Global Watchlist Database

FATF Lists - by organizations and countries
These lists are the baseline for any KYC list screening tool. KYC2020 has the vast majority of these and include the 37 member countries and organizations which are part of the FATF. Many of the 180+ observing member’s lists are also available and more will become available over time.

PEP Lists – Federal, State, and Municipal
These lists are based on the publically available data on politicians around the world. KYC2020 now includes over 198 countries at the Federal level. In addition, as governments adopt a more “open” policy for providing this information in a structured format,it will be available on the list screening tool sooner.

Adverse Media News Sources
We screen relevant global news sources multiple times during the day for negative sentiment, context, and relevancy to financial crime.

Organizational Lists – Heads of International Organizations, Directors, and Major Shareholder
The FATF has mandated that heads of international organizations be identified as potential for corruption in a similar way PEPs are today. They have gone further and stated that directors and major shareholders be identified and screened as well. Not to say that these persons are corrupt, just that the compliance officer be aware that the individual is acting on behalf of an inter-governmental organization or major corporation, and act accordingly as part of their AML regime. These lists are vast and many are publically available at most stock exchanges, and government related corporation sites.

Enforcement Lists
Most, if not all, FATF members have a list of enforcement actions taken against an individual and/or entity in their jurisdiction. KYC2020 has implemented most of these, and as other members make their lists public, they will be added to ensure that the most up to date lists are available for KYC list screening.

Criminal and Miscellaneous Lists
Criminal lists such as RCMP, FBI, Interpol are available as well as Miscellaneous lists such No-Fly, Sex Offenders, etc.

High Risk Business Lists
FINCEN lists several factors to consider when categorizing an entity as a high-risk business (HRB). These include MSBs, Casinos, and Online Gaming.

Our HRB Lists include Regulated Authority watchlists for illegal Money Service Businesses (MSBs), public lists for registered casinos and online gaming businesses, state and provincial licensing data in USA and Canada for Cannabis Related Businesses (CRBs)⁺ and MSBs, and our Adverse Media database for persons and businesses with negative news associations to a high risk business or activity.