World-Check (LSEG)

The most widely deployed PEP, sanctions, and adverse media database globally. Used by virtually every tier-1 bank in some capacity, including Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, HSBC, Citi, BNY, State Street, Macquarie, TD Securities, Fidelity International, M&G, Emirates NBD. Strong on PEP coverage including RCAs and International Organisation PEPs, broad adverse-media indexing, regular updates.

What you’d do with it: Run customer / UBO screening at onboarding, disposition matches against secondary identifiers, document rationale on partial-match clearances, refresh on periodic review and event triggers.

CV signal: “World-Check” or “World-Check One” on a CV is one of the strongest screening-tool keywords for ATS and recruiter scans.

Dow Jones Risk & Compliance

Major competitor to World-Check, used at JPMorgan, Citi, Morgan Stanley, BNY, State Street, and many fund administrators. Strong on adverse media depth, factiva-feed integration, and structured-data delivery for case-management integration. Frequently runs alongside World-Check at the largest banks for cross-validation.

CV signal: “Dow Jones Risk & Compliance” or “Dow Jones Watchlist” signals direct screening experience.

LexisNexis WorldCompliance

Used heavily at Bank of America, Citi, US regional banks, Macquarie, and many US-focused KYC operations. Strong on PEP, sanctions, and structured negative-news data. Often integrated with LexisNexis Bridger XG for sanctions screening at payment level.

CV signal: “LexisNexis WorldCompliance,” “LexisNexis Bridger,” or “LexisNexis IDU” for identity verification side.

Refinitiv Risk Intelligence (now part of LSEG)

Combined offering after the LSEG acquisition; many banks list both Refinitiv and World-Check on procurement records reflecting the merged entity. Strong on entity-graph data and beneficial-ownership trace particularly for offshore structures.

ComplyAdvantage

Newer-generation real-time screening platform, particularly strong at fintechs (Revolut) and digital-first banks. Real-time list updates, machine-learning-driven adverse-media filtering, API-first architecture suits modern onboarding stacks.

CV signal: Strong fintech-track signal; pairs naturally with VASP / crypto KYC backgrounds.

Fenergo

Dominant tier-1 KYC workflow platform, used at JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, BofA, Macquarie, TD Securities, BNY, State Street, Fidelity International, M&G, HSBC, Barclays, and Broadridge. Highly configurable, strong on institutional and corporate KYC, deep integration with screening and registry data sources. Considered the de facto standard for institutional KYC at large banks.

What you’d do with it: Build customer files, manage CDD / EDD lifecycle, manage approvals and escalations, run periodic review, audit-trail every disposition.

CV signal: “Fenergo” on a CV is one of the strongest single platform keywords for senior KYC roles. Worth listing prominently.

Pega KYC / Pega Customer Lifecycle Management

Heavily used at Citi, BofA, Goldman Sachs, BNY, and several tier-1 KPOs supporting bank books. Strong on case orchestration, BPM-driven workflow, and integration with broader Pega CRM stacks. Different feel from Fenergo — more enterprise BPM, less KYC-purpose-built.

CV signal: “Pega KYC” or “Pega CLM” signals enterprise tier-1 experience.

NICE Actimize KYC / CDD

Part of the broader Actimize compliance suite. Used at multiple tier-1 banks and many smaller institutions. Often paired with Actimize transaction monitoring for unified compliance-platform deployments.

Salesforce Financial Services Cloud KYC / Salesforce KYC

Used heavily at HSBC, BofA, several private-banking operations. Strong on customer-relationship integration — KYC data sits next to broader CRM context, useful for relationship-managed segments like private banking and wealth management.

NICE Actimize

The most widely deployed enterprise TM platform globally. Used at JPMorgan, Citi, BofA, Morgan Stanley, BNY, State Street, Macquarie, Fidelity International, and most of the top 50 global banks. Strong rules library, behavioural model layer, integrated case management, deep regulatory-reporting pipeline.

CV signal: “Actimize” on a CV is among the strongest TM-track keywords. Senior AML and TM roles explicitly screen for it.

SAS Anti-Money Laundering

Used at HSBC, several European tier-1 banks, and many regional banks. Strong analytical depth, model-governance framework, alongside broader SAS analytics stack.

Oracle Mantas / Oracle Financial Services AML

Long-standing enterprise TM platform, used at multiple tier-1 banks and large regional banks. Strong on rules engine and integration with Oracle banking stacks.

Quantexa

Newer-generation entity-resolution and network-analytics platform. Used at HSBC, Standard Chartered, Danske Bank, BNY, and increasingly at fintechs. Strong at connecting fragmented data across customers and counterparties to detect networks and typologies traditional rules miss.

CV signal: “Quantexa” signals modern analytics-led FCC capability; particularly strong for senior and manager-track roles.

