RelyComply Integrates LSEG World-Check On Demand for Real-Time AML Screening
RelyComply has partnered with LSEG Risk Intelligence to integrate World-Check On Demand into its financial crime compliance platform, adding real-time sanctions, politically exposed person (PEP), adverse media and enforcement intelligence to customer onboarding, screening and ongoing monitoring workflows.
The integration is intended to give financial institutions access to continuously updated risk intelligence without relying on periodic batch updates. LSEG describes World-Check On Demand as an API-first service that delivers structured, machine-readable records in real time, including sanctions data, PEP information, adverse media, regulatory and law-enforcement records and other risk classifications used in AML and KYC screening.
How the integration fits into RelyComply workflows
Within RelyComply, the World-Check data is being combined with the platform’s existing customer screening, identity verification, due diligence and continuous monitoring capabilities. The aim is to make new or changed risk information available inside the same workflow used by compliance teams to review customers and investigations, rather than requiring separate data tools or delayed list updates.
LSEG says World-Check On Demand includes enriched metadata, granular categorisation and provenance information, as well as change summaries designed to show what has been added or modified in a record. The service is also designed to support screening of clients, transactions, payments, suppliers, intermediaries, vessels, beneficial owners and other third parties.
According to the companies, the combined system is intended to reduce unnecessary screening noise and support faster investigation and remediation. However, institutions remain responsible for their own risk assessments and compliance decisions; the technology is designed to support, rather than replace, institutional judgement.
Real-time risk intelligence becomes more important
LSEG launched World-Check On Demand in 2025 after research found that 98% of surveyed financial institutions considered real-time data important to compliance workflows, while 80% reported frequent onboarding or payment delays caused by outdated or slow screening data and 75% cited excessive false positives as a persistent challenge.
The RelyComply integration reflects a broader shift in AML technology from simply having access to sanctions and PEP data toward embedding continuously updated intelligence directly into onboarding, due diligence and ongoing-monitoring processes. For compliance teams, the practical question increasingly becomes how quickly new risk information can be operationalised and documented inside existing decision workflows.
