Free Adverse Media Check

Any individual or organisation may experience adverse media coverage. This kind of coverage can be fair scrutiny, that holds them to account, or untrue and without foundation.
NameScan provides this free Adverse Media Check service to individuals or companies who wish to protect their interest or manage their risk.
This service utilises publicly available information and sources. These sources, have not been reviewed, vetted or stored by NameScan. We are therefore unable to verify their authenticity or alter their content.

Please note: Our free service does not provide the same results and quality of data as our paid service, which utilises our Sapphire Data sourced from Acuris Risk Intelligence. See our pricing.

Other Free Services Available

Free PEP Check

Free Sanction Check

Free Know Your Business Check

Free Compromised Email Check

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What Our Customers Say

Good, easy to use, gets it done

There are pros and cons to automated, comprehensive, fully-integrated systems. But for our workflow, we like that no integrations are required and we can use it as a standalone platform for running AML/PEP checks.

Dharma S.

Associate Director

Since: 2018

Legal Industry - Singapore

Nicholas H.

Business Manager

Since: 2020

Financial Industry - United Kingdom

Detailed PEP/SIP Scanning with easy integration

Integration was easy with well-documented API. Both 'in house' and 'commercial' databases were detailed and provided valuable insights. The team are always accessible to provide support.

Shaun D.

CTO

Since: 2019

Financial Industry - Australia

Making Life Much Easier

Been using this system for while now and really love the way that we get detailed response on every search that we conduct in matter of few seconds.

Prasun B.

Compliance Officer

Since: 2019

Financial Industry - United Kingdom

Great Product

User-friendly and detailed report. Seems to be the best product on the market Industry.

Eva K.

Director

Since: 2019

Legal Industry - New Zealand

Using the API for a year without any major issues

Namescan API is well documented and easy to implement. We have been making calls to the API for almost a year now and there was only one instance when the call failed.

Emanuel S.

CEO

Since: 2019

Financial Services - France

NameScan - Easy To Use

No problems, easy to use and integrate, overall I am satisfied.

Batel I.

Controller

Since: 2019

Financial Services - Israel

Corporate clients due-diligence

I highly recommend NameScan as it gives a detailed check on the required individuals and entities.

Ahmad Z.

Director

Since: 2020

Financial Services - Afghanistan

Excellent Value for money

Very pleased, found the perfect solution for our current AML/KYC needs. Very user-friendly, wide coverage of "black lists". PEP/sanctions/adverse media - all in one place/report.

Helena S.

CPA

Since: 2020

Accounting - Israel

NameScan helps us understand our risk

NameScan is preventing us from writing a risk for an individual or entity that my have serious liability issues. I have no issues with the software itself.

Marva B.

UW Assistant

Since: 2018

Insurance - United States

Perfect for our needs

Quick and easy to run checks against a wide range of sanctions and PEP lists.

Joe W.

Company Secretarial Services

Since: 2019

Accounting - United Kingdom

Best option out there for what we need

The simplicity and quality of the reports! Our clients have commented on how good it is to have all the scanned lists in one place.

Edward D.

Operations Manager

Since: 2020

Financial Services - United Kingdom

Value for money

Very positive experience particularly in obtaining valuable and timely information on subject individuals.

Jonathan C.

Auditor

Since: 2020

Accounting - Estonia

Pretty good platform

Easy to use and get up and running on quickly.

Chris P.

COO

Since: 2020

Financial Services - Germany

Pleasantly Surprised with the service

I was pleasantly surprised with the service, the results received on my test scan were very insightful and I can see where this can be a very useful part of any firm's AML program.

Brian C.

Chief Compliance Officer

Since: 2021

Crypto Exchange - Philippines

Happy about our experience

NameScan is extremely easy to use and highly intuitive.

Philippe R.

COO

Since: 2020

Luxury Goods & Jewelry - Thailand

Makes our life easier to check clients and suppliers

As an international Trading and distribution company we rely on good data about our potential clients and suppliers. When looking for an AML/CTF vendor we found NameScan, I personally like it because it makes our life easier to check clients or suppliers in our industry which is full of fraudsters. NameScan gives me the security I need when transacting. Great idea, well done, best web development for a long time.

Christian T.

Analyst

Since: 2021

International Trading & Distribution - Switzerland

Simple and easy to use interface

Simple and easy to use interface. What more can you ask for to help satisfy Client Due Diligence requirements.

Brian C.

AML Analyst

Since: 2021

Accounting - Hong Kong

Your services exceeded my expectations

My first impression of your services exceeded my expectations because it provides clear and exact information which nowadays is difficult to find namely in considered credible sources. As part of constant improvement in achieving the credibility of the global financial system in general, your company is already one step ahead in providing the high valuable credible information and gaining trust from serious free from global elite influence person like me. It´s a perfect example of how independent non-governamental companies can do excellent work and achieve excellence based on high standards of integrity and bold core values, wisdom and vision for a brighter future.

Alexandre Z.

Director

Since: 2021

Financial Services - Portugal

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What Our Customers Say

Good, easy to use, gets it done

Dharma S.

Top Level AML Solutions tailored to specific needs

Nicholas H.

Detailed PEP/SIP Scanning with easy integration

Shaun D.

Making Life Much Easier

Prasun B.

Great Product

Eva K.

Using the API for a year without any major issues

Emanuel S.

NameScan - Easy To Use

Batel I.

Corporate clients due-diligence

Ahmad Z.

Excellent Value for money

Helena S.

NameScan helps us understand our risk

Marva B.

Perfect for our needs

Joe W.

Best option out there for what we need

Edward D.

Value for money

Jonathan C.

Pretty good platform

Chris P.

Pleasantly Surprised with the service

Brian C.

Happy about our experience

Philippe R.

Makes our life easier to check clients and suppliers

Christian T.

Simple and easy to use interface

Brian C.

Your services exceeded my expectations

Alexandre Z.

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Primary source company intelligence via Know Your Business (KYB) Solution