Check a foreign counterparty before the contract: its directors, representatives and known owners against the OFAC, EU, UK and UN lists, PEP and other countries' sanctions. A Russian counterparty is checked by INN and against the Rosfinmonitoring lists. You see the risk before the payment gets stuck in a bank.
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A foreign trade payment passes through the resident's bank, correspondent banks and the counterparty's bank. The resident's bank works under currency legislation and Federal Law 115-FZ, the deal falls under Russian restrictive measures, and foreign banks follow the sanctions rules of their own countries.
NeuroVision checks people, the Russian company and documents before the contract and the payment. You decide on the deal; the bank decides whether to process the payment.
Federal Law 173-FZ, arts 19 and 22; Bank of Russia Instruction 181-I; Federal Law 115-FZ, art. 7, para. 11.
Presidential Decrees 79, 81, 95 (2022), 252 (2022), 520 and 618 (2022); Government Resolution 851.
OFAC: the 50% rule; US Executive Order 14114 (22 December 2023); Arbitrazh Procedure Code of Russia, art. 248.1.
Each participant in the foreign trade chain has its own moment for the check: before the contract is signed, before the prepayment, before shipment or before admission to the platform. Your risk defines the set of checks — NeuroVision connects only those you need.
The sanctions risk of a foreign company is most often visible through its people: who its director is, who signs the contract, who owns it. You submit the names from the contract and documents and receive an answer for each list, while a Russian counterparty is checked by INN alone.
The name in Latin letters is matched against the OFAC, EU, UK and UN lists, taking aliases and spelling variants into account. For each match you get the list, the programme and the degree of similarity.
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International screening shows whether a person is linked to a public office, to other countries' sanctions or to negative publications. Useful for partners from Asia, the Middle East and the CIS.
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Owners named by the counterparty or the bank are checked in the same way as the director. Establishing the ownership chain from foreign registers is in KYB early access.
Most often enabled:
Status in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, signs of a shell company, the head and founders — in one request. The people behind the company — for bankruptcy, debts, sanctions and the list.
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The list of terrorists and extremists and the register of foreign agents — for each person on the Russian and the foreign side.
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Passports from 195+ countries and territories are recognised from a photo, and the name in Latin letters is taken from the MRZ — in the spelling the lists search for. Anti-fraud rejects edited images.
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The check fits between agreeing the terms and signing the contract, and is repeated before payment: data from documents, a query against lists and registers, a decision under your rules. Disputed matches go to a lawyer or compliance; clean ones move on through the process.
The representative's passport, the draft contract and the invoice are uploaded to the web account or sent via the API. The name in Latin letters is taken from the passport MRZ, the parties' details from the contract using your template, and anti-fraud checks the passport image.
The director, signatory and known owners — against the OFAC, EU, UK and UN lists and, where needed, PEP and other countries' sanctions. The Russian party — by INN: the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, signs of a shell company, the head, founders and the Rosfinmonitoring list.
For each check — “passed”, “failed” or “not enough data”, the source and the records found. The report goes into the counterparty's file; before payment or when the payee changes, the request is repeated.
Money under a foreign trade contract passes through several banks, and each may request documents or refuse. Most often the questions concern not the amount but the parties to the deal: who the counterparty's director is, who owns it and who receives the money. A counterparty check does not guarantee that the payment will go through — but it shows the risk before you ship the goods or send the prepayment.
Matches the transaction against the registered contract and the internal control rules under Federal Law 115-FZ. If a party to the deal raises suspicion, the bank may refuse the transaction, and if there is a match with the Rosfinmonitoring list, it must freeze the funds.
Works under the sanctions rules of its own country and its partners. Since late 2023, foreign banks risk being sanctioned by the US themselves for transactions connected with Russia's military-industrial sector, and they check the parties to deals more strictly.
Checks its own client and the sender: a director or owner matching a sanctions list, a change of payee to a third party, or a mismatch between the invoice and the contract is grounds for requesting documents.
A delayed or returned payment does not release the resident from the obligation to receive the proceeds or return the advance within the period set by the contract. A check before the contract costs less than explanations to the bank afterwards.
The buyer suddenly pays through a “partner”
A trader with a short history appears between you and a known buyer. Its director and signatory are checked against lists and PEP in the same way as the buyer itself — before you rewrite the contract.
