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NameScan

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What is NameScan?

NameScan, a member of the Neurocom group, is based in Australia and provides a publicly accessible online service which enables users to check the names of individual persons or companies instantly, against the Dow Jones Watchlists, which the vendor presents as the most detailed and accurate global watchlists available today of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), officially sanctioned individuals and persons of Special Interest.

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NameScan best tool for Compliances Check

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Bhuwan ChandraView profile
Business Development Manager in Sales at ConnectUp IT Solutions (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

NameScan helps our client to follow the Compliance which were require to do business with any individual entity in global market thus it guide to save from international sanctions. We were looking for SaaS solution from we conduct background check, due diligence, customer on boarding compliance (KYC/AML/CFT) gather organization intelligence and also checking for PEP (Politically Exposed Person)

Pros

  • Single Dashboard Solution for all Quires
  • Easy Integration with System
  • Competitive Price

Cons

  • Reduce False positive to provide accurate and contextualized information

Most Important Features

  • Good Database of PEP Checks & Sanctions Screenings
  • Competitive Pricing
  • High Contextualized and Accurate results

Return on Investment

  • Safeguard from risky financial steps & International Sanctions
  • Comply with compliances & Follow the guideline from FATF

Alternatives Considered

AuditGenius

NameScan especially useful when used in integration with other software

Incentivized
Verified User
Professional (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In recent years, our University has increasingly become an international environment. Consequently, it becomes increasingly common at the administrative level to verify the identity of those who have to enroll in courses, participate in competitions or discuss Master's or Doctoral theses. Consequently, NameScan helps us to verify the identity of these people.

Pros

  • NameScan works well automated and allows information integration in different analysis steps.
  • NameScan works well in integration with other identity verification or plagiarism checker software.
  • It is easy to use, accessible and can be adapted to specific needs.

Cons

  • The software still generates confusion, especially in the case of Asian names, often repetitive or similar to each other. In this case, the information it returns is not very accurate.
  • The numerous integrative databases that can be purchased are really very expensive.
  • NameScan is graphically unintuitive.

Most Important Features

  • Verify identities and any criminal records.
  • Quick and easy to perform checks against a wide range of sanctions or false identities.
  • In addition to those mentioned, there are no other features of interest to us.

Return on Investment

  • It allowed us to limit the admission of non-welcome people to the University.
  • It has allowed us to limit the number of frauds in the context of thesis discussions, especially doctoral ones.
  • NameScan has become fundamental in our university's internalisation to verify, in particular, people arriving from countries at risk.

Other Software Used

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