Guides
Plain-English explanations of the OFAC lists and how to screen a name without a compliance department.
Step by step: what to type, how to read exact, possible and weak matches, what to compare before you decide, and what a screening record should contain so you can show you checked.
The difference between the OFAC SDN list and the Consolidated non-SDN list (SSI, CAPTA, NS-MBS, CMIC and others): what each one restricts, who has to check which, and why a hit on one is not the same as a hit on the other.
Most OFAC name hits are false positives on common names and aliases. How to tell, what to compare, how to document the decision, and when to stop and call the hotline.
Who is expected to screen against OFAC lists (exporters, online sellers, agencies, nonprofits sending money abroad, fintech and marketplace sellers), what a proportionate process looks like, and how to keep it to minutes a month.
OFAC changed its sanctions lists on 127 days in the twelve months to October 2026, about two or three days a week, at no fixed time. What changes, which programs move most, and how to track updates without checking every day.
Why car dealers run an OFAC check, whether it applies to cash deals and exports, what an 'OFAC alert' on a buyer's credit report means and how to clear it, and how a dealer documents a false positive.