NetReveal (BAE Systems)

Established TM and fraud platform, used at multiple tier-1 banks and government FIUs. Strong on hybrid fraud-AML scenarios.

Hawk:AI

Newer behavioural-ML-led TM platform, growing adoption at fintechs and challenger banks including Revolut. Cloud-native, fast model iteration, suits digital-first deployments.

Onfido

Among the most-deployed IDV vendors globally. Strong document-fraud detection, liveness check, broad document-format coverage. Used at digital banks, fintechs, and many tier-1 banks for retail and SME onboarding.

Jumio

Major IDV competitor; particularly strong on biometric verification and complex document types. Used at multiple tier-1 banks and across crypto exchanges for VASP customer onboarding.

Veriff, IDnow, Mitek, Trulioo

Other significant IDV vendors. IDnow and Veriff strong in EU markets. Mitek strong at US banks. Trulioo strong on global identity-data coverage.

Public corporate registries

Companies House (UK), MCA21 (India), ACRA (Singapore), Companies Office (HK), DIFC Public Register, ADGM Public Register, US state registries (Delaware, Nevada, Wyoming most relevant), EU Business Registers Interconnection System (BRIS). Free or low-cost access; primary source for entity verification.

GLEIF (LEI Foundation)

Legal Entity Identifier database — the global standard for entity identification. Critical for cross-border transactions and counterparty identification under MiFID II, EMIR, and Dodd-Frank reporting.

Bureau van Dijk Orbis (Moody’s)

Premier commercial entity-data platform. Comprehensive corporate ownership data including UBO trace through complex structures. Used at JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, BNY, State Street, Fidelity International, M&G, and most institutional KYC operations.

CV signal: “Orbis” or “Bureau van Dijk” signals senior corporate-KYC and UBO-trace experience.

Dun & Bradstreet

Comprehensive entity and credit-data provider. Strong on D&B DUNS numbers, financial-strength data, and corporate hierarchy mapping.

Sayari

Newer-generation entity-graph platform. Strong on ownership-network visualisation, sanctions-exposure trace through complex structures, and US-focused enforcement-pattern analysis.

Chainalysis

The most-deployed on-chain forensics vendor globally. Used at Revolut, virtually every major crypto exchange, all tier-1 banks with VASP exposure, FinCEN, OFAC, and most national FIUs. Reactor for investigation, KYT (Know Your Transaction) for real-time wallet screening, Crypto Investigations Specialist for case work.

CV signal: “Chainalysis” or “Chainalysis Reactor” on a CV is a strong crypto-KYC and crypto-AML keyword.

Elliptic

Major Chainalysis competitor; strong at fund administrators, custody banks, and EU fintechs. Solid wallet-screening API, depth on DeFi exposure analysis.

TRM Labs

Strong at US enforcement agencies and major US banks. Robust threat-actor intelligence, ransomware-payment tracing, and sanctions-evasion-pattern detection.

Crystal (Bitfury), Merkle Science

Other significant on-chain forensics vendors with growing tier-1 adoption.

Fenergo (Customer Lifecycle Management module)

Beyond pure KYC workflow, Fenergo handles full institutional-client onboarding orchestration including KYC, regulatory classification, tax compliance, and product onboarding.

Encompass Corporation

Specialised onboarding orchestration with strong corporate-data integration. Used at multiple UK and EU banks for institutional KYC.

Hummingbird

Modern AML and KYC orchestration platform with strong investigator-workflow ergonomics. Growing adoption at fintechs and digital-first banks.

ABBYY, Kofax

Established enterprise OCR and IDP (Intelligent Document Processing) platforms used across tier-1 banks for document-processing automation in KYC operations.

AWS Textract, Microsoft Azure Form Recognizer

Cloud-native document-extraction services increasingly deployed in modern KYC stacks for structured-field extraction from passports, utility bills, and corporate documents.

Entry-level CV (0–1 year experience)

List the tools your role actually used, even if exposure was limited. Common entry-level set: World-Check, Companies House / MCA / ACRA, MS Excel for case tracking, the bank’s internal case-management platform if any. Don’t inflate — experienced reviewers see through it fast.

Senior analyst (2–4 years)

Add the workflow platform you used (Fenergo or Pega), the secondary screening database if any (Dow Jones or LexisNexis), Orbis for UBO trace, plus the TM platform if you crossed into AML investigations work. For crypto-track candidates: Chainalysis or Elliptic listed as a specific tool with concrete use case.

Manager-track CV (5+ years)

Tool fluency expected to be broader. Beyond core platforms, list tools you’ve done QA against, calibration on, or governance review of. Frame around outcomes — “Led calibration of Actimize TM thresholds for the corporate book; reduced false positives 28% without loss of true-positive coverage” signals manager-grade tool engagement.