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Adverse Media Screening
Early warning: MediaScan helps you identify, prioritize, and document relevant risks from adverse media every day in a clear, audit-ready format.
Seamless integration with leading compliance solutions
Adverse Media Screening is one of the most time-consuming and, at the same time, most critical task in compliance. The volume of relevant information continues to grow, while expectations around traceability, documentation, and regulatory compliance are increasing.
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Reduce false positives by up to -80%
Too many irrelevant matches place unnecessary strain on your teams and extend processing times.
Ensure that all regulatory requirements are met.
Traceable processes, documented decisions, and auditable results are no longer optional - they are essential.
Identify liability and reputational risks early
Critical events need to be identified at an early stage before they become a risk to your institution.
Risk-based approach in line with Wolfsberg Group
MediaScan follows a risk-based approach based on the Wolfsberg Group recommendations.
Adverse Media Screening is time-consuming and error-prone. MediaScan filters, analyzes, and prioritizes relevant risks so your compliance team can focus on the profiles that matter most and make traceable, well-founded decisions.
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1. Automated Detection
We screen more than one million articles every day, remove duplicates, and categorize relevant matches using state-of-the-art AI across five languages: German, English, French, Italian, and Russian.
We identify individuals and organizations specifically linked to your defined risk categories. Further information on these categories and additional details can be found in the white paper.
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2. Human-in-the-Loop Review
Not every match represents a genuine risk. That is why all relevant results are reviewed and assessed by our specialized editorial team of native-language experts.
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3. Seamless Integration into Your Processes
Your data always stays within your bank!
We provide our adverse media data to you on a daily basis, allowing you to integrate it directly into your existing compliance processes. For seamless implementation, most of our clients use the same software they already rely on for sanctions screening.
Interested in a personal consultation? Contact us for a free demo.
Human in the loop
Our editorial team consists of specialists who are native speakers and have been trained to identify issues relevant to compliance and select the right individuals and organizations.
We place a strong emphasis on profile completeness to ensure quick matching against your customer database.
We currently support the following languages: German, English, French, Russian, and Italian. Additional languages are available upon request.
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Both Adverse Media Screening and Sanctions Screening are essential tools for financial institutions in compliance and risk management. However, they serve different purposes and take different approaches.
Here is a clear comparison of the two::
Adverse Media Screening
... takes a proactive approach, capturing dynamic risks and media coverage that extend beyond formal sanctions.
Sanctions Screening
... complements Adverse Media Screening by identifying formally sanctioned individuals and entities.
At many financial institutions, Adverse Media Screening remains a highly manual process. MediaScan reduces irrelevant matches and helps your team focus on the cases that pose the greatest risk.
We take a risk-based approach, aligned with the Wolfsberg Group's guidance, to balance the large number of available articles with a manageable workload for reviews.
We work with industry-leading experts such as NewsGuard to select media sources that meet the highest standards of credibility, accuracy, and reporting quality. At the same time, we stay close to market developments and take into account rumor-based sources, which are becoming increasingly important.
Our analysis covers international news agencies, national newspapers, and relevant regional and local sources. We also assess the quality and independence of these sources to ensure that our review results are robust, objective, and relevant to financial risk assessment.
We work with leading providers of news intelligence and currently cover English, German, French, Russian, and Italian. Additional languages can be added on request.
LexisNexis
Thanks to extensive licensing agreements, www.lexisnexis.com searches the public internet as well as paid news sources, such as the Tages-Anzeiger, Der Spiegel, and the Financial Times. Please note, however, that LexisNexis does not provide access to all paid content.
NewsCatcher
www.newscatcherapi.com continuously scans publicly accessible online news sources worldwide and aggregates millions of articles from thousands of media outlets every day. The service provides structured news data via an API and offers breadth and timeliness comparable to major news aggregators such as news.google.com.
Swissdox
We also work with country-specific providers such as www.swissdox.ch. With more than 500 licensed sources in Switzerland, Swissdox covers all four national languages, ranging from publicly accessible content to paywalled articles that are properly licensed.
Netlive
Additionally, we scan the web ourselves. Using our internal web-scraping technology, we collect information that our external sources do not cover. By collaborating closely with our editorial team, our clients, and our AI system, we are able to identify the information you require.
Use your existing sanctions screening processes and software, such as:
Do you need help implementing a software solution, or do you need support evaluating a new one?
We are happy to assist you.
Netlive IT AG develops and operates MediaScan. We continuously refine our processes and services and are transparent about what our solution can and cannot do.
Our processes are fully transparent to our clients. We provide documentation covering everything from the AI system itself to the training of our editorial team. Our service is used by national and international banks and is an industry-reviewed, certified service you can trust.
