Introduction to Name Screening: The UAE Standpoint

The concept of Name Screening is simple: it deals with comparing the names of customers, suppliers, or business associates of a regulated entity with the names contained in the local and international sanctions lists, watchlists, and terrorist lists, to name a few.

In order to understand the Name Screening basics such as:

• What is Name Screening
• Why Name Screening matters
• Across which lists to screen customers’ names
• Components of Name Screening such as:
  • Sanctions Screening
  • Politically Exposed Person (PEP) Screening
  • Adverse Media Screening.

Watch the latest video by Ms. Dipali Vora (CAMS, ACS) from NIYEAHMA – Our Knowledge Partner, where she provides an insightful introduction to Name Screening. She delves into its fundamentals and explores key aspects, including the regulatory reporting requirement emanating from the name screening process, such as the filing of Fund Freeze Report (FFR).

Ms. Vora also explains how name screening helps regulated entities in the UAE mitigate financial crime through a risk-based approach and ensure compliance with UAE’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF), and Counter-Proliferation Financing (CPF) compliance obligations.