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What is one-time screening (prescreening)?

One-time screening, sometimes called prescreening, is a single, point-in-time check of a person or company at the moment you need to make a decision. Before you onboard a customer, sign a supplier, close a deal, or make a hire, you run their name against sanctions, PEP, ownership, adverse media, and other risk sources, and get back a clear picture of who they are and what risk they carry. It is the fast “should we proceed?” check. Everything you need to clear a party for action, in one pass, without collecting a single document.

Why traditional and manual screening fails

Screening a name by hand is slow and unreliable, exactly when you can least afford it. Checking sanctions, ownership, and news manually across multiple lists and databases takes hours per party, so due diligence becomes the bottleneck holding up an onboarding or a deal. And manual checks miss things: a buried ownership link, a foreign-language news story, a namesake mistaken for the real person. Legacy tools aren’t much better, matching names without judging relevance and burying you in false positives. When speed matters and accuracy is non-negotiable, doing it the old way puts you at risk on both counts.

What missing a sanction actually costs

Miss a sanctioned party and the consequences are severe. Regulators can impose fines running into the millions, and sanctions breaches can carry personal, even criminal, liability for the people responsible. Your funds can be frozen mid-transfer, your correspondent banks can cut you off, and the reputational damage of being tied to a sanctioned entity can outlast the fine itself. Almost all of it is avoidable with one check. Beady screens a party against every major sanctions list before you onboard or pay them, so a sanctioned name is caught at the door, not discovered by a regulator later.

Screening with AI makes it better

AI makes a thorough screen fast and accurate at the same time. Beady checks a name against sanctions, PEP, ownership, adverse media, and 1,000+ other sources in a single automated pass, returning results in minutes instead of hours. Its models read context rather than matching names, stripping out roughly 95% of the noise, so what you get is a short list of real, source-verified hits, not a pile of false positives to wade through. Every finding links back to its source, so you can clear a party, or decline them, with evidence you can stand behind.

01 Instant Risk Assessment for Immediate Decisions
Sometimes you need an answer now, not next week. One-time screening gives you a complete risk read on a person or company in minutes, so you can make an onboarding, payment, or partnership decision on the spot, backed by evidence rather than instinct.
02 On-the-Spot Sanction, PEP & Adverse Media Screening
Three checks carry most of the weight in any screen, and Beady runs all of them at the same time. A name goes against global sanctions lists, PEP databases, and a pool of more than 100,000 news sources in one pass. That means a single check is enough to tell you if a party is sanctioned, if they are politically exposed, or if there is unfavorable coverage following them.
03 Immediate Regulatory Compliance & AML/KYC Alignment
In many cases, a one-time screen is the compliance step that makes onboarding possible in the first place. Beady carries out the sanctions, PEP, and adverse-media checks that your AML and KYC obligations call for, and it records source-linked evidence for each one. The result is that you are aligned with the rules from the moment you first engage with a party.
04 Point-in-Time Fraud Detection & Revenue Protection
Catch a bad actor before money changes hands. A one-time screen surfaces the fraud signals, arrests, bankruptcies, adverse media, tied to a party at the moment you’re deciding whether to deal with them, so you can walk away before a fraudster costs you.
05 Snapshot Due Diligence for M&A & Investment
When you are about to acquire a company or put money into one, you need a read on the target that is both fast and defensible, and that includes the people standing behind it. Beady handles this with snapshot due diligence: ownership, sanctions, litigation, and adverse media, all in one report. The value is in the timing. Risk becomes a factor in the deal early, while there is still room to act on it, instead of surfacing after everything is signed.
06 Threat Mitigation Before Contract Signing
Once a contract is signed, your options narrow considerably. That is exactly why the moment before signing is the right time to screen a counterparty. Anything that should give you pause, a sanction, a pending lawsuit, a red flag in the ownership, comes to light while you still have room to renegotiate the terms or step back entirely.
07 Baseline Reputation & Brand Protection for New Partnerships
Every new partner you take on carries their reputation into yours. A one-time screen gives you a clean baseline before you associate your brand with theirs, so you don’t discover a partner’s fraud or sanctions history after you’ve publicly tied yourself to them.

