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SmartSearch has announced the integration of the London Stock Exchange Group’s World-Check One into its digital compliance platform. The move expands its watchlist screening capabilities by adding LSEG to its existing partnership with Dow Jones Watchlist, offering broader data coverage to firms operating in regulated sectors.
The platform now combines watchlist intelligence from both LSEG and Dow Jones with its triple-bureau verification system using Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion data. This setup enhances real-time identification of individuals and businesses listed on global sanctions registers or flagged as Politically Exposed Persons, Special Interest Persons, or their close associates.
“Unlimited fines and even jail time for non-compliance with AML regulation”
Fraser Mitchell, Chief Product Officer at SmartSearch, said, “Businesses in regulated sectors face potentially unlimited fines and even jail time for non-compliance with AML regulation, as well as unwittingly becoming a cog in the financial crime machine if a criminal slips through the net – implicating the business in facilitating drug smuggling, human trafficking and even terrorism. We are dedicated to helping our clients avoid this fate, which is why we’ve added LSEG’s World-Check One Solution to our watchlist screening offering. With market-leading data coverage, our clients can quickly and confidently verify prospective customers’ identities when onboarding and monitor their status throughout the relationship, enabling them to grow their business and win customers through trusted identities.”
The integration brings new capabilities, including adverse media monitoring, fuzzy matching to detect variations in name spellings, and automated real-time alerts. World-Check One sources intelligence from over 100,000 global sources across 66 SIP categories, bolstering SmartSearch’s ability to detect compliance risks.
Teodora Christova, Global Director of Partnerships at LSEG, said, “Both LSEG and SmartSearch share a vision to ensure convenient compliance and frictionless customer journeys. Our World-Check One Solution combines global intelligence and human expertise with the latest technology. The integration with SmartSearch will help its customers uncover hidden risks and protect the people behind the statistics.”
SmartSearch provides anti-money laundering and identity verification technology to financial institutions, law firms, real estate agencies, and other regulated entities in the UK and abroad. The firm’s compliance suite automates Know Your Customer and sanctions screening processes, helping users meet evolving legal requirements while reducing friction in client onboarding.
LSEG’s World-Check One is widely used for screening customers and transactions for links to financial crime, enabling institutions to meet obligations under global AML, counter-terrorist financing, and sanctions frameworks. The new partnership adds to SmartSearch’s ongoing development of a multi-provider, risk-aware compliance infrastructure tailored for high-risk sectors.
