Risk Data

World-Check Data

Name: Access World-Check Data
Creator: LSEG
Published: 2025-10-15T08:48:18.213
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An overview of World-Check Data

World-Check aggregates and provides its clients with access to public domain data in highly structured risk-related intelligence by means of a subscription-only proprietary database of heightened risk individuals and entities. This service is available to both commercial and government agencies to assist institutional clients in managing and avoiding reputational, regulatory, and financial risk.
It assists clients in complying with regulations impacting: Know Your Customer (KYC); Know Your Supplier (KYS); Anti-Money Laundering (AML); Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT); Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC); Politically Exposed Persons (PEP); Customer Due Diligence (CDD); and Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO).
Assists clients with New Client Screening at onboarding at account opening; retrospectively and ongoing screening for existing clients; high-risk payment screening; end client validation; cross border payments/correspondent banking; 3rd party vendor and supplier screening.

Key Facts

Geographical coverage

Global

History

From 2000

Data format

CSV

JSON

XML

Delivery mechanism

API

Digital Files

SFTP

Web Service

Data frequency

Continuous

Features & Benefits

What you get with World-Check Data

Highly structured information. One consolidated record for each individual or entity, irrespective of how many duplicate sources are found.
Subject names are available in 20+ languages based on the Latin alphabet, such as English, German, and Italian. Additionally, 40+ non-Latin character sets are included with the purchase of the Advanced package.
Records categorised into 30+ categories, such as individual, organisation, vessel, aircraft, country, political party, or type of crime.
Identification of whether subjects are politically exposed persons (PEPs).
Biographical information such as titles, positions, and passport numbers.
Secondary identifiers such as age, date of birth, and location.
ISAE 3000 Type 2 certification for the completeness, accuracy, and validity of the sanctions research process.

RELEVANT USE CASES

Risk and regulatory compliance use case

Example use cases for power risk and compliance workflows.

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Products

LSEG World-Check One

A widely-adopted source of structured intelligence on heightened risk individuals and organizations. It covers aspects such as Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), organized crime, sanctions, bribery, corruption, and more. It is a SaaS solution used for entity and name screening purposes.

Data Formats:: XML; JSON

Delivery Mechanisms:: API; Web Service

Service Frequencies:: Intraday snapshot

World-Check Data File

A data feed of structured intelligence on heightened risk individuals and organisations for the purposes of Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), and Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance. World-Check data includes politically exposed persons (PEPs) as well as heightened risk individuals involved in financial and business-related crimes and terrorism.

Data Formats:: CSV; XML

Delivery Mechanisms:: Digital Files; SFTP

Service Frequencies:: Intraday snapshot

LSEG World-Check One API

"Harnessing the global power of LSEG World-Check Risk Intelligence and the next generation of screening software, the LSEG World-Check One API is a SaaS workflow based API solution that allows integration of large volumes of information and advanced functionalities into existing client workflows and their internal systems, to streamline the screening process for various use cases such as onboarding, Know Your Customer (KYC) and third-party risk due diligence, etc. and also enable continued monitoring with our ongoing screening capability. The LSEG World-Check One API is delivered as a REST/JSON web service, accessible exclusively over HTTPS. The technical documentation including the API schema are available in Developer Portal that describes all features and data used within the API. This schema is in Swagger 2.0 format (also known as the Open API specification format), so developers integrating with the LSEG World-Check One API can benefit from the many supporting tools, documentation and resources available within the Swagger/OpenAPI ecosystem."

Data Formats:: JSON

Delivery Mechanisms:: API

Service Frequencies:: Real-Time

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World-Check Data

An overview of World-Check Data

Key Facts

What you get with World-Check Data

RELEVANT USE CASES

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LSEG World-Check One

World-Check Data File

LSEG World-Check One API

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