The company is not on the list, but its head is
The name is clean, but the director or signatory matches a sanctions list entry or a negative publication. The degree of similarity and the date of birth show whether it is a match or a namesake.
A share of 50% or more held by a person on a list
Under the OFAC rule, such a company is treated as blocked even if it is not on the list. Owners named by the counterparty or the bank are checked before the contract; if the owners are hidden, that is itself a question.
The invoice arrives with new details
You are asked to transfer the money to a third company or to another bank. A new payee is a new counterparty: its people and, if it is Russian, its INN are checked again.
Metal or scrap “from nowhere”
The seller was registered recently, the director is listed in dozens of firms, and there are no documents of title to the scrap. Signs of a shell company and a nominee director are visible by INN.
Before payment
The people behind the counterparty have been checked
Sanctions lists. Without NeuroVision — a search on the OFAC, EU, UK and UN websites for each name; with NeuroVision — four lists in one request, with the degree of similarity and aliases.
PEP and media. Without NeuroVision — an internet search and paid annual databases; with NeuroVision — international screening for RUB 36 with no subscription fee.
Name in Latin letters. Without NeuroVision — retyping from the passport with transliteration errors; with NeuroVision — the name from the MRZ of the recognised passport.
Company. Without NeuroVision — an extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and manual analysis; with NeuroVision — status, signs of a shell company, the head and founders by INN.
People behind the company. Without NeuroVision — the Unified Federal Register of Bankruptcy Information, the Federal Bailiff Service and the Rosfinmonitoring website separately; with NeuroVision — in one request, by INN with no namesakes.
Contract and invoice. Without NeuroVision — retyping the details; with NeuroVision — fields extracted using the template of your documents.
Contract registration and currency control. The authorised bank.
Goods, classification, export control, licences. Customs, the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control, your lawyers; not in NeuroVision.
Beneficiaries from foreign registers and the list of countermeasures. Your compliance team and lawyers; in NeuroVision — beneficiaries in early access, no list of countermeasures.
Vessels, cargo, route. Not in NeuroVision.
The decision on the deal. You, under Russian law.
Sanctions databases and extracts are fine for a one-off deal. When there are dozens of counterparties and payments a month, NeuroVision returns an answer for all people and Russian companies at once — and what the product does not cover honestly stays with the bank, customs and your lawyers.
Each check is enabled separately, and you pay for completed requests. A check skipped for lack of data is not billed. Input data and response fields are in the API checks catalogue.
People behind a foreign counterparty
The director, signatory and known owners — by full name in Latin letters and date of birth.
Screening against the consolidated lists of OFAC (USA), the European Union, the United Kingdom and the UN. Every match carries a similarity score and a flag if it was triggered by an alias.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreInternational screening for public officials and their associates, other countries' sanctions lists, regulators' measures and negative media publications. For Russian citizens — by international passport or full name and date of birth.
36 ₽ / check
Learn moreScreening against the list of people involved in extremist activity or terrorism. A mandatory check under 115-FZ.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreA check against the Russian Ministry of Justice's foreign agents register. Its entries carry a date of birth and a tax number, so a match can be verified.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreCompany by tax number
Status, signs of a shell company and the people behind it.
Status in the state registers, signs of a shell company, court cases and debts, the director and shareholders — in a single request.
A flag that the person is listed as a nominee or serial company director.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreA person's links to legal entities: where they are a shareholder or a director, and whether they hold sole trader status.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreTax authority decisions suspending account operations: the date, the decision number and the reason for the freeze.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreHistory of the people behind the company
Bankruptcy, arbitration and enforcement proceedings before the deal.
A search of the federal bankruptcy register: personal bankruptcy cases filed and completed. By tax number the result is unambiguous.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreA history of disputes from the commercial court case file, bankruptcy cases included. Matching is done by tax number, so namesakes never reach the results.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreActive enforcement proceedings from the bailiffs' database: the amounts owed, the claimants, the type of recovery and an estimate of how close the person is to bankruptcy given their total debts.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreAn individual's outstanding debt on taxes and payments administered by the tax service.
5 ₽ / check
Learn morePassports and deal documents
Recognition without manual entry, and anti-fraud.
Passports are recognised from a photo: the fields and the name in Latin letters from the MRZ arrive in a JSON response.
from 16 ₽ per session
Learn moreOne more document of the person in the same KYC session — without repeated registration.
10 ₽
Learn moreWe extract fields using the client's template.
