Which lists are covered?

Major international sanctions programmes, domestic regulatory and enforcement lists, PEP databases and adverse-media-derived watchlists. The console lists current sources.

How do we handle a hit?

Matches come with scores and profiles. Your team clears or escalates in your system or in the Profiden platform, and the decision is logged.

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AML & Sanctions Screening API

Check an individual or company against international and domestic sanctions lists, politically exposed person databases, regulatory enforcement lists and watchlists. Get scored matches with the list, reason and profile, and re-screen automatically as lists change.

Response: Real-time
Inputs: 1 required · 3 optional
Consent: Not required
Billing: Per successful call

Get API access API reference

POST /v1/aml-screening

Sandbox · Production

Your application sends
- Name (individual or entity)*
- Date of birth or incorporation
- Nationality or country
- Identifiers (PAN, passport)
Profiden API

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

Global sanctions, PEP and watchlists
You receive
- Match status
- Ranked matches with score
- List, category and reason
- PEP level and relationships
- Profile summary for each match

aml-screening Full reference

What the AML & Sanctions Screening API does

Anti-money-laundering obligations require screening before onboarding and monitoring afterwards. The AML & Sanctions Screening API runs a name, with optional date of birth, nationality and identifiers, across consolidated global and Indian lists and returns ranked matches with enough detail for a compliance officer to clear or escalate.

Ongoing monitoring re-screens your customer and vendor base as lists update, and posts new hits to your webhook.

Where it is used

Banks & NBFCs Fintech Insurance Gaming

Good to know

Same key and response envelope as every other Profiden API.
Synchronous call: the result comes back in the same request.
Also available as a check inside Profiden cases, with a PDF report.
Sandbox demo hits let you integrate before production billing.

Benefits of the AML & Sanctions Screening API

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

Global and domestic lists

Sanctions, PEP, enforcement and watchlists in one query.

Fewer false positives

Name matching tuned for Indian names and transliteration.

Ongoing monitoring

Automatic re-screening as lists change.

Audit trail

Every decision to clear or escalate is recorded.

Use cases

AML & Sanctions Screening API use cases

Where the AML & Sanctions Screening API is typically called, and what it settles there.

Customer onboarding (KYC/AML)

Mandatory screening for regulated entities.

Vendor and partner due diligence

Screen counterparties and their directors.

Senior hire due diligence

PEP and enforcement checks for leadership roles.

Investment and broking

Screen investors and beneficial owners.

How the AML & Sanctions Screening API works

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

Authenticate

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

Send the inputs

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

We verify at source

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

Act on the result

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

Open the AML & Sanctions Screening reference