World-Check (LSEG)
London, United Kingdom
World-Check is a risk intelligence database, now owned by LSEG, that financial institutions and other regulated businesses use to screen individuals and companies against sanctions lists, PEP registers, and adverse media as part of onboarding and ongoing due diligence.
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2000
- Website
- www.lseg.com/en/risk-intelligence/screening-solutions/world-check-kyc-screening
Notable facts
- LSEG's own site states World-Check covers 57,000+ active sanctions records across 300+ sanctions programmes, and monitors 10,000+ information resource lists and 800+ sanction/regulatory/law-enforcement lists
- LSEG states World-Check is used by more than 40,000 institutions across banking, insurance, capital markets, and professional services
- Founded in London in 2000 by David Leppan; acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2011 for approximately $530 million, and later became part of LSEG through its 2021 acquisition of Refinitiv
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