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What BNDRY screens against

Benji
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This article lists the categories BNDRY screens entity records against, the source basis for each, and BNDRY's data provider arrangement.

Screening categories

Category What is covered
Sanctions
  • DFAT Consolidated List (Australia), including autonomous sanctions
  • UN Security Council Consolidated List
  • OFAC SDN and Consolidated Sanctions Lists (United States)
  • EU External Action Service Consolidated List
  • HM Treasury / OFSI Consolidated List (United Kingdom)
  • More than 100 further national and supranational lists across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and supranational bodies
  • Sanction-related parties linked to listed individuals through ownership, control, or other documented relationships
Politically exposed persons (PEPs)
  • Individuals holding prominent public functions in every active jurisdiction
  • Tiered seniority hierarchy from heads of state and national executives through to senior regional and local government officials
  • Senior officials of state-owned enterprises and international organisations
  • Relatives and close associates (RCAs) where publicly documented
Adverse media
  • Terrorism and terrorism financing
  • Organised crime
  • Modern slavery and human trafficking
  • Financial crime and fraud
  • Bribery and corruption
  • Cybercrime
  • Further FATF and EU Money Laundering Directive predicate offences
Regulatory warnings
  • Financial regulators and prudential authorities
  • Professional disciplinary bodies
  • Law-enforcement agencies globally
  • Notice types include enforcement actions, public censures, investor warnings, and unauthorised-firm notices
Fitness and probity
  • Individuals disqualified or restricted from holding regulated positions following past regulatory or conduct breaches
  • Restrictions on company directorships, financial services licences, and professional accreditations

Source basis and methodology

Sanctions, regulatory warnings, and fitness and probity records are drawn from government, regulator, and law-enforcement publications, and refreshed as source authorities publish updates. Adverse media is monitored continuously, drawing on official government and law-enforcement publications and supplemented by reputable mass media where formal records are not yet available.

PEP records are compiled in-house by BNDRY's data providers against national AML/CTF legislation and official government sources. Categorisation aligns with:

  • the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations
  • Wolfsberg Group principles
  • the EU 4th Money Laundering Directive (4MLD)
  • the UK Money Laundering Regulations 2017
  • United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) definitions

Adverse media categorisation aligns with FATF and EU Money Laundering Directive predicate offences.

Data provider arrangement

BNDRY contracts with two independent screening data providers, configured in a primary and secondary arrangement. Both are recognised industry sources whose data is compiled from official government, regulator, and law-enforcement publications, and subject to independent audit. The dual-provider model exists to:

  • maintain screening availability if a provider experiences an outage or data-quality incident
  • let BNDRY reconcile findings across independent datasets where additional verification is warranted
  • support continuity during provider transitions, contract changes, or regulatory shifts

Further information

For specific provider names, audit certificates, jurisdictional source breakdowns, or other coverage detail, contact support@bndry.net. BNDRY provides this for vendor risk assessments and AUSTRAC AML/CTF program documentation, under your existing service agreement.

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