Screen a payment against the OFAC SDN list
Reinforce OFAC screening from bank-compliance training. A true match is not paid. Blocked property is reported within 10 business days, and the customer is not tipped that a sanctions hit occurred.
- Run the payment parties through the current SDN and consolidated lists.
- Work possible matches against the taught identifiers.
- Escalate a true or unresolved match to the sanctions officer.
- Block or reject the payment as that officer directs.
- Place blocked funds in an interest-bearing blocked account if the program requires blocking.
- File the blocked-property or reject report with OFAC within 10 business days.
- Do not tell the customer they were sanctioned.
- Do not process the payment around the hit.