Real-Time Payment Screening

Real-time sanctions screening that protects every payment

Detect and stop sanctioned entities before funds move, while minimizing false positives and operational friction.

How Unit21 Payment Screening Works

Stop prohibited payments before they move

Modern payments move in milliseconds. Sanctions enforcement moves just as fast. Unit21’s real-time screening engine captures every payment event, matches it against continuously updated global watchlists, and delivers instant risk decisions, without slowing down legitimate transactions.

From ingestion to investigation, every step is automated, auditable, and built to scale with high-volume payment environments.

Capture & enrich

Ingest every payment signal

Capture sender, beneficiary, intermediaries, and reference data in real-time. Enrich each transaction with contextual intelligence to improve match accuracy and reduce false positives before screening even begins.

Match & screen

Advanced sanctions & watchlist matching

Instantly screen payments against global sanctions lists and watchlists using configurable similarity thresholds and intelligent fuzzy matching. Detect true matches, not noise.

Score & alert

Risk-based decisioning in milliseconds

Automatically assign dynamic risk scores and generate alerts with complete transaction context, flagged entities, and explainable match summaries. Every alert is structured for fast, confident resolution.

Review & act

Investigate with full context, take immediate action

Analysts get a unified view of the payment, matched entities, and supporting risk signals. Approve, block, or escalate with full audit trails and workflow-ready documentation.

What Makes Unit21 Different

Sanctions screening built for
payment velocity

Unit21’s real-time payment screening engine evaluates every transaction the moment it’s initiated, matching against global sanctions lists and watchlists, generating explainable risk decisions, and blocking prohibited payments before funds settle.
Payment Screening Use Cases

Built for high-risk payment environments

Unit21 protects organizations operating in fast-moving, high-risk payment environments where delayed decisions are not an option.

Cross-border payments

Screen international wires, SWIFT messages, and correspondent banking flows against global sanctions lists before settlement. Prevent prohibited transfers while minimizing friction across jurisdictions.

Fintech & neobank payment rails

Protect ACH, RTP, card transfers, wallet payments, and instant disbursements with sub-second sanctions checks. Maintain payment velocity without compromising compliance.

Embedded finance & BaaS

Enforce sanctions controls across partner programs, sponsored banks, and third-party platforms. Centralize screening across multiple tenants within a single compliance framework.

Marketplace & platform payouts

Screen buyers, sellers, and payout beneficiaries before funds are released. Block sanctioned counterparties while preserving legitimate transaction flow.

Crypto & digital asset transfers

Screen wallet addresses, counterparties, and transaction metadata in real time. Detect exposure to sanctioned entities across on- and off-chain payment flows.

High-volume disbursement programs

Protect payroll, gig economy payouts, lending disbursements, and insurance claims from sanctions exposure without creating operational bottlenecks.

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