KYC & Sanctions Screening

Run-on-demand sanctions/PEP/adverse-media screening on a contact or company, backed by OpenSanctions. Required for shipping to regulated jurisdictions; useful for due diligence everywhere.


What It Does

When to Use

Required before shipping to or accepting payment from any new buyer in regulated jurisdictions (US, EU). Many enterprises require it for every new contact.

Running a Check

curl -X POST https://api.anvilhk.com/api/v1/compliance/check \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANVIL_KEY" \
  -H "X-Tenant-ID: $TENANT" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "subject": { "type": "person", "name": "Jane Doe", "country": "US" },
    "lists": ["sanctions", "pep", "adverse_media"]
  }'

Reading the Result

A clean result returns no hits and a pass status. A hit returns a list of matches with confidence (0-100). You can mark a hit as **acknowledged** with a reason — Anvil keeps the audit trail.

API Endpoints

Pricing & Limits

Gotchas