check earlier, on your side. You learn which questions will come up and arrive at the review with answers and documents ready.
When you need it
If you recognise your situation, the check is either under way or about to start.
Opening an account abroad
UAE, Switzerland, Cyprus, Georgia, the EU: KYC and source-of-funds checks.
Residency and citizenship by investment
Programme due diligence, where reputational background is checked separately.
A transaction or investor entry
The counterparty checks the owner and management.
The bank has questions
A request for explanations, frozen transactions or a refusal without reasons.
An appointment
A board or regulator vetting a candidate.
IMG 033:2IMG 043:2What the work includes
The final scope is fixed in the contract after the audit. This is what a project usually covers.
- Search and adverse mediaNegative mentions in media and search, using the banks’ methodology.
- Sanctions pre-checkScreening for matches against the main sanctions lists.
- Databases and registersWorld-Check, Dow Jones, court and corporate registers.
- AI answersWhat AI assistants will tell an analyst who is checking you.
- Risk mapEach risk, with the likelihood of it being raised and how to address it.
- Explanation packA template dossier and documents for compliance.
Often combined with
One task is rarely solved with one tool. These services reinforce the result and are run by the same account lead.
Works withWorld-Check, Dow Jones and PEP
If the assessment turns up a database record, we have it corrected with the provider.
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Works withRemoval and suppression of negative content
Adverse media that can lawfully be removed is taken down before the review.
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Works withDigital profile building
A bank needs a clear, verifiable source about you. We create it.
Learn more →How we work
At every stage you see the result and receive a document.
Data collection
Search, media, lists, databases, registers.
2–3 daysAnalysis
We assess every signal as a reviewer would.
1–2 daysReport
A risk map and recommendations for each item.
day 5Preparation
Dossier, explanations and, where needed, work on search results.
per taskIMG 0521:9Checkpoints
We report on what has changed, not on how many pieces were published. Specific targets are fixed in the contract.
IMG 064:3- You know what the reviewer will see
- Every risk has an explanation and a supporting document
- Namesake matches are dealt with in advance
- It is clear whether search results need work before you apply
On this topic
A similar case and an article from the knowledge base.
IMG 0116:10A UAE bank paused an account opening
The bank’s compliance team asked for an explanation of 2019 publications and a match in a commercial database. There were no English-language search results about the client at all.
IMG 0116:10What a bank sees before it opens your account: your digital profile through a compliance lens
An unexplained refusal almost always comes down to what the bank found about you on its own. Here is what it checks, and how to prepare in advance.
14 October 2026 · 8 min readRead the article →Frequently asked questions
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How is this different from a lawyer’s review?
A lawyer looks at documents and structure. We look at your digital footprint: what a reviewer will find in search, media, databases and AI answers. The two reviews complement each other.
Do you check sanctions lists officially?
We run a preliminary check against public lists and commercial databases available for this kind of work. It does not replace a bank’s official screening, but it shows what that screening is likely to find.
What if a risk is found?
We prepare a way to address it: an explanation, documents, work on search results or the database. Sometimes a well-prepared dossier is enough.
Is this confidential?
Yes. We sign an NDA before any data is shared, and only you receive the report.
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