How to run a screening

Screening a client is the core of your AML obligations. Here is how to do it efficiently in Clear AML.

1. Navigate to the Client: Open the client's profile from the Clients list.
2. Initiate Screening: Click the "Run Screening" button in the Action Strip on the right side of the screen.
3. Confirm Details: Ensure the client's full legal name, Date of Birth, and known addresses are accurate. The better the input data, the fewer false positives you will receive.
4. Review Results: The system will scan global PEP, Sanctions, and Adverse Media databases. Results usually appear within seconds.
5. Resolve Matches: If matches are found, you must review them. If it's a false positive, mark it as "Cleared" and provide a brief reason. If it's a true match, you will be prompted to escalate the client's risk rating.
6. Provider-cleared hits: Hits the screening provider scores below its 93% identity-match threshold are tagged false positive at source. They stay on the screening record (greyed, marked "Provider-cleared") for audit purposes but do not flag the client or raise an alert. Sanctions-list hits are always surfaced for review regardless of score.
7. Ongoing monitoring: Monitored clients are re-checked on every cycle and the provider re-sends every hit each time. If a cycle returns only hits you have already reviewed and accepted, that decision is carried forward automatically (shown as "carried forward" on the screening) — no alert, no new decision. Only a hit that was not part of your earlier review asks for a decision.