Financial Crime Screening FAQs

Question 1

What is Financial Crime Screening?

Accepted Answer

Financial Crime Screening is an AI-powered tool that integrates with AI agents and compliance workflows to perform comprehensive AML/CFT due diligence. It queries 13 live data sources in real-time, providing structured AML Risk Tiers (LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH, PROHIBITED) and supporting evidence.

Question 2

Who can benefit from using this tool?

Accepted Answer

This tool is purpose-built for banks, crypto exchanges, money service businesses, and compliance teams that require efficient, audit-ready risk classifications on demand for customer onboarding, transaction monitoring, and enhanced due diligence.

Question 3

How does it determine AML Risk Tiers and scores?

Accepted Answer

The tool uses a five-dimensional AML scoring engine to produce a quantified, explainable risk output (0-100 score). It features fuzzy name matching, shell company detection, PEP analysis, and automatically escalates direct sanctions matches (confidence >= 0.95) to a PROHIBITED tier, mandating SAR filing.

Question 4

How does Financial Crime Screening compare to traditional vendors?

Accepted Answer

Unlike traditional vendors that charge $15,000-60,000 annually for similar data access, this MCP server offers programmatic access to the same primary sources for a few dollars per screen, with no subscriptions, monthly minimums, or long-term commitments. You pay only for what you use.

Question 5

What data sources does it leverage for screening?

Accepted Answer

It queries 13 live data sources, including OFAC Sanctions, OpenSanctions (global lists), Interpol, FBI Most Wanted, FARA DOJ Registry, OpenCorporates, SEC EDGAR, FDIC Bank Data, and more. This ensures results reflect the current published state of each database.

Financial Crime Screening

Financial Crime Screening

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