40+ sanctions lists. The risk isn’t on any of them.

The OFAC 50% rule means that if a sanctioned entity (SDN) owns or controls 50% or more of another entity, that other entity is also subject to sanctions, even if it’s not on any list. Most sanctions violations involve this ownership relationship, not direct name matches. Sayari automatically traces ownership chains and applies the 50% rule, catching control relationships that traditional list-only screening cannot detect.

Entity resolution ensures you’re screening the correct legal entity, even across multiple countries and corporate structures. A counterparty might be registered under different legal names, languages, transliterations, or corporate jurisdictions. Sayari resolves these variations to the true underlying entity before checking against sanctions lists, preventing missed matches due to corporate structure variation.

Sayari updates 40+ sanctions lists every 4 hours, including OFAC SDN, OFAC BIS lists, EU lists, UN lists, and 36+ additional global sanctions designations. This 4-hour cycle means new designations are captured immediately, not on annual review cycles. You’re covered for designations published on weekends, holidays, or outside standard business hours.

Yes. Sayari maps entity ownership across 250+ jurisdictions, including corporate registries, beneficial ownership disclosures, and court filings globally. This means you can screen counterparties with complex multinational corporate structures, tracing ownership chains across borders and applying OFAC rules consistently.

After initial screening, Sayari Signal monitors your counterparties and their ownership networks for new designations and ownership changes. When someone on a sanctions list changes ownership or a new person joins their network, you’re alerted immediately. This prevents missed sanctions exposure from ownership changes that occur after onboarding.