What One-Time Screening Checks

Corporate Ownership & Beneficial Owners

A company name tells you very little on its own. Ownership is what counts, and a one-time screen goes after exactly that. Drawing on a database of more than 200 million companies and officers, Beady maps out who sits behind a business, its beneficial owners, its directors, the entities it is connected to, and any recent shift in who holds control. If the company you are about to deal with is owned by a sanctioned or high-risk party, or has just been linked to one, that comes to the surface in the screen. So before you commit, you are looking at the actual people behind the corporate name, not simply what the registration shows.

Wanted Lists & Interpol Notices

Some of the most serious risk signals come straight from law enforcement. As part of a single screen, Beady checks a person or company against international most-wanted lists, Interpol-style notices, and criminal registries. If the party you are assessing is wanted, has been charged, or appears on a law-enforcement list, the check surfaces it immediately, along with the source. This is the kind of risk a basic identity or registry check would never reveal. A party can look entirely legitimate on paper while their name sits on a wanted list you would never think to search by hand.

Regulatory Disputes & Enforcement

Trouble with regulators is a strong sign that a company is in difficulty, and it rarely makes the front page. A Beady screen checks for regulatory actions, enforcement notices, fines, disputes, and claims tied to the party you’re assessing, so you learn whether a business is under regulatory pressure before you take it on. These signals often precede bigger problems, a licence pulled, a business wound down, a scandal that follows, so catching them at the screening stage gives you a clear reason to pause, dig deeper, or walk away.

Global Sanctions & PEP Lists

Sanctions and PEP screening is the heart of any one-time check, and the part with the steepest penalties for getting wrong. Beady screens the party against the major sanctions regimes, including OFAC, the EU, the UN, and the UK’s HMT, plus PEP databases, all refreshed daily so the screen reflects today’s designations, not last quarter’s. If the person or company is sanctioned or politically exposed, you know instantly, and every match links back to the source list, giving you defensible evidence that you checked before you acted.

Adverse Media & Negative Press

Not all risk is on an official list. Fraud, corruption, and scandal often break in the news well before they reach a sanctions or court record. As part of a single screen, Beady searches more than 100,000 news sources for negative coverage tied to the party, in multiple languages, and uses AI to separate the real, relevant stories from the noise. Instead of a pile of articles, you get a short, deduplicated set of findings, so a fraud allegation or corruption investigation tied to your prospective customer or partner is right there in the report.

Operational & Structural Anomalies

Sometimes the warning sign is how a company looks structurally at the moment you check it. A recent wave of director resignations, an odd registered address, a shell-like structure, a spike in litigation, or a company that’s gone dormant can all point to trouble beneath the surface. A Beady screen flags these operational and structural anomalies from public data, so you can spot the behavioural red flags that suggest a counterparty may not be as solid as it appears, before you rely on it. It’s the kind of context a simple name or sanctions check alone would miss.

Activity in Social Networks

Risk often shows up on social media before it appears anywhere else. As part of a single screen, Beady checks public social sources for signals tied to the party, an accusation, a leaked document, an early scandal, that may not yet have reached the mainstream press. It also catches impersonation and fake accounts using a company’s or executive’s name. Including social signals in a one-time screen means you get the freshest possible view of a party’s risk at the moment you’re deciding, not just what the slower, more formal records have caught up to.

Built for Every Kind of Company

At some point every business faces the same question. Can you trust this customer, this partner, this new hire? Beady screens them fast and gives you a full picture, and it does not matter whether you are a five-person team or a large enterprise.
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For Fintechs & Crypto Firms
Screen every new user and counterparty against sanctions, PEP, and adverse media at the point of onboarding. Good customers get approved in minutes, and the risky ones are stopped at the door.
For Venture Funds
Screen a target company and its founders before you invest, ownership, sanctions, litigation, and adverse media in one report, so risk is on the table before the term sheet is.
For Investment Companies
Run a fast, defensible screen on any company before you take a position, so you know exactly what risk you’re buying into before the deal closes.
For HR Departments
Screen executives, candidates, and contractors against sanctions, PEP, and adverse media before you make an offer, catching the risks a reference call and an interview never surface.
For Compliance Departments
Run the sanctions, PEP, and adverse-media checks your policy requires in a single pass, cut false positives by up to 95%, and log source-linked evidence for every decision.
For Law Firms
Run fast, defensible screens on clients and counterparties for onboarding, M&A, and litigation, with verified findings traceable to their source.
For Financial Institutions
Screen customers and counterparties at onboarding against sanctions, PEP, and adverse media, meeting KYC and AML obligations from the very first interaction.
For Regulated Industries
Run the point-in-time checks your sector demands, from iGaming to insurance to healthcare, tuned to the sanctions and AML requirements your regulator expects.
For Large Corporates
Screen new suppliers, vendors, and partners across the enterprise before you onboard them, catching sanctions and reputational risk in a single check.

