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Getting started

AML screening API’s main goal is to search for people and businesses in our datasets. This will give the information if a particular person or business exists in any of our datasets like PEP, Sanctions, Adverse media, etc.

Authorization

To access our AML screening API you need to provide an access token in each request. (Learn how to get an access token here).

Scopes

When requesting an access token, you can specify one or more authorization scopes to indicate the level of access you require. The available scopes for the AML screening API are:

• aml_screening_natural_api: Provides access to the natural person screening endpoint.

• aml_screening_legal_api: Provides access to the legal person screening endpoint.

You can request access to one or both of these scopes when obtaining an access token, depending on the type of screening you need to perform.

Environments

Endpoints

The AML screening API provides the following endpoints:

Request limit

The request limit for this API is 5 requests per second.

Datasets

In the request, you have to provide the dataset in which to perform the search. Which dataset to provide in the request depends on the entity type, you are searching. Some datasets are only for person search, others for businesses.

You can find the description of all our datasets here.

Person AML Screening

You can find detailed instructions on how to use our API for person AML screening here.

Business AML Screening

You can find detailed instructions on how to use our API for business AML screening here.