OFAC doesn't wait
for your next
manual review.
SDN updates drop same-day. A transaction cleared against yesterday's list may be a violation today. Embargo monitors OFAC, EU, BAFA, ECJU, and four other jurisdictions and alerts your team within 4 hours of any designation — not the next business day.
OFAC designates 7 entities under Russia-related sanctions — includes 2 correspondent banks and a payment processor
EU adds 12 individuals and 4 entities to consolidated sanctions list — financial sector counterparties flagged
OFSI updates financial sanctions implementation notice — asset freeze obligations clarified for custodian banks
BAFA issues guidance on dual-use export financing — secondary liability framework for trade finance
Four obligations. All moving at once.
Financial institutions face layered sanctions compliance across multiple regulators. Missing an update from any one of them is enough to create a violation.
SDN screening
US persons — including banks and payment processors — are prohibited from transacting with SDN-listed parties. OFAC updates the list without notice; same-day compliance is required.
50% Rule
Entities owned 50% or more (individually or in aggregate) by an SDN are themselves blocked — even if not directly named. Requires beneficial ownership tracing beyond the named party.
Asset freeze obligations
EU Regulation 2580/2001 and UK OFSI require financial institutions to freeze assets of designated persons and report holdings. The EU consolidated list updates regularly.
Dual-use transaction screening
Banks financing trade in controlled goods — advanced semiconductors, encryption, defence items — may face secondary liability under German BAFA and UK ECJU guidance.
Built for the teams that own the exposure.
“OFAC drops a new SDN update at 4pm on a Friday. By the time my team finds it Monday morning, we've already processed three transactions that touch the designated party's correspondent.”
Embargo fires a structured alert within 4 hours of any SDN update — with the full designation text, the affected entity name, and a direct link to the primary OFAC notice. Your team gets it before Monday.
“We onboard 200 new business customers a week. Manual sanctions screening at the speed we need is either understaffed or outsourced to a vendor with a 48-hour SLA.”
Bulk CSV screening: upload your weekly onboarding list, get match results for all 200 names against OFAC, EU, UK, and BIS in under a minute. Compliance certs for your records.
“Our letters of credit touch semiconductor supply chains, shipping companies, and Chinese state-owned entities. I need to know the moment any of our LC counterparties gets designated.”
Watchlist monitoring for your standing counterparty list. Embargo alerts you on any jurisdiction — not just OFAC — when a party on your list is designated or added to the Entity List.
Everything your compliance team needs in one place.
Real-time OFAC & EU monitoring
Embargo polls OFAC, the EU consolidated list, and UK OFSI continuously. The moment a new designation is published, your team gets an alert with the primary-source document — not a third-party summary.
Counterparty watchlists
Maintain a standing list of institutional counterparties, correspondents, and beneficial owners. Embargo alerts you the moment any of them appears on a new designation list across all 8 jurisdictions.
Compliance audit trail
Every screening generates a timestamped, HMAC-signed record. Export your audit trail for regulators, internal audit, or BSA examination — proof of screening at a specific point in time.
Signed DPA available
Processing personal data as part of sanctions screening requires a GDPR-compliant data processing agreement. We provide a signed DPA on request — standard on Professional plan and above.
OFAC updates don't wait for your next manual review.
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