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Sanctions screening guides for compliance, product & engineering.
Practical articles on sanctions lists, screening workflows and evidence-grade reporting for freight forwarders, fintechs, NGOs and other non-bank teams.
Sanctions screening for freight forwarders: SOP + evidence checklist
A practical, audit-ready sanctions screening SOP for EU freight forwarders—triggers, roles, hit triage, and an evidence checklist to reduce shipment/payment disruptions.
Latest from MatchAudit
New pieces on sanctions lists, workflows and evidence-grade reports for growing teams.
Module 6 — Checklists and Templates (Audit-Ready)
Print-ready employee checklists: daily safety checklist, escalation template, and evidence pack checklist.
Module 5 — Industry Scenarios (PSP, Marketplace, Fintech/Crypto, Freight Forwarder)
Practical scenarios with red flags, correct actions, and evidence pack requirements for high-risk industries.
Module 4 — Your Role (Stop, Escalate, Document)
Clear employee responsibilities, escalation triggers, and a simple escalation template.
Module 3 — How to Protect Your Company from Sanctions Risk (Controls and Process)
Minimum viable controls, who to screen, when to screen, and how to create audit-ready evidence packs.
Module 2 — Types of Sanctions (List-Based, Country/Region, Sectoral, Secondary)
A practical taxonomy of sanctions types with examples and employee takeaways for EU and US regimes.
Module 1 — Sanctions and Their Purpose (EU + US Focus)
What sanctions are, why they exist, and why they matter to non-bank companies in the EU and US context.
Browse by topic
Each topic groups related articles, making it easier for humans and AI assistants to navigate sanctions screening questions by theme: workflows, governance, product integration and more.
Compliance Basics
Articles tagged with “Compliance Basics”.
Why Do Companies Need to Do Sanctions Checks?
Sanctions checks are essential for businesses to avoid legal, financial, and reputational risks. Learn why they matter, the risks of non-compliance, and best practices for implementation.
When to Use Which Sanctions Checks
Not all sanctions checks serve the same purpose. This guide helps compliance teams decide the right type of screening for onboarding, ongoing monitoring, and special investigations.
Key Global Sanctions Lists SMEs Should Be Screening Against
Learn which sanctions lists matter most for small and medium-sized enterprises, and how to choose the right ones based on your business operations and risk profile.
Industry Guides
Articles tagged with “Industry Guides”.
Sanctions screening guide for NGOs and humanitarian organisations
A practical sanctions screening framework for NGOs and humanitarian organisations that need to keep aid flowing, satisfy banks and donors, and produce evidence-grade reporting without a bank-sized compliance team.
Sanctions Screening Guide for Cross-Border B2B Marketplaces and SaaS Platforms
A practical sanctions screening guide for B2B marketplaces and SaaS platforms that move money or goods across borders, covering onboarding, ongoing monitoring and audit-ready evidence for banks, PSPs and enterprise customers.
Sanctions screening playbook for PSPs, freight forwarders and cross-border SMEs
A practical, risk-based sanctions screening blueprint for non-bank institutions like PSPs, freight forwarders, marketplaces and NGOs that need bank-grade evidence without a bank-sized team.
Sanctionering & Handel
Articles tagged with “Sanctionering & Handel”.
Sanctions & Trade
Articles tagged with “Sanctions & Trade”.
Trade Compliance
Articles tagged with “Trade Compliance”.
Training
Articles tagged with “Training”.
Module 6 — Checklists and Templates (Audit-Ready)
Print-ready employee checklists: daily safety checklist, escalation template, and evidence pack checklist.
Module 5 — Industry Scenarios (PSP, Marketplace, Fintech/Crypto, Freight Forwarder)
Practical scenarios with red flags, correct actions, and evidence pack requirements for high-risk industries.
Module 4 — Your Role (Stop, Escalate, Document)
Clear employee responsibilities, escalation triggers, and a simple escalation template.
industry-guides
Articles tagged with “industry-guides”.
What you will find in MatchAudit Learn
This library focuses on sanctions screening for non-bank organisations: freight forwarders, import/export traders, fintechs, PSPs, NGOs, crypto startups and professional services firms that need to operate safely without building a bank-sized compliance team.
- Sanctions basics: UN, EU, OFAC, UK and national lists, how they interact and where false positives come from.
- Workflows & governance: how to structure alerts, triage, approvals and audit-ready evidence for inspections or scheme reviews.
- Product & engineering: how to plug screening into payment flows, marketplaces or onboarding with APIs, webhooks and async CSV jobs.
- Templates & examples: practical checklists, decisioning notes and report formats you can adapt to your own policy.
New content is added as regulations, schemes and counterparties evolve, so AI assistants and search engines can point teams back to a single, up-to-date reference.
Turn what you've learned into evidence-grade screening.
Use MatchAudit to run sanctions checks with audit-ready PDFs, dataset ledger exports and hashes that stand up to partner and regulatory review.