Persona compliance and risk screening report earns the highest rating in independent model validation

Verifying someone’s identity is one part of deciding whether to establish or maintain a business relationship. Persona’s Screening Report helps companies assess potential risks beyond that initial check, supporting essential compliance functions such as Know Your Customer (KYC), Know Your Business (KYB), anti-money laundering (AML), and customer due diligence (CDD).

To give customers greater confidence in the screening they rely on, we recently put the model through an independent validation. It received a Satisfactory rating, the highest on the scale, following a review of its design, governance, data usage, and outputs.

What was in scope

The independent validation evaluated Persona’s Screening Report, which screens individuals and entities against more than 400 global sanctions and warning lists, and politically exposed person (PEP) databases across 250+ countries and territories. The review also examined the matching templates, match configurations, and normalization techniques that drive its results.

What did the model validation report find?

The report highlighted five strengths:

• Strong support for compliance programs: The screening lists at the foundation of the model are comprehensive, accurate, and regularly refreshed to be up-to-date.

• A configurable, risk-aligned screening experience: Configurable matching lets customers tailor the model to their desired risk tolerance and review workload, rather than rely on a single risk factor.

• Automation and operational support: The platform provides native tools for teams to disposition matches within complex review workflows and supports continuous monitoring on customizable schedules.

• Controlled model improvements over time: Change management and release procedures are governed by a structured framework and supported by comprehensive testing and checks. Post-release performance is also monitored.

• Data integrity controls: Persona implements strict controls to maintain data integrity across the application and database layers.

Learn more about Persona’s screening report

Persona’s Screening Report can help reduce your organization’s exposure to regulatory fines and bad actors. Consolidated reports for individuals and businesses support KYC, KYB, AML/CFT, and sanctions compliance, helping teams onboard or re-verify legitimate customers faster.

Because every organization’s risk appetite and operational workload is different, Persona lets you design a screening strategy around your specific needs.

You can choose the lists and sources you want to screen against, search across an expanded set of attributes (names, DOB, country codes, physical and email addresses, and ID numbers), and configure match requirements to reduce false positives while maintaining appropriate controls. You can also set automated schedules for recurring screening and review potential matches with structured logging and clear audit trails.

To learn more about how Persona can help you achieve compliance, visit our KYC and AML use case page.