KYC verification and customer screening platform

LSEG World-Check One

World-Check One brings advanced data and screening software together. Faster checks, fewer false positives, and clearer insight into financial crime, sanctions, PEPs and reputational risks.

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KYC verification and customer screening platform

LSEG World-Check One

World-Check One brings advanced data and screening software together. Faster checks, fewer false positives, and clearer insight into financial crime, sanctions, PEPs and reputational risks.

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World-Check 25th anniversary

Trusted Data for Good

For 25 years, World-Check has delivered trusted data to help financial institutions and businesses comply with mandatory KYC, anti-money laundering, counter terrorism financing, bribery and corruption regulations.

As we mark this milestone, we continue to innovate. Combining global intelligence and human expertise with the latest technology, we help you uncover hidden risks to financial systems and help protect the people behind the statistics. Using data for good, we help organisations minimise risks with confidence.

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World-Check 25th anniversary

Trusted Data for Good

For 25 years, World-Check has delivered trusted data to help financial institutions and businesses comply with mandatory KYC, anti-money laundering, counter terrorism financing, bribery and corruption regulations.

As we mark this milestone, we continue to innovate. Combining global intelligence and human expertise with the latest technology, we help you uncover hidden risks to financial systems and help protect the people behind the statistics. Using data for good, we help organisations minimise risks with confidence.

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Ways to access WC

World-Check One’s online exclusive tiered packages grant you a defined number of usage points that can be utilised across various services. The tiered packages include:

World-Check One’s online exclusive tiered packages grant you a defined number of usage points that can be utilised across various services. The tiered packages include:

Utilise usage points in a combination of screening and due diligence services over a 12-month period. 
Initial screening of up to 3,000 screens.  
Online exclusive. New LSEG customers only.

No credit card required for the free trial 
24/7 live chat support

Utilise usage points in a combination of screening and due diligence services over a 12-month period. 
Initial screening of up to 5,556 screens.  
Online exclusive. New LSEG customers only.

No credit card required for the free trial 
24/7 live chat support

Utilise various screening and due diligence services tailored to your business needs. World-Check One custom packages are suitable for:

Find out more about our packages using usage points with our online exclusive package FAQ's

Overview

Why World-Check One?

World-Check One helps you manage AML (Anti-Mone Laundering), KYC (Know Your Customer) and CFT (Countering the Funding of Terrorism) compliance with speed and precision. World-Check One delivers accurate screening for sanctions, PEPs, adverse media and third-party risks, reducing false positives and supporting confident decision-making.

Key features:

  • Advanced name-matching algorithms with secondary identifiers
  • PEP and sanctions screening
  • Adverse media checks with AI-powered relevance filtering
  • UBO verification (via Dun & Bradstreet data)
  • Vessel due diligence (via IHS Maritime data)
  • Integrated identity verification
  • EDD reports
  • Batch screening and Zero Footprint API integration
  • Multi-language user interface
  • Ongoing monitoring and rescreening
  • Case management and collaboration tools

Every action is logged and date-stamped, creating a full audit trail. Backed by ISAE 3000 accreditation, World-Check One gives you trusted, transparent and auditable compliance.

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Features & benefits

Streamlined due diligence, enhanced decision-making

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Flexible packages that grow with you

Confidence as your business evolves, choose a package that fits your business today, with the flexibility to scale as your organisation and compliance needs evolve.

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Salesforce integration

Connect World-Check directly into your CRM to create a seamless onboarding and monitoring process, reducing duplication and saving time.

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Dedicated account manager

24/7 live chat support during your trial and access ongoing guidance from specialist who understands your business and helps you get the most value from the platform.

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Screening Resolution Service

Reduce the burden on compliance teams with expert analysis that speeds up match reviews and improves accuracy.

Workflow optimisation

Manage cases more effectively with features such as routing, risk tagging and status tracking, giving you clearer oversight and control.

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Intuitive interface

Benefit from a simple, user-friendly design with one-click navigation, making complex screening tasks quicker and easier to complete.

Product highlights

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Secondary matching

Screenshot of World-Check One’s KYC screening and verification solution

Reduce false positives to a minimum with multiple secondary identifiers in World-Check, combined with configurable name matching algorithms and filtering technology.

