What is included in Token of Trust's Watchlist Check?

The watchlists checked are:

Watchlist NameType

Watchlist Identifier

(internal use)

PEP List (1.1 Million Individuals, spanning 233 countries)PEPPROP
United Nations Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List (UNSC)SanctionUNSCSL
US Office of Foreign Assets Control - Treasury DepartmentSanctionUSOFAC
HM United Kingdom Treasury Consolidated List (UKT)SanctionUKFS
European Union Commission Consolidated List (EU)SanctionEUFS
Canadian Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Individual ListSanctionCAOSFI_PERSON
Canadian Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Entities ListSanctionCAOSFI_ENTITY
CIA World Leader ListPEPCIA_WORLDLEADER
World Presidents ListPEPWORLDPRESIDENTS
National Legislature Members ListPEPNTL_LEGISLATOR

All watchlists are checked for every transaction. We matched the following on each watchlist:

  • First Name + Last Name + DOB
  • First Initial + Last Name + DOB

At this time we return an internal reason "notOnWatchlist" if the person is not on ANY of the watchlists above. If they are on any of the watchlists then a "noMatch" result is returned. The watchlists that they are on will be included in the details of the "noMatch" reason.

Note: There is a feature request to split out the watchlists checks to create separate reasons for these checks here (https://trello.com/c/UPXW9GOs/535-eidv-watchlist-reasons).

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