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Works Across Industries

One platform, every industry. Screen any person or company you’re about to deal with against sanctions, ownership, and adverse media, in a single check, wherever you operate.
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Software & Technology
Screen investors, acquirers, and enterprise partners before you commit, so a deal, a raise, or a partnership starts with a clear read on who you’re dealing with.
Finance & Insurance
Screen customers and counterparties at onboarding against sanctions, PEP, and adverse media, meeting KYC and AML obligations from the first interaction.
Supply Chain
Screen a new supplier or vendor before you onboard them, checking sanctions, ownership, and adverse-media risk in a single pass.
Government
Screen contractors, grant recipients, and partners before you engage them, with source-linked evidence ready for public accountability.
Law Enforcement
Run fast, source-verified checks across sanctions, most-wanted lists, and criminal and litigation records to support an investigation or a decision.
Human Resources
Screen a candidate, contractor, or executive against sanctions and adverse media before you hire, catching integrity risks a standard check leaves out.
Healthcare
Screen a provider, vendor, or partner against sanctions, exclusion lists, and adverse media before you rely on them, protecting patients and your standing.
Trading
Screen a counterparty in minutes against sanctions, ownership, and adverse media before you take a position, so exposure is on the table up front.
iGaming
Screen a player or partner against sanctions, PEP, and adverse media at onboarding, meeting AML and licensing obligations without slowing signup.
Energy & Utilities
Screen a partner, contractor, or joint-venture counterparty for sanctions and reputational risk before you enter a market or a deal.
Manufacturing
Screen a supplier, distributor, or partner against sanctions and legal risk before you onboard them into your network.
Media & Telecom
Screen an advertiser, talent, or partner against sanctions and adverse media before you enter an agreement, protecting your brand from association risk.
Retail
Screen a supplier, franchisee, or partner against sanctions and reputational risk before you sign, so a new relationship starts clean.

Set Once. Monitor Daily

A one-time screen is the perfect start. When you need to keep watching a party after the check, Beady turns that screen into continuous monitoring, so you get the right depth for the moment.

One-time Screening

A one-time screen gives you the full risk picture at a single moment. Sanctions, PEP, ownership, adverse media, litigation, and more, all covered in one automated pass. It is made for the decision in front of you, whether that is onboarding a customer, signing a supplier, or closing a deal, so you can clear a party or turn them down with confidence. No documents are required.

Ongoing Monitoring

When a relationship continues past the initial check, one screen isn’t enough. Ongoing monitoring rescreens the entity every day, so a new sanction, lawsuit, or scandal that emerges after onboarding reaches you within hours rather than at the next review. Start with a one-time screen, then keep the parties that matter under continuous watch.

Clear Intelligence, Built for Your Workflow

Every finding can be traced back to its source, reports come out audit-ready, and screening results feed directly into the tools your team already uses.
Social Signals Monitoring
A one-time screen is not limited to official records. It also taps public social sources as they happen. That is significant, because social media is frequently where a risk appears first. An accusation surfaces there. So does an arrest, or the early stir around a developing scandal, often hours or days before the news picks it up or an official record is updated.
The result is a screen that reflects the very latest situation, flagging something that has emerged online but has yet to reach the slower, more formal sources.
Messenger Integration for Daily Risk Alerts
When you move a screened party into ongoing monitoring, Beady connects to messaging platforms like Telegram to send daily alerts on the most important changes, with no need to log into the portal each day.
Skim a short summary on your phone, and when something needs a closer look, sign in for the full report and the evidence behind every flag.
Quality Of The Data Provided
Beady works only with publicly available data, refreshed daily and updated as soon as a change appears. Every finding in a screen carries a direct link to the record it came from.
And the AI never invents or embellishes. Each result can be checked against its original source, so the decision you make on a screen rests on evidence you can verify, not assumptions.
Report Consolidation
Every one-time screen produces a single, consolidated report, ranked and linked to its sources. Share it in a couple of clicks with an analyst, the compliance team, or a decision-maker.
Everyone works from the same verified findings, so the whole team can act on one clear picture instead of chasing the details separately.

