LSEG and AWS launch instant compliance screening tool

LSEG Risk Intelligence has launched World-Check Verify, a cloud-native compliance screening solution built with Amazon Web Services (AWS), designed to embed real-time checks directly into payment and onboarding workflows without disrupting transaction speed.

The product responds to growing pressures in the payments sector, where instant transfers, embedded finance and new regulatory demands such as the EU Instant Payments regulation are driving demand for seamless, automated compliance.

World-Check Verify uses LSEG’s trusted World-Check data and a lightweight, stateless architecture to deliver scalable, low-latency screening. According to LSEG, the design allows financial institutions, neobanks and cross-border platforms to run high-volume checks with minimal disruption, while keeping compliance integrated into everyday operations.

“World-Check Verify makes compliance invisible — with timely, trusted data ensuring screening happens in the background, at the precise moment it’s needed, so payments and onboarding remain instant and seamless,” said David Wilson, LSEG’s group head of risk intelligence. “It sets a new standard for embedded compliance in a world where speed, trust, and accuracy must coexist.”

The platform is powered by AWS cloud infrastructure, enabling it to scale instantly during demand spikes, reduce infrastructure overheads and apply advanced analytics to automate processes. Alison Kay, AWS UKI vice president and managing director, said:

“The World Check Verify solution is created from the combination of AWS’s secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and LSEG’s World-Check intelligence. This cloud-native solution scales instantly to meet demand spikes, reduces infrastructure overhead, and leverages advanced analytics to transform the manual workload burden that 77% of institutions struggle with into an automated, efficient workflow.

It exemplifies how AWS’s cloud capabilities can help solve complex industry challenges so that financial institutions can innovate and scale their risk management operations with confidence, while maintaining the highest security standards.”

The launch follows findings from LSEG’s 2025 Global Risk Intelligence Survey, which highlighted the challenges firms face in compliance management. The survey reported that 77% of institutions see manual workload as a significant barrier, 75% struggle with excessive false positives in legacy systems, and 98% believe real-time data is essential for effective compliance.

By embedding screening directly into workflows, World-Check Verify aims to provide financial institutions with the ability to meet these demands at scale, aligning compliance with the industry’s shift towards speed, resilience and embedded financial services.

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