The authenticity and validity of a Russian passport through the interagency interaction system. It catches expired, replaced, lost and invalid documents and verifies that the passport was issued to this particular person.
5 ₽ / check
Learn moreA fixed price per request, with no subscription fee and no annual licence. A typical set for one person at a foreign counterparty is four sanctions lists and international screening.
5 ₽ per check
OFAC, EU, UK and UN with the degree of similarity and aliases — for the director, signatory and each known owner.
PEP, other countries' sanctions, regulators' measures and negative media — for partners from different jurisdictions.
on request
A company check by INN — on request, the people behind the company — RUB 5 per register. Status in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, signs of a shell company, the Rosfinmonitoring list, and the bankruptcy and debts of the head and founders.
Passport recognition of the representative — from RUB 16 per session, an additional document — RUB 10. The exact price is calculated by the calculator on the pricing page.
For a few counterparties a month, the web account is enough. When deals come in a stream, the checks are built into your CRM, ERP or contract approval system via the API.
Payment for completed checks, support through a ticket system.
A foreign trade department needs one supplier for foreign lists, Russian registers and documents — without a separate subscription for each database.
Sanctions lists, PEP, the Rosfinmonitoring list, a company check by INN and passport recognition — one request and one result with the source of each record.
There is no need to assemble a solution from several vendors and reconcile their responses.
A check skipped for lack of data is flagged and not billed.
Terms that appear in bank requests, sanctions lists and currency control documents.
Sanctions lists, checks of companies and beneficiaries — in our blog.
Check the people behind the company: the director, the contract signatory and known owners — against the OFAC, EU, UK and UN lists and, for partners from different countries, also against PEP, other countries' sanctions and negative media. In NeuroVision this is one request; the name in Latin letters can be taken from the recognised passport of the representative.
No. Russian law does not require it. Checking against foreign lists is an assessment of the risk of a payment delay and of a refusal by a bank or a partner, not compliance with foreign sanctions. The company decides on the deal itself under Russian law.
The basic sanctions check is designed for people: directors, representatives, owners. Under the OFAC rule, a company is also treated as blocked if persons on a list own it at 50% or more, so checking the people behind the company is the key step. We will discuss a check of the company by name and links under the 50% rule for your task.
The resident's bank matches the transaction against the contract and the internal control rules and may refuse if it has suspicions. Foreign correspondent banks work under the sanctions rules of their countries and, since late 2023, risk being sanctioned by the US themselves, so they check the parties to the deal more strictly. Most often the questions concern the director, the owners and the recipient of the money.
A Russian buyer or seller — by INN: status in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, signs of a shell company, the head and founders, their bankruptcy, debts and the Rosfinmonitoring list. A foreign one — through its people: the director, signatory and known owners against sanctions lists and PEP. You check the licence for scrap handling and the documents of title to it yourself — NeuroVision has no such checks.
Among the organisations named in Article 5 of Federal Law 115-FZ are those that buy and sell precious metals and stones, jewellery and their scrap. Trading in ferrous and non-ferrous metals is not on that list. But the payment still passes through a bank, which applies Federal Law 115-FZ to its client.
Those named by the counterparty or the bank — yes: against the same sanctions lists and PEP as the directors. Establishing owners from foreign legal entity registers is in the KYB platform's early access.
No. Vessels, route, origin of goods, foreign trade commodity codes, export control and licences are not part of the product. NeuroVision checks people, Russian companies and documents.
By INN: status in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities or of Individual Entrepreneurs, signs of a shell company, courts and debts, the head and founders — in one request. The people behind the company are checked by INN with no namesakes: bankruptcy, tax debts, the Rosfinmonitoring list and sanctions.
Passports are recognised with ready-made templates — 195+ countries and territories. Contracts, invoices and other deal documents — by the template of your forms: the parties' details, amounts and dates are extracted into JSON. The template is configured for your documents.
No. Each bank in the chain decides on a payment under its own rules. The check shows the risk on the counterparty's side before the contract and the prepayment, and the report helps you answer a bank's request faster.
Sanctions lists — RUB 5 per check, international screening for PEP and other countries' sanctions — RUB 36, checks of the people behind a Russian company — RUB 5 per register, a company by INN — on request. Passport recognition — from RUB 16 per session. Test access — 1 month.
Tell us how many counterparties and payments you check a month, which countries your partners are from and whether there are Russian intermediaries — we will put together a set of checks and give you test access.
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