Recognised risk indicators
Build country ratings from established sources such as FATF listings, sanctions and embargo regimes, and corruption indices, so geographic risk rests on credible external data.
Country risk
Jurisdiction Risk Assessment
Assess country and jurisdiction risk using recognised indicators such as FATF lists, sanctions regimes, and corruption indices, and apply it to customer and transaction risk.
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What this covers
- FATF grey and black lists
- Sanctions and embargo regimes
- Corruption and governance indices
- Country risk ratings
- Regular rating updates
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How it works
Jurisdiction Risk Assessment, end to end.
Assess
Rate each country and jurisdiction using FATF listings, sanctions regimes, and recognised corruption and governance indices.
Apply
Feed jurisdiction risk into customer and transaction risk scoring automatically.
Keep current
Ratings update as FATF listings, sanctions, and designations change, so exposure stays accurate.
The real problem
Country risk changes on plenary day, not on your review cycle.
Jurisdiction ratings are only useful while they are current. FATF adds and removes countries from its lists on its own schedule, sanctions regimes change with little warning, and a portfolio scored against last year's picture will keep applying last year's controls to customers whose risk has already moved.
What the FATF June 2026 plenary changed- Ratings are built from recognised indicators rather than an internal opinion of a country
- Jurisdiction risk feeds the customer rating, so a country change moves the customers with it
- The same assessment applies to transactions, not only to onboarding
- Changes are applied centrally, so no one is re-rating a book by hand after a plenary
Capabilities
What you get.
Country risk ratings
Assign each jurisdiction a risk level from the underlying indicators, giving you a clear, consistent basis for how much weight a country carries in a decision.
Applied to customers
Feed jurisdiction ratings into customer and entity risk assessment, so where a customer is based, registered, or operates influences their overall risk rating.
Applied to transactions
Use country risk in transaction monitoring, so payments to or from higher-risk jurisdictions are weighted and surfaced for review.
Kept current
Update ratings as lists and indices change, so a country newly added to a FATF or sanctions list is reflected in your assessments rather than left stale.
Scope
What you can screen.
- Customer country of residence
- Entity country of registration
- Countries of operation and activity
- Transaction origin and destination
- High-risk and sanctioned jurisdictions
- 1,000+
- Global watchlists screened
- <1s
- Average screening response
- 24h
- Watchlist refresh cycle
- 195
- Countries covered
Assurance
What your security review will ask for.
- 99.98%
- System uptime
- <24h
- Average integration time
- 24–48h
- Signed to production account
- <1s
- Average screening response
ISO/IEC 27001:2022Information security management, independently audited.
ISO/IEC 27701:2019Privacy information management, extending ISO 27001.
GDPRPersonal data handled to EU standards, wherever you operate.
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Questions
Common questions.
Which sources and indicators drive the rating?
Ratings draw on recognised external sources including FATF grey and black lists, sanctions and embargo regimes, and corruption and governance indices, so geographic risk rests on credible data rather than internal judgement.
How does jurisdiction risk feed into customer risk?
A country rating flows automatically into customer and entity risk scoring, so a customer's country of residence, an entity's country of registration, and their countries of operation all raise the overall rating when exposure is higher.
How often are ratings updated?
Ratings are kept current as FATF listings, sanctions regimes, and other designations change, so a jurisdiction newly added or removed is reflected in your assessments rather than remaining out of date.
Does it cover cross-border and counterparty risk?
Yes. Jurisdiction risk also feeds transaction monitoring, so payments to or from higher-risk countries and counterparties are weighted and surfaced for review.
Go deeper
Further reading.
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