LSEG Risk Intelligence has announced the launch of World-Check Verify, a new screening API developed in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). The tool is designed to help financial institutions integrate compliance checks directly into payment and onboarding processes without affecting transaction speed or customer experience.
World-Check Verify operates as a cloud-native, stateless solution that allows enterprises to conduct large-scale screenings quickly and securely. This comes at a time when the payments sector is adapting to new regulations, such as the EU Instant Payments regulation, which are increasing expectations for compliance and efficiency.
David Wilson, Group Head of LSEG Risk Intelligence, stated: “World-Check Verify makes compliance invisible— with timely, trusted data ensuring screening happens in the background, at the precise moment it’s needed, so payments and onboarding remain instant and seamless. It sets a new standard for embedded compliance in a world where speed, trust, and accuracy must coexist.”
The service uses LSEG’s World-Check data to provide real-time screening within digital workflows. Its infrastructure is designed for high availability and privacy protection through AWS’s cloud platform. The system also offers flexibility for integration and configuration according to enterprise needs.
Alison Kay, VP and Managing Director of AWS UKI, said: “The World Check Verify solution is created from the combination of AWS's secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and LSEG's World-Check intelligence. This cloud-native solution scales instantly to meet demand spikes, reduces infrastructure overhead, and leverages advanced analytics to transform the manual workload burden that 77% of institutions struggle with into an automated, efficient workflow. It exemplifies how AWS's cloud capabilities can help solve complex industry challenges so that financial institutions can innovate and scale their risk management operations with confidence, while maintaining the highest security standards.”
The launch follows findings from LSEG’s 2025 Global Risk Intelligence Survey indicating that most financial institutions face challenges with manual compliance reviews and false positives from older systems. According to the survey:
- 77% report manual review workload as a major obstacle.
- 75% experience excessive false positives from legacy technology.
- 98% consider real-time data critical for compliance.
World-Check Verify aims to address these issues by providing accurate screening while reducing operational demands on organizations.
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