Advanced KYC screening

advanced KYC screening on the World-Check One API

Streamline processes such as integrating large volumes of information and advanced functionalities into existing workflows and internal systems with our API. Easily locate implicit sanctions keywords and independently configure auto-resolution settings.

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Testimonials

What our customers say about us

World-Check is confident in who they are, what they do, how they deliver and how they show up. And that confidence gives us peace and clarity.

First National Bank South Africa

We love World-Check because it covers a broad spectrum of watch lists. The technology, like bulk screening and ongoing screening, really assists us in a way that means we don't have to allocate resources to do these functions manually.

DMA

Data and technology are at the core of our services and LSEG World-Check plays a key role in helping our teams to comply with regulation and with our high standards of governance.

CAMS - Computer Age Management Services Ltd

A clear understanding of risks surrounding business activities is crucial for any organization to create sustainable stakeholder value in executing its strategies. LSEG World-Check has been crucial for our teams to reinforce the overall strategy of the organization with a prudent risk management framework

Philippine National Bank

FAQs

  • World-Check One is a risk screening solution from LSEG Risk Intelligence that helps organisations verify customer identities and comply with Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations using trusted global data.

  • World-Check One supports KYC and AML compliance by providing screening against global watchlists, PEPs, and adverse media sources, reducing manual effort and helping identify financial crime risks.

  • The solution screens for sanctions exposure, politically exposed persons (PEPs), adverse media, criminal associations, and other regulatory risks to help organisations manage compliance.

  • Yes, World-Check One supports near real-time KYC verification, allowing organisations to onboard and monitor customers quickly while meeting regulatory requirements.

  • Financial institutions, fintechs, corporate compliance teams, and regulated businesses use World-Check One to screen customers, vendors, and third parties against financial crime risks.

  • World-Check One leverages data from public sources, official records, government watchlists, media outlets, and regulatory bodies, compiled and verified by LSEG’s risk intelligence experts.

  • Yes, World-Check One offers API integration, allowing seamless connection with onboarding systems, CRMs, and compliance workflows.

  • The platform provides configurable screening and matching settings, enabling risk-based decision automation and prioritisation of alerts based on customer risk levels.

  • World-Check data is updated daily to ensure the most accurate and up-to-date risk intelligence for screening and monitoring.

  • Yes, World-Check One helps organisations meet global regulatory requirements including FATF guidelines, EU AML Directives, and local KYC laws.

Using our data

More ways you can use our data

World-Check data

Data File

Integrate World-Check data into third-party or proprietary workflow solutions that perform customer due diligence, customer screening, and/or payments screening.

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API

Integrate our data, matching capabilities, and advanced functionalities into existing workflows and internal systems – streamlining the screening process for onboarding, Know Your Customer (KYC), and third-party risk due diligence.

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Zero Footprint screening

Benefit from the ability to switch off system tracking, ongoing screening, batch upload, and audit trail functions during screening to ensure no permanent record is kept.

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Awards

Check out some of our awards

Chartis Financial Crime and Compliance 50 (FCC50)
Watchlist Data Award 2025
Financial Crime Data Management Award 2025
Partnership Ecosystem Award 2025
Financial Crime Data Management 2024
Partnership Ecosystems 2024

Chartis Research Market Quadrants Report
Name and Transaction Screening Solutions category leader 2025
Adverse Media Monitoring Solutions category leader 2025
Name and Transaction Screening Solutions category leader 2024
Adverse Media Monitoring Solutions category leader 2024

RegTech Insight Awards Europe
Best KYC Data Solution 2025
Best Solution for Sanctions Management 2023
Best Solution for Sanctions Management 2022

Chartis Enterprise and Payment Fraud Solutions, 2025
Category leader - Enterprise Fraud solutions
Category leader - Payment Fraud solutions
Category leader - Identity and Verification solutions

WatersTechnology Asia Awards
Best Best KYC/AML service, 2025

AIFinTech100
Recognized as of the world’s 100 most innovative AI solution providers in financial services, 2025

Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence
Best PEPs, Sanctions & Name Screening Solution 2023
Best Solutions PEPs, Sanctions & Name Screening 2022

RegTech Insight Awards USA
Best Sanctions and PEPs Solution 2024
Best KYC Data Solution 2022

FinCrimeTech 50
Ranked amongst the 50 most innovative companies in the financial crime and fraud prevention space, 2025
Ranked amongst the 50 most innovative companies in the financial crime and fraud prevention space, 2024

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