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Risk & Compliance

Adverse Media Screening API

Screen a name against news archives and public sources for fraud, financial crime, regulatory action, violence and other risk categories. Results are classified by category and relevance so compliance and HR teams review only what matters.

Response
Real-time
Inputs
1 required · 1 optional
Consent
Not required
Billing
Per successful call
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POST /v1/adverse-media-screening
Sandbox · Production

  1. Your application sends

    • Name (individual or entity)*
    • Context (company, location, role)

  2. Profiden API

    Validates the request, queries the source, normalises the answer and logs the call. Billed only on success.

  3. Verified with

    News and public sources

  4. You receive

    • Articles found with source and date
    • Risk category per article
    • Relevance score
    • Summary of allegations
    • Monitoring alerts
adverse-media-screening Full reference

What the Adverse Media Screening API does

Sanctions lists lag behind the news. Adverse Media Screening searches mainstream and regional news, regulatory releases and public records for reports linking a person or entity to risk events, then classifies and de-duplicates them. It is the early-warning layer of a compliance programme.

Ongoing monitoring re-runs the search and alerts you when new coverage appears.

Benefits of the Adverse Media Screening API

Find negative news about a person or company across news and public sources.

Beyond the lists

Surfaces risk before it reaches a sanctions list.

Classified and de-duplicated

Reviewers see categories, not raw search results.

Regional coverage

Indian-language sources included.

Monitoring

Alerts on new coverage.

Use cases

Adverse Media Screening API use cases

Where the Adverse Media Screening API is typically called, and what it settles there.

Executive and board appointments

Reputation due diligence for leadership.

Vendor and partner screening

Fraud and regulatory history of counterparties.

Enhanced due diligence

High-risk customer reviews for AML programmes.

Investment screening

Promoter and founder background.

How the Adverse Media Screening API works

Request and response details, environments and a ready-to-import collection are in the developer console at console.profiden.com.

01

Authenticate

Call with your organisation API key. Sandbox and production use the same contract.

02

Send the inputs

Name (individual or entity) as a JSON body. Optional fields sharpen the match.

03

We verify at source

Profiden queries the authoritative record, normalises the answer and logs the request.

04

Act on the result

A verification status plus the fields listed above, in the same response envelope as every other API.

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Built for the DPDP Act 2023

Consent recorded · Payloads not retained beyond your retention window · Every request traceable

Encryption in transit and at rest
Data processed in India
Per-request audit trail
Masked identifiers in responses

Adverse Media Screening API: frequently asked questions

What teams ask before adding the Adverse Media Screening API to their integration.

Context such as company, location and role narrows matches, and each article carries a relevance score.

Yes. Major Indian-language publications are covered alongside English sources.

Related APIs

APIs that usually run alongside the Adverse Media Screening API, on the same key.

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Screen people and entities against global sanctions, PEP and watchlists.

Court & Criminal Records Check

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Search civil and criminal case records across Indian courts for a person or entity.

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Resolve a person's directorships and DIN status from the corporate registry.

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Tell us your use case and expected volume. We set up the organisation, share per-call pricing and issue keys.

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