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LSEG World-Check Verify

World-Check Verify is a cloud-native real-time screening API for organisations that need to embed anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions and compliance checks into digital onboarding and payment workflows. Use trusted World-Check data at the point an individual, entity, payment or third party needs to be screened, then return potential matches to your existing process for review. Request details to discuss your integration requirements.

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  1. Overview
  2. Feature and benefits
  3. Why Choose World-Check verify
  4. How It Works
  5. Use cases
  6. FAQs
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Real-time screening for payments, onboarding and KYC

Digital onboarding and payment journeys create a practical challenge: organisations need timely screening without adding avoidable friction to customer and transaction flows. Payment service providers, financial institutions, insurers, crypto exchanges, fintechs and corporates may need to screen individuals, entities and third parties while maintaining responsive digital experiences. World-Check Verify embeds scalable low-latency screening into these workflows, helping KYC, compliance, legal, risk and procurement teams identify potential risks for review while their organisation remain fully in control of screening policies, investigation and decisions.

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What is World-Check Verify?

World-Check Verify is LSEG Risk Intelligence’s cloud-native, stateless screening API for real-time checks against World-Check data. It combines World-Check risk intelligence with matching and configurable screening capabilities for embedded use in onboarding, payment and compliance workflows. The service is powered by AWS and does not store customer personally identifiable information. World-Check Verify performs screening through an embedded API. Organisations that need structured World-Check records for their own screening platform should use World-Check On Demand. For the database and wider product family, see LSEG World-Check.

World-Check Verify at a glance

  • Embed low-latency screening in onboarding, payment and compliance workflows.
  • Screen against supported sanctions, PEP, adverse media and enforcement-related World-Check data.
  • Use a stateless, zero-retention API that does not store customer PII.
  • Scalable screening powered by AWS, and in-region hosting options.
  • Configure screening policies and matching controls to align with your organisation’s internal policies and risk appetite.
  • Timely data updates powered by World-Check On-Demand.

Features and benefits

Trusted World-Check data

Screen against supported sanctions, politically exposed persons (PEP), adverse media, law enforcement, regulatory enforcement and state-owned enterprise records.

Privacy-first architecture

Use a stateless, zero-retention API that does not store customer personally identifiable information during screening.

Embedded screening

Place AML and sanctions checks directly inside onboarding, payment and third-party workflows at the point of need.

Advanced matching controls

Configure screening rules and matching capabilities to support relevant results and your organisation’s review process.

AWS cloud infrastructure

Support availability, resilience, data sovereignty and scalable performance through AWS infrastructure and in-region hosting options.

Flexible integration

Integrate a lightweight cloud-native API into existing systems and scale with onboarding or payment volumes.

Who needs World-Check Verify?

World-Check Verify supports organisations that need screening inside fast digital customer or payment journeys. KYC and onboarding managers can place checks within customer acceptance processes. Compliance officers, legal counsel and risk managers can use World-Check intelligence within existing controls, while procurement teams can apply checks to suppliers and third parties. Across payment service providers, financial institutions, insurance companies, crypto exchanges, fintechs and corporates, technology teams can integrate the API into the systems supporting each workflow.

ADVANTAGES

Why choose World-Check Verify?

Screen at the point of need

Screening at the point of need

Embed screening checks directly inside onboarding, payment and compliance workflows rather than having to do it as a separate journey. The low-latency API supports timely results while helping product and compliance teams maintain a streamlined customer experience. Results identify potential matches for review, while investigation, escalation and decisions remain with your organisation and its established controls.

Protect sensitive customer data

Protect sensitive customer data

Use a privacy-first, stateless architecture that does not store customer personally identifiable information. The zero-retention design supports integration into controlled environments, while AWS infrastructure and in-region hosting options can support data sovereignty requirements. Your organisation remains responsible for assessing the service against its own privacy, security, legal and regulatory requirements.

Scale across digital workflows

Scale across digital workflows

Integrate a lightweight, cloud-native API into existing systems and adopt screening within relevant customer or payment journeys. AWS infrastructure supports availability, resilience and scalable performance for digital platforms, onboarding teams and payment environments. Configurable controls help the screening approach adapt as volumes, markets, operating models and internal policies change over time.

Works with your existing review processes

World-Check Verify returns potential matches to your existing CRM or case-management workflow, where they can be reviewed using your established processes and controls. Organisations that need built-in alert handling, ongoing monitoring and case management should consider World-Check One.

How World-Check Verify works

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    Your onboarding, payment or compliance workflow sends a request when an individual, entity or third party needs checking.

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    World-Check Verify applies supported matching and screening controls against relevant World-Check data categories.

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    The API returns results to the originating workflow so possible matches can be identified for review.

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    Your organisation applies its policies, investigation and accountability to determine the appropriate action.

For API specifications and integration guidance, explore the World-Check Verify documentation and guides

Use cases 

World‑Check Verify supports high‑velocity, embedded compliance checks across the full customer and transaction lifecycle. These overarching use cases reflect the key moments where instant screening reduces friction and enables confident decision‑making.

Important: World-Check Verify identifies and returns potential matches; it does not review matches or make customer, compliance or transaction decisions. Your organisation is fully responsible for the review process, investigations, escalation, decision-making and resulting actions, including the design and application of screening policies, controls and risk appetite.

Other World-Check products

World-Check On Demand

Access structured, machine-readable World-Check records through APIs for integration into a customer-managed screening platform.

World-Check One

Use screening software and APIs with alert generation, ongoing monitoring and case-management workflows.

World-Check Resolve

Support match prioritisation and review within existing World-Check One channels.

FAQs

  • World-Check Verify applies matching and screening functionality through an embedded API. World-Check On Demand delivers structured World-Check records through APIs for integration into a customer-managed screening platform.

  • Supported categories include explicit and implicit sanctions, law enforcement, regulatory enforcement, adverse media, politically exposed persons and their relatives and close associates, and state-owned or state-invested enterprises.

  • World-Check Verify uses a stateless, zero-retention architecture and does not store customer personally identifiable information. Customers should assess the service against their own privacy, security and regulatory requirements.

  • No. World-Check Verify does not automatically monitor or rescreen customers or third parties. Your organisation decides when to initiate another screening check—for example, as part of ongoing due diligence, a periodic risk assessment, a policy change or another business event. You can perform either a full screening check or a delta check against World-Check data added or updated since the previous screening.

  • No. World-Check Verify returns potential matches to your existing CRM, case-management or compliance workflow for review. Organisations that require built-in alert handling, ongoing monitoring and case-management capabilities should consider World-Check One.

  • World-Check Verify identifies and returns potential matches. Your organisation remains responsible for reviewing and investigating results, managing escalation, making customer or transaction decisions, and applying actions in line with its policies, controls and risk appetite.

  • Yes. World-Check Verify supports configurable screening policies and matching controls so that your organisation can align screening with its internal policies, review processes and risk appetite.

  • Yes. Your organisation can initiate another screening check whenever required—for example, during ongoing due diligence, a periodic risk assessment, a policy change or another business event. You control when and how often rescreening takes place.

  • A full screening check screens the customer or third party against the applicable World-Check data. A delta check focuses on World-Check data added or updated since that customer or third party was last screened. Your organisation decides which approach to use based on its policies, processes and risk appetite.

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