Negative News & Adverse Media Screening for eIDV
Meet KYC & AML Requirements with Negative News Screening on Existing & Prospective Clients
Stay ahead of regulatory requirements with negative news screening for AML compliance. Protect your business by conducting thorough screenings of current and prospective clients, business partners, and entities, identifying potential risks before they affect your reputation. Melissa’s negative news and adverse media screening analyzes global sources like news articles, social media, press releases and other open sources ensuring you know about potential risks from individuals and businesses who want to do business with you. A comprehensive KYC process for eIDV is essential for maintaining compliance and strengthening fraud prevention measures.
Key Benefits:
- Tailored Customer Due Diligence: Monitor clients and business partners with precision, adapting screenings to fit your unique risk profile.
- Enhance Risk Detection: Identify individuals and entities involved in financial crime, drug trafficking, terrorism, corruption or other illegal activities even if they don’t yet appear on official government lists.
- Integrated Compliance Solutions: Pair negative news screenings with politically exposed persons (PEP) and sanctions screenings to meet stringent international compliance.

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Frequently Asked Questions
Negative news and adverse media screening is a check used in eIDV processes. It analyzes global sources such as news articles, press releases and other open sources to identify clients and business entities that may have been involved in illegal or unsavory scandals.
Negative news and adverse media helps businesses identify current and prospective clients and business entities that could pose undue risk to their operations. It also protects a business’s reputation, keeps them compliant with KYC, AML and CFT initiatives, and helps them avoid legal risks and liabilities.
You should run a negative news and adverse media check during the onboarding process, as well as periodically throughout the business relationship according to your customer due diligence needs.