Youverify

Youverify We help businesses automate KYC and customer due diligence. This information can be cross-checked against more than 300 databases locally and globally.

Youverify is building trust in Africa by helping businesses and individuals confirm identity and physical addresses. Using artificial intelligence, Youverify confirms a user’s identity document and compares it with their facial biometrics. Youverify in partnership with over 20,000 field verification officers verifies physical addresses all over Sub-Sahara Africa in less than 48 hours. We bridge th

e gap in Africa's digital industry by providing one API for identity and physical address verification. Founded by two entrepreneurs from Harvard and Warwick.

Daily sanctions screening update | 8 MayKey sanctions list changes detected today.OFAC Cuba EO 14404: GAESA and Moa Nick...
08/05/2026

Daily sanctions screening update | 8 May

Key sanctions list changes detected today.

OFAC Cuba EO 14404: GAESA and Moa Nickel Designated

OFAC Counter-Terrorism: Iran-Backed Iraq Militia Leader Designated

What This Means for Compliance Teams
1. Cuba / GAESA: Screen all three new EO 14404 entries immediately.
2. Tourism and hospitality: GAESA controls the majority of Cuba’s hotel and retail infrastructure.
3. Iraq / CT: Re-screen all Iraq-linked counterparties in security, logistics and energy against the new SDGT entry.

Youverify monitors 65+ official sources across 57 countries daily, ensuring your compliance programme captures every designation, removal, and amendment within hours of publication.

Stay ahead of every list change: https://youverify.co/company/contact-us

08/05/2026

After a long day of hard work, Your compliance team shouldn’t have to choose between getting a well-deserved rest and the acuity of what happens while they do.

Fraud does not sleep, and neither should your tools.

Without real-time fraud intelligence, suspicious activity becomes harder to trace, investigate, and stop before damage is done.

With Youverify, suspicious transactions are detected, flagged, and investigated in real time, giving compliance teams the visibility and intelligence needed to respond faster and stay ahead of financial crime.

To learn more: Speak to our compliance experts today: https://youverify.co/company/contact-us

Daily sanctions screening update | 7 MayKey sanctions list changes detected today.OFAC Iran GL-W Wind-Down: Qingdao Haiy...
07/05/2026

Daily sanctions screening update | 7 May

Key sanctions list changes detected today.

OFAC Iran GL-W Wind-Down: Qingdao Haiye Deadline 31 May

OFAC Formalises Venezuela GLs 46-50 in Federal Register

What This Means for Compliance Teams
1. Iran GL-W: Identify all exposures to Qingdao Haiye Oil Terminal Co.Ltd. and Li Xinchun across all business lines.
2. Venezuela GLs: Review updated GL 46-50 Federal Register texts.
3. Trade finance: Apply enhanced due diligence to oil-trade clients with
independent Chinese refinery connections.

Youverify monitors 65+ official sources across 57 countries daily, ensuring your compliance programme captures every designation, removal, and amendment within hours of publication.

Stay ahead of every list change: https://youverify.co/company/contact-us

Manual compliance isn’t just slow, it creates blind spots and false positives that leave gaps fraudsters can easily expl...
07/05/2026

Manual compliance isn’t just slow, it creates blind spots and false positives that leave gaps fraudsters can easily exploit.

When those gaps are exposed, the impact goes beyond operations. It becomes regulatory penalties, financial loss, and reputational damage.

AI-powered compliance changes how risk is managed. It processes data at scale, detects patterns in real time, and reduces noise so teams can focus on actual threats, not distractions.

At Youverify, you get an AI-powered compliance system that unifies screening, monitoring, and investigations in one platform helping your team detect, investigate, and mitigate fraud in real time while staying compliant.

To get started, Speak with our compliance experts today: https://youverify.co/company/contact-us

Daily sanctions screening update | May 6Key sanctions list changes detected today.UK Designates Alabuga Drone Network: 1...
06/05/2026

Daily sanctions screening update | May 6

Key sanctions list changes detected today.

UK Designates Alabuga Drone Network: 18 Russia Entries

UK GIM Regime: 17 Forced Conscription Facilitators Designated

What This Means for Compliance Teams
1. Russia sanctions: Screen all 18 FCDO entries immediately.
2. GIM regime: Treat migration, recruitment and travel service providers linked to India, Bangladesh, Cuba and Kenya as triggers for enhanced due diligence.
3. Data ingestion: Verify your screening provider has captured both FCDO Notices of 5 May 2026 in full.

Youverify monitors 65+ official sources across 57 countries daily, ensuring your compliance programme captures every designation, removal, and amendment within hours of publication.

Stay ahead of every list change: https://youverify.co/company/contact-us

Regulations don’t wait for businesses to catch up, and Canada just proved that.Bill C-12 is the clearest sign yet that t...
06/05/2026

Regulations don’t wait for businesses to catch up, and Canada just proved that.

Bill C-12 is the clearest sign yet that the era of lenient AML enforcement is over. Governments are done treating non-compliance as a manageable cost.

