Professional services firms can be used to lend legitimacy to illicit funds or to set up structures that obscure ownership, which is why many are treated as regulated entities in their own right. Screening at the point of engagement identifies sanctions, PEP and adverse media exposure before a firm takes on the risk of acting for a client.

A risk-based approach works best: verify the client and, for corporate clients, the individuals behind the structure; screen all relevant parties; record a risk rating that determines how much further work is needed; and revisit that assessment as the relationship continues. Keeping the evidence in one place makes the process consistent across teams.

Yes. Clients, connected entities and beneficial owners can be screened against sanctions, PEP, watchlist and adverse media data in a single workflow, with configurable matching thresholds so teams review meaningful hits rather than large volumes of weak name matches.

Risk rarely stays static after onboarding. Ongoing monitoring re-screens clients as sanctions lists update and adverse media emerges, so a change in a client's circumstances is picked up as it happens rather than at the next periodic review.

ZIGRAM connects client screening, risk assessment, due diligence and ongoing monitoring in one workflow backed by global risk and entity intelligence, reducing the manual gathering work involved in client due diligence while leaving a clear record of how each decision was reached.