The short answer
MarketPrior can screen a supplier, partner or customer before a contract: it resolves the company, screens it, its officers and its owners against the OFAC, EU, UN and UK sanctions lists, SAM.gov exclusions, a PEP screen and the UK disqualified-directors register, and checks litigation, enforcement, insolvency notices and adverse media — each finding cited. Counterparties can then be monitored for new events. It is decision support, not a regulated AML/KYC service.
At a glance
- Best for
- Supplier onboarding, partner vetting, large-customer checks
- Sanctions
- OFAC SDN, EU, UN and UK lists; SAM.gov exclusions; FCA warning list
- People
- Officers and owners screened where known; PEP screen
- Risk events
- Litigation, enforcement, insolvency, adverse media
- Ongoing
- Watchlist re-screens with sourced alerts
- Not
- A regulated AML/KYC screening service
What should you check about a counterparty?
- Identity: the right legal entity, its registration and status.
- Sanctions and exclusions: the company, its officers and its owners.
- Insolvency: notices, administration, liquidation or strike-off.
- Litigation and enforcement: especially as a defendant, and regulatory actions.
- Adverse media: material negative coverage about the company itself.
- Ownership: who ultimately controls it, where the public record shows it.
How does MarketPrior screen a counterparty?
Name the company. MarketPrior resolves it against registers and global identifiers, then sweeps sanctions lists, registers, court and agency feeds and news in parallel. Every watch-list hit is tiered confirmed, probable or possible against the identity already held, so a namesake does not arrive as a red flag.
The result is a verdict with its drivers and the evidence behind every finding. For counterparties you rely on, add them to a watchlist and you will be alerted to new sanctions matches, litigation, insolvency notices or adverse media.
Where this fits — and where it does not
MarketPrior is designed for business decision support: deciding whether to onboard a supplier, sign a partner or extend terms to a customer. Firms with regulatory obligations under anti-money-laundering or sanctions rules should treat it as an input alongside their compliance programme, not as a replacement for it.