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Screen before they're a customer. Keep watching after.

For both traditional banks and neobanks, compliance is handled on a single platform, covering every stage from the first interaction to the final filing; the same customer record is used for onboarding, screening, risk scoring, transaction monitoring and case management.

Screen before they're a customer. Keep watching after.
Why this matters here

A risk found during onboarding only helps if it is still visible when a transaction happens six months later.

Onboarding, screening, risk assessment, transactions, and investigations are not distinct events but rather different stages making up the same customer journey, most compliance failures occurring at the point where two of these stages meet.

$3.2 billion

the largest single AML penalty in US banking history

Paid in 2025 for monitoring failures a batch process didn't catch in time.

90%+

of transaction-monitoring alerts are false positives

Most of a compliance team's day goes to alerts that were never real

No trail

when a decision lives in an inbox

"Why did we clear this" has no answer six months later, when a regulator asks.

<200 ms Screening API response
15 min From a published designation to your queue
1,500+ Consolidated sanctions, PEP and watchlists
99.995% Uptime
The data layer

One customer record, not five systems that don't talk to each other

The bank doesn't get fined for a slow system, but it is fined when a decision is based on out-of-date records or when two teams work from different versions of the same customer record. We started by creating one data layer that screening, risk scoring, monitoring, and case management all drew from, with data refreshed every 15 minutes.

Nothing outdated, nothing missed 220+ countries, 3,000+ sources, 1,500+ consolidated lists. A designation published overnight is already screened and waiting in your queue when the team starts the day, tagged with one of 57 risk categories.
PEP networks, not just PEP names Built from official gazettes and parliamentary records, country by country. Four PEP classes, Class 1 to Class 4, from heads of state to municipal officials, with RCAs linked to each name.
One profile per person, not one alert per spelling The query for "Mohammad Al-Hussain" is treated the same as "Muhammad Alhusayn", rather than generating two separate alerts. Resolving entities at this stage reduces false positives by as much as 97%.
Four steps, one call

One applicant, from signup to sign-off

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  1. Step 01 The applicant arrives

    The customer's information is entered into the onboarding process and checked against existing records, identity data, and ownership structures; retail and corporate customers go through the workflows and checks defined for their profile type.

  2. Step 02 Know who you're onboarding

    As part of the onboarding process, sanctions, PEP, and adverse media checks are carried out; screening rules and thresholds are set in line with your risk appetite, and the relevant results are provided before the customer proceeds further with the relationship.

  3. Step 03 Approval isn't the end of the process

    Customers remain included within the scope when new sanctions, PEP exposure, adverse media, or other risk indicators appear. Routine alerts follow established workflows, while complex issues are escalated with the customer's profile, risk history, and previous decisions already in context, so your team can focus on the areas where judgment matters most.

  4. Step 04 Make every decision accountable

    All decisions include a clear record of the sources used, the reasoning applied, and the actions taken; from the first alert through to the final resolution, each step is documented and ready for examination or audit.

complead / onboarding
  • Applications today4,182
  • Resolved to existing318
  • Median response148 ms
complead / screening / match
  • Matches2
  • Top score98
  • Threshold0.85 retail
complead / monitoring
  • Customers in scope1,284,902
  • Delta alerts today7
  • Next sweepin 9 min
complead / cases
  • Closed by agent today77%
  • Escalated to analyst23%
  • Second reviewerMLRO
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What your auditor receives

"The model said so" is not an answer a bank can give

With every decision, three things remain: the sources it was based on, a written explanation in the format your auditor requires, and a record of all the steps taken to reach that decision.

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ISO 27001, GDPR by design

EU data residency available in the contract, not as a workaround.

02

Five-year retention by default

Longer where your regulator requires it.

03

Every action, recorded

Every source the agent opened, in the order it opened them. Exportable.

04

Every change has a history

Who changed which threshold, when, and what the dry run on last month's data showed before it went live.

05

A written reason and a second approver

On every closed case, by policy. Not by habit, not by whoever was on shift.

