OFAC Sanctions List Name Screener

What does OFAC Sanctions List Name Screener do?

It checks a list of names (companies, people, vessels or aircraft) against the current US Treasury OFAC sanctions lists, downloaded fresh at the start of every run:

• The Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, including all aliases (a.k.a., f.k.a., n.k.a.)
• The consolidated non-SDN lists (optional, on by default)

Matching is fuzzy: it ignores accents, punctuation, word order and legal suffixes like LLC, Ltd or JSC, and scores similar spellings. Every potential match comes with the score, the name or alias that matched, the list, entry ID, type and sanctions programs, so a reviewer can clear or escalate it quickly.

Who is it for?

• Fintechs, payment and crypto companies screening customers and counterparties
• Exporters, freight forwarders and marketplaces checking buyers, suppliers and consignees
• Compliance and procurement teams re-screening vendor lists on a schedule
• Developers adding a sanctions check to onboarding through the API

How to use it

1. Paste names, one per line.
2. Keep the minimum match score at 0.88 for a good balance, or lower it to catch more spelling variants.
3. Run, then review rows where potentialMatch is true.

Tip: schedule it weekly to re-screen your whole customer or vendor list as the lists change.

Input example

{ "names": ["Banco Nacional de Cuba", "Acme Widgets LLC", "Aerocaribbean Airlines"], "minScore": "0.88" }

Output example

{
  "input": "Banco Nacional de Cuba",
  "potentialMatch": true,
  "bestScore": 1,
  "matchCount": 1,
  "matches": [{
    "score": 1,
    "matchedName": "BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA",
    "matchedOn": "primary name",
    "listedName": "BANCO NACIONAL DE CUBA",
    "list": "SDN",
    "entryId": 306,
    "type": "entity",
    "programs": ["CUBA"]
  }],
  "listsChecked": ["SDN", "Non-SDN consolidated"]
}

How much does it cost?

Event	Price
Actor start	$0.001 per GB of memory (default 1 GB)
Name screened	$0.004 per name

1,000 names cost about $4.

Important

• A potential match is not a confirmed match. Compare dates of birth, addresses, nationality and other identifiers in the remarks before acting.
• A no-match result is not legal clearance. This tool is a screening aid, not legal advice, and covers only the OFAC lists named above (not EU, UK or UN lists).
• Data comes from the public OFAC Sanctions List Service. This tool is not affiliated with or endorsed by the US Treasury.