OpenSanctions

Uncover financial crime with public data

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#risk-management

 

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This API is best for retrieving financial crime, sanctions and ad-hoc lists data and visualizations related to international sanctions enforcement.

OpenSanctions is a powerful, reliable, and secure API that enables developers to access and manage large datasets in an efficient manner. Developers can use the API to retrieve detailed information on any sanctioned entity, individual, or document in just a few seconds. The API also allows developers to process claims, generate visualizations, and webhooks for risk management and compliance. Additionally, the API integrates seamlessly with other applications and provides regular updates about changes in the dataset.

Key features

• Data management
• filtering and search for ad-hoc
• financial crime and sanctions-related lists; Data visualization tools and visual templates; custom risk management tools; webhooks notifications when data changes; access to a vast dataset.

Potential use cases

• Honesty score calculator: An app that would allow employers to input an employee's details and calculate an honesty score based on public data from OpenSanctions.
• KYC due diligence verifiers: A mobile application that would enable credit institutions to quickly and accurately verify the identity of clients using public data from OpenSanctions.
• Financial fraud prevention: An algorithm that would enable financial institutions to detect fraud by scanning customers' data with data from OpenSanctions.

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