Insights on Compliance, Risk & RegTech
Practical guidance from the One Constellation team — KYC, AML, transaction monitoring, sanctions, and the regulatory landscape that shapes them.
Sanctions ScreeningIs There an Official PEP List? How to Search for PEPs
Why no regulator publishes a single PEP list, which official sources do exist, how to search for a politically exposed person using free and paid sources, and how…
Sanctions ScreeningPayment Screening: How Sanctions Checks on Payments Work
Payment screening (also called transaction screening) checks the parties, banks, countries and free-text fields in a payment message against sanctions lists before the payment is executed, so that…
Sanctions ScreeningWatchlist Management: How Often Should You Rescreen Customers?
Single-snapshot screening at onboarding leaves the firm exposed to every list update made after the customer joined. This guide covers how often to rescreen customers, frequency calibration by…
Sanctions ScreeningSanctions List Screening: OFAC, UN, EU, UK & MAS Compared
Every regulated firm must screen against sanctions lists — but the six major lists differ materially in scope, update cadence and extraterritorial reach. This guide compares OFAC, UN,…
Sanctions ScreeningAdverse Media Screening: How It Works & Why Compliance Teams Need It
What adverse media (negative news) screening is, what MAS, the SFC and the Wolfsberg Group say about it, and how to set scope, sources, triage, escalation and quality…
