A winning combination: background check strategies

• Fuzzy logic identifies similarities between a checked address and a sanctions list entry.
• The sensitivity control can be defined to specify precisely how an address must match an entry in a sanctions list.
• The phonetic reconciliation takes into account spelling variants (Meyer, Meier, Mayer) that might result from input errors or the transliteration of Arabic names into the Latin alphabet.
• Typo analyser and abbreviation profiler: typographical variations (case sensitivity), abbreviations and alternate word orders are all considered.

Defining good guys as exceptions

The variety of search strategies yields particularly secure and reliable screening. In some instances, however, business partners known to be free from terrorist links might still be flagged. To give you greater freedom, we’ve provided an option for defining such clear cases as “good guys”. Such addresses can then be exempt from checks.