FinCrimeRadar

FinCrimeRadar combines free web-based screening with practical compliance guidance and training. It is best suited to compliance learners and practitioners who need a no-sign-up way to explore screening and investigate scenarios. Its educational scope is useful; teams needing decision-grade screening or ongoing monitoring should choose a commercial tool.

Overview

The screening tool searches sanctions lists, PEP databases and adverse media across a live OpenSanctions dataset of more than 1.2 million risk entities. Sanctions data is checked daily against the OpenSanctions feed, and changes appear in a daily changelog. That makes it a useful point-in-time reference, but not a substitute for regulated commercial screening or the sole basis for compliance decisions.

Adverse-media coverage is more limited: it searches recent English-language news from a limited set of feeds, roughly covering the last 12 months. Because those results are not curated or comprehensive, use them as an investigative lead rather than a full reputational-risk assessment.

Key features

Name screening and data

Fuzzy matching includes an adjustable threshold, allowing users to trade off potential missed matches against false positives. The dataset includes sanctions and PEP information drawn from official sources, including OFAC, UK, EU and UN lists. Each search reflects the data available when it runs; FinCrimeRadar does not monitor saved names or alert users to later changes.

Training and guidance

Scenario Lab provides interactive exercises in KYC and KYB investigations, fraud detection and risk scoring. It is a training tool, not a certification program. The Knowledge Hub adds practitioner guides across six compliance domains, with simulators, typology tabs and quizzes. Together, these resources make the service more useful for learning and practice than a screening-only reference.

Privacy and security

FinCrimeRadar says screening queries are processed in real time and are not stored, logged, analysed or shared by the service. It also says the site uses HTTPS encryption, Cloudflare security protection and system access controls. These protections do not change the tool's stated educational limitation.

Pricing

The Free plan costs nothing and includes all platform features. Screening requires no sign-up, and the API is free for educational use. There is no free trial because the service is free. Its main trade-off is capability, not a paid-tier quota: screening is not transaction screening, saved-name monitoring is unavailable, and the tool is not intended to replace regulated commercial screening.

Platforms

FinCrimeRadar runs on the web. The plan describes API use as free for educational use, while the platform listing identifies web access; readers seeking a dedicated API workflow should confirm that the offering fits their needs.

Who it's for

Students and compliance professionals can use FinCrimeRadar to learn screening concepts, explore point-in-time name matches and work through investigation scenarios. It is less suitable for organizations that need transaction screening, ongoing monitoring, or a screening result they can rely on as the basis for a compliance decision.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Free screening without sign-up makes it easy to explore sanctions and PEP matches.
• Pros: Daily sanctions-data checks and an adjustable fuzzy-match threshold support practical investigation and learning.
• Pros: Scenario Lab and the Knowledge Hub add exercises and guidance beyond name lookup.
• Cons: Adverse-media search has limited English-language feeds and is not comprehensive, so it cannot provide a complete reputational-risk picture.
• Cons: Searches are point-in-time only; there is no saved-name monitoring or transaction screening.
• Cons: FinCrimeRadar says the tool is educational and should not be the sole basis for compliance decisions.

Alternatives

For a wider set of options, browse Sanctions Screening Software.

Choose OFACScreen if you want an API and web option with a 14-day trial that includes 25 searches, 3 users, 5 monitored names, CSV files up to 25 rows and a REST API. Its free-search plan is also listed as free.

SanctionsScreening.io offers a Pro plan for $29 a month and is available on web and API.

ScreeningHub is worth considering if you want API, web or self-hosted access: its free tier includes 100 screens per month, and its Starter plan is €79 a month.

For paid web-based screening, consider Eastnets SafeWatch AML.

NICE Actimize is a paid API and web option with pricing provided through a demo or expert consultation.

yente is a free alternative available through API, Linux, self-hosted and web platforms.

Enlighta Sanctions Screening is another paid API and web option.

FinScan offers paid AML and KYC solutions on API, self-hosted and web platforms, with pricing provided on request and a demo required.

Verdict

Choose FinCrimeRadar for free, accessible screening practice and useful compliance learning resources. Its broad educational toolkit is the strongest reason to use it; the lack of monitoring, transaction screening and decision-grade positioning is the reason to look elsewhere for operational compliance screening.