AI-Powered Sanctions Screening: How One CSD Futureproofed Compliance


In today’s volatile geopolitical landscape, sanctions screening has become a high-stakes, high-pressure task. The complexity is growing, regulations are evolving, and the risk of missteps has never been higher—especially for financial market infrastructure providers.

One global Central Securities Depository (CSD) saw this coming. Faced with an increasingly sanctioned environment across the EU and US, they recognised that spreadsheets, manual reviews, and disconnected teams would no longer suffice.

That’s when they partnered with Synpulse to reimagine how sanctions screening could work—using the power of AI, automation, and orchestration.

The Challenge

The stakes were high:

  • Fragmented screening processes and reactive decision-making
  • Time-consuming manual reviews, prone to inconsistency
  • Rising pressure from evolving sanctions regimes
  • Limited trust and awareness of AI in compliance functions

The Vision

What emerged was a strategy that combined:

  • AI-powered decision support
  • A new case management platform
  • Full cross-department orchestration
  • A smart change management approach to drive trust and adoption

What Happened Next?

The transformation was fast, impactful, and praised by stakeholders across Legal, Compliance, and IT.

But the real success wasn’t just in the tools deployed. It was in the mindset shift—from manual firefighting to confident, AI-assisted control.

Want to know how they did it?

Download the full use case to learn how this CSD:

  • Reduced manual review time by over 40%
  • Enabled faster, more consistent compliance decisions
  • Built a scalable solution to handle future sanctions expansions
  • Repositioned AI as a trusted partner, not a risk

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