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 | 5 JuneKey sanctions list changes detected today.OFAC adds 5 individuals and 5 entitie...
05/06/2026

Daily sanctions screening update | 5 June

Key sanctions list changes detected today.

OFAC adds 5 individuals and 5 entities to the SDN List.

In Force Today: PCC and Comando Vermelho Are Now FTOs

What This Means for Compliance Teams
1. Cuba programme: Confirm the 4 June OFAC build is live in every screening channel.
2. Secondary sanctions: EO 14404 squarely covers non-US institutions.
3. FTO effect date: PCC and Comando Vermelho became Foreign Terrorist Organizations today.

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 | 2 JuneKey sanctions list changes detected today.US: Brazilian PCC and CV Designated a...
02/06/2026

Daily sanctions screening update | 2 June

Key sanctions list changes detected today.

US: Brazilian PCC and CV Designated as SDGTs

OFAC Sanctions Modernisation: 76 SDN Entries Removed

Russia: Lukoil GL 131F Extends Wind-Down Window.

What This Means for Compliance Teams
1. Brazil counter-terrorism: Refresh OFAC SDN ingestion.
2. Sanctions modernisation: Clear and document any alert matches for the 76 removed SDN entries per screening policy.
3. Lukoil licensing: Update Lukoil transaction screening matrices

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 FCA (Financial Conduct Authority), which supervises financial firms, noted that firms have made progress in preventi...
02/06/2026

The FCA (Financial Conduct Authority), which supervises financial firms, noted that firms have made progress in preventing sanctions breaches, but critical gaps remain.

Questions for compliance teams:

1. Do you screen every customer against UK, EU, AND UN sanctions lists?
2. Do you update your screening databases weekly not monthly?
3. Can you trace every blocked transaction in under 10 minutes?
4. Does your team know the difference between CDD and enhanced sanctions due diligence?

If you hesitated on any of these, you’re at risk.

At Youverify, we help financial institutions stay ahead of sanctions risk by instantly flagging high-risk individuals and entities, building AML/KYC compliance frameworks that meet UK, EU, and global regulatory standards, and catching suspicious cross-border flows in real time.

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

Daily sanction screening update | 1 JuneKey sanctions list changes detected today.OFAC: Iran Shadow Oil Network Targeted...
01/06/2026

Daily sanction screening update | 1 June

Key sanctions list changes detected today.

OFAC: Iran Shadow Oil Network Targeted

OFAC: Strait of Hormuz Authority Designated Treasury

FCDO: Four GIM Regime Amendments

What This Means for Compliance Teams
1. Ingest the refreshed OFAC SDN file before next batch screening.
2. Run urgent maritime book reviews.
3. Flag all Strait of Hormuz transit activity for compliance review.
4. Update UK Sanctions List ingestion to capture the four FCDO Global Irregular Migration amendments.

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

Every day a compliance team operates in silo, risk grows silently in the gaps between systems. The question is no longer...
01/06/2026

Every day a compliance team operates in silo, risk grows silently in the gaps between systems. The question is no longer whether to unify; it is how much longer you can afford not to.

Fragmented data are not just an inconvenience to your compliance team; they are a liability that fraudsters exploit.

A unified fraud & AML system eliminates data silo, accelerates investigations, and connects risk intelligence in real time. From onboarding to audit, every signal, alert, and case is managed in one seamless workflow.

At Youverify, we help your compliance team stay compliant and detect fraud all in one unified system.

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

Daily sanction screening update | 29 MayKey sanctions list changes detected today.All Five Primary Authorities QuietUse ...
29/05/2026

Daily sanction screening update | 29 May

Key sanctions list changes detected today.

All Five Primary Authorities Quiet

Use the Window Early June Surge Expected

What this means for compliance teams:
→ Use this window to re-screen your customer book against the cumulative May 2026
→ Confirm watchlist ingestion timestamps across all five major source feeds
→ Validate automated alert routing end-to-end
→ Brief your team that designation activity historically concentrates in the first ten business days of June as agencies clear holiday backlog

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

29/05/2026

The night before an audit should not look like this.

Panic-refreshing spreadsheets, chasing paper trails, and surviving on zero sleep are not compliance strategies; they are warning signs that your processes are failing under pressure.

When audit readiness depends on last-minute scrambling, the gaps in your compliance operations become impossible to ignore.

With Youverify, transactions are continuously monitored, suspicious activities are flagged in real time, and audit trails are automatically documented, so when audit day arrives, your team shows up prepared, confident, and fully in control, not caffeinated and overwhelmed.

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

Daily sanctions screening update | 27 MayKey sanctions list changes detected today.UK Targets 18-Entity Russia Crypto Ne...
27/05/2026

Daily sanctions screening update | 27 May

Key sanctions list changes detected today.

UK Targets 18-Entity Russia Crypto Network

OFAC SDN Amendments: SDGT Removal Published

FinCEN Warns on FIFA World Cup Human Trafficking

What This Means for Compliance Teams
1. Immediate rescreening (UK): Screen all 18 FCDO-designated names across client.
2. SDN dataset update (US): Ingest the revised OFAC SDN CSV reflecting the removal of Ayadi Chafiq Bin Muhammad.
3. FIFA SAR preparedness (US): Brief AML and front-line teams on FinCEN WCHT red flags for the World Cup period.

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 | 26 MayKey sanctions list changes detected today.US and UK Authorities Resume After Lo...
26/05/2026

Daily sanctions screening update | 26 May

Key sanctions list changes detected today.

US and UK Authorities Resume After Long Weekend

EU 20th Package: First Full Operating Day

What This Means for Compliance Teams
1. Clear the ingestion backlog: Confirm overnight pickup of the 21 May OFAC counter-terrorism package and the 22 May UK Sanctions List position across screening,
2. Embed the EU 20th-package perimeter.
3. Prime the week: Expect the first US and UK sanctions actions of the week
between today and Thursday.

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

Throwing it back to the 2026 RegTech Africa Conference & Expo.We are proud to have received the RACE Award for Regulator...
26/05/2026

Throwing it back to the 2026 RegTech Africa Conference & Expo.

We are proud to have received the RACE Award for Regulatory Innovation & Economic Inclusion, a recognition of our commitment to simplifying compliance and strengthening financial ecosystems across Africa.

Through our speaking session, we shared insights on the future of compliance and how innovation is reshaping regulatory processes across the digital economy.

A key highlight was our live Youverify cowork demo, showcasing how compliance teams can detect, investigate, and respond to risk in real time with greater efficiency.

A big shout out to the RegTech Africa for hosting such a high-impact event.

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