The businesses that won’t sweat this are the ones already running compliance programs that are risk-based, reasonably designed, and provably effective.

Youverify is built for that scrutiny. Swipe through to see the full picture.

To get started, Speak with our compliance experts today: https://youverify.co/company/contact-us

Daily sanctions screening update | May 5Key sanctions list changes detected today.OFAC Designates Former DRC President K...
05/05/2026

Daily sanctions screening update | May 5

Key sanctions list changes detected today.

OFAC Designates Former DRC President Kabila for M23/AFC Financing

UK Sudan Sanctions List: New Designation and Three Amendments

UNSC 1591 Sudan Committee Expands Its Consolidated List

What This Means for Compliance Teams
1. OFAC DRC: Re-screen immediately against Kabila, his aliases and associated networks.
2. Sudan: Update screening parameters for the UK Sanctions List and the UNSC 1591 Consolidated List.
3. UNSC list synchronisation: Verify your screening data provider has ingested the 4 May 2026 UNSC Consolidated List.

Youverify monitors 65+ official sources across 57 countries daily, ensuring your compliance programme captures every designation, removal, and amendment within hours of publication.

Stay ahead of every list change: https://youverify.co/company/contact-us

Daily sanctions screening update | May 4Key sanctions list changes detected today.OFAC Operation Economic Fury: 28 Iran ...
04/05/2026

Daily sanctions screening update | May 4

Key sanctions list changes detected today.

OFAC Operation Economic Fury: 28 Iran Shadow Banking

New US Executive Order Expands Cuba Sanctions Perimeter

UNSC Res 2816 Renews Taliban Monitoring Mandate 12 Months

What This Means for Compliance Teams
1. OFAC Iran: Re-screen all Iranian counterparties and vessel portfolios
against the updated SDN list immediately.
2. OFAC Cuba: Map all Cuba-linked counterparties against GAESA’s ~70
subsidiaries.
3. UNSC Taliban: Verify your screening provider has updated to the 2 May 2026 UNSC list.

Youverify monitors 65+ official sources across 57 countries daily, ensuring your compliance programme captures every designation, removal, and amendment within hours of publication.

Stay ahead of every list change: https://youverify.co/company/contact-us

The compliance challenges facing digital lenders are intensifying. This includes KYC gaps, AML blind spots, and evolving...
04/05/2026

The compliance challenges facing digital lenders are intensifying. This includes KYC gaps, AML blind spots, and evolving regulatory demands.

The cost of non-compliance isn’t just a fine. It’s trust, reputation, and operating licenses. Yet most lenders are still navigating these pressures with systems that were never built for this level of scrutiny.

Youverify provides digital lenders with an AI-powered compliance system to stay ahead, not just keep up. Smarter fraud detection, seamless compliance, and full coverage across the customer lifecycle.

To get started, speak with our compliance experts today: https://youverify.co/company/contact-us

Weekly compliance Alert! Top AML fraud updates May. Here’s your full briefing. 🔴 SANCTIONS SPOTLIGHTThe Council of the E...
03/05/2026

Weekly compliance Alert! Top AML fraud updates May.

Here’s your full briefing.

🔴 SANCTIONS SPOTLIGHT

The Council of the EU adopted its 20th sanctions package against Russia on April 23.

OFAC added 19 entities and 19 vessels to the SDN List under Executive Order 13902.

🟠 ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS

OFSI marked its 10th anniversary by rolling out a new enforcement framework.

🟢 TRENDS

FinCEN advanced three major initiatives in April:

1. An April 7 proposed rule that would replace the process-based AML/CFT standard
2. A joint FinCEN–OFAC proposal on April 8 under the GENIUS Act.
3. An April 1 proposal on whistleblowers, offering qualified informants up to 30% of monetary penalties when recoveries exceed $1 million.

The common thread across these developments is clear: regulators are demanding outcomes-based compliance, and the cost of failure, whether from a missed designation, a delayed disclosure, or a program that looks strong on paper but fails in practice is rising.

Swipe right to read the full story in the carousel below. Stay ahead of fraud and AML compliance with Youverify.

Book a call with our AML and compliance expert: https://youverify.co/company/contact-us

Daily sanctions screening update | 1 MayKey sanctions list changes detected today.OFAC “Economic Fury”: 35 Iranian Entit...
01/05/2026

Daily sanctions screening update | 1 May

Key sanctions list changes detected today.

OFAC “Economic Fury”: 35 Iranian Entities Designated

UNSC Sudan 2620: 4 RSF-Linked Individuals Listed

FCDO UK Consolidated List Routine Refresh 30 April

What This Means for Compliance Teams
1. Re-screen all Iranian counterparties and vessel portfolios immediately

2. Update your PEP and sanctions screening databases to include all 4
UNSC-listed RSF individuals.

3. Re-validate UK-linked entity portfolios against the refreshed FCDO

Youverify monitors 65+ official sources across 57 countries daily, ensuring your compliance programme captures every designation, removal, and amendment within hours of publication.

Stay ahead of every list change: https://youverify.co/company/contact-us

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