06

Complete evidence for every case

The sources checked, the scores, and the version of each list on the date of the decision.

What you answer to

How regulators assess your compliance

Supervisors rarely ask whether screening works. They ask how you know it worked on a given date, and where that is written down.

FATF Recommendations Risk-based approach, customer due diligence, ongoing monitoring, suspicious activity reporting Ongoing
EU AMLR Single EU rulebook, CDD threshold for occasional transactions lowered to €10,000 FROM JULY 2027
AMLA (EU) Direct supervision of selected high-risk cross-border institutions, harmonised supervisory standards FROM 2028
OFAC and FinCEN (US) Real-time screening against SDN and Consolidated lists, SAR filing on detection 30 days from detection
FCA and national supervisors Documented risk assessment, tuning evidence, parameter history, audit trail Reviewed annually
Customer story · Digital banking

Papara screens every new customer at onboarding without slowing the signup

Papara is one of Türkiye's largest digital banking platforms, licensed by the BRSA. Its onboarding runs at consumer-app speed, so the AML and KYC check had to run inside that flow rather than after it. The customer never waits for compliance.

At signup Screening inside the onboarding call
220+ Countries, one query
Real time List updates reach the check as published
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FAQ

Before you ask us

Can retail and corporate customers run on the same setup?

Yes. Retail and corporate banking run on one workflow and one customer record, each segment with its own thresholds and checks. A customer who holds both a personal and a business relationship appears as one person, not two. The setup works the same way for traditional banks and neobanks.

Can screening run inside our account-opening call?

Yes. Sanctions, PEP and ownership checks run as one step inside your own onboarding flow, with a screening response under 200 ms. The result arrives before the account exists, not in a queue someone clears after the customer is already live.

Who is screened when a corporate account is opened?

Applicants, directors, beneficial owners and counterparties, against sanctions, PEP and adverse media in one query. For corporate accounts, the people behind the company are screened together with the company, because exposure usually sits one or two layers below the applicant.

How do we migrate customers held in several core systems?

With one file or one API sync. Duplicates across your core banking system, card system and CRM are merged on the way in, so each customer is screened once and raises one alert. This matters most at migration, when the same customer often exists under three spellings in three systems.

How quickly does a new designation reach our queue?

Existing customers are rescreened as lists change, and a new designation reaches your queue within fifteen minutes of publication. A name published at midnight is in your morning check, not in next month's batch. For sanctions this matters because freezing obligations apply from the moment of designation.

How do you stop one customer raising an alert per spelling?

Spellings such as "Mohammad Al-Hussain" and "Muhammad Alhusayn" resolve to one profile and raise one alert, not two. Entity resolution runs before matching is scored, so analysts review people rather than spelling variants. In bank screening, spelling variants are one of the largest sources of false positive volume.

Are PEP relatives and business partners covered?

Yes. Spouses, children and business partners are linked to each PEP, across four tiers from heads of state down to municipal officials. PEP data is built from official gazettes and parliamentary records, country by country. The link is what exposes a relative who opens an account under a different surname.

Can compliance change a monitoring rule without IT?

Yes. The compliance team writes rules in plain English and tests them on last month's data before they go live, so the alert volume a rule creates is known in advance. Each alert links to the customer and their current risk profile, and the analyst sees the transaction next to the onboarding and screening history.

What can the agent close without an analyst?

Only what you configure. The agent closes routine cases with a written reason and a full log, and anything outside its remit or below your confidence threshold goes to an analyst. Each closure keeps the sources used, the reasoning and the steps taken, in the format your auditor requires.

Can we run in parallel with our current vendor before cutover?

Yes. complead runs alongside your existing system on the same customer file until you switch the traffic over, so screening never stops and both systems' alerts can be compared on real names before cutover. The parallel period also gives your model risk and audit teams the evidence they need to approve the change.

See it screen your own book

Bring a sample of your customer file. In thirty minutes you will see the matches, the scores, and the audit export they produce.

3,000+ Data sources checked
220+ Countries covered
15 min Always real-time data