How It Works

A step-by-step look at how a single name becomes a complete, verified risk report in minutes.
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Step 1
Add the Name
Enter the person or company you want to screen, by legal name, trade name, or brand, to begin. No documents required.
Step 2
Screen
Beady checks the name against sanctions, PEP, ownership, adverse media, litigation, and 1,000+ other sources in a single automated pass.
Step 3
Filter the Noise
The AI reads, matches, and deduplicates every result, clearing wrong-person hits and repeats to leave only the real, relevant findings.
Step 4
Build the Report
Every confirmed finding is pulled into one report and ordered by severity, and each links back to the source it came from.
step 5
Decide and Share
Review the report, clear or decline the party, and share the evidence-backed result with your team, or move them into ongoing monitoring.

Frequently
Asked Questions

What is Beady's One-Time Screening?
One-Time Screening is a point-in-time check on an individual or a business. Beady runs the name through sanctions, PEP, ownership, adverse media, litigation, and more than 1,000 additional public sources in a single automated pass. It returns a consolidated report in minutes, with every result tied to its source. No documents need to be collected beforehand. Teams typically use it at the point of a decision, for example before onboarding a client, signing a contract, hiring an executive, or making an investment.
A one-time screen tells you how risky a party is at the moment you run it, great for an onboarding, deal or hiring decision. It then checks that party every day to make sure everything is OK and to notify you when it changes. Screening answers “is this safe now?”; monitoring ensures that answer remains current over time. Many teams will screen first and then watch the relationships that happen.
Beady screens against all the major sanctions regimes: OFAC, the EU, the UN, and the UK’s HMT. On top of that, it checks PEP databases, international most-wanted and criminal registries, and watchlists from regulators and law enforcement. It also scans adverse media across more than 100,000 news sources, and pulls from corporate registries covering over 200 million legal entities and officers. Every one of those sources is refreshed daily, so what you see in a screen reflects where things stand right now.
A single check takes minutes. In one automated pass, Beady runs through every source, filters out anything irrelevant, and builds a single report from what is left. The kind of check that used to eat up hours of manual work is done almost immediately. And because each result is linked to where it came from, you can move on it right away.
Yes. As well as screening one party at a time, Beady can run one-time screens across an existing book of customers, suppliers, or portfolio companies, so you can get a clean risk baseline on your whole database at once, rather than only checking new parties going forward.
It does. PEP screening and adverse-media checks are not add-ons here. They come as standard with every screen, together with sanctions, ownership, and the rest of the risk picture. Run one check and you find out three things at once: is this party sanctioned, are they politically exposed, and is there bad press attached to their name. All of it lands in the same report.
The ones that gain the most are the ones dealing with third parties day to day, whether that means onboarding them, investing in them, or putting them under contract. Think fintech and crypto. Financial services and insurance. iGaming. Healthcare. Supply chain. Government. Law firms. Large corporates. If your work ever comes down to a quick, defensible “should we proceed?” call, this kind of screening fits.
This is built for the moment right before you commit. A new customer coming on board. A supplier you are about to sign. An acquisition or an investment closing. An executive hire. A partnership you are about to enter. And if you already hold a database of parties, a single baseline pass across all of them makes sense too. The idea stays the same throughout: know who you are dealing with before you are tied to them.
Beady checks a party from a lot of angles. Who owns the company, and who really sits behind it. Whether the party shows up on global sanctions lists or counts as a politically exposed person. What the press has said, good or bad. It also looks at court cases, regulatory action, any place on a most-wanted or criminal list, weak spots in how the business is structured or run, and what the social-media trail says.
The point is that it does all of this for you. It searches. It matches the records. It throws out the noise and writes up the report. Your team does not run the checks. They just read a clean result that has already been verified.

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