Date of Publication:
02/09/2010
February 9, 2010, Wilmington, Del. – RDC, the global leader in risk intelligence, today announced a new partnership with Dow Jones Watchlist to complement its extensive database of Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) records and provide clients with even more robust intelligence on PEPs, their relatives and close associates. With the two resources combined, RDC clients can now expect the most in-depth global coverage of senior Politically Exposed Persons.
The PEP screening from RDC and Dow Jones Watchlist ensures that financial institutions and other regulated organizations concerned with PEPs can fully comply with AML/KYC regulatory requirements and further assist in efforts to identify suspicious activity.
“Incorporating Dow Jones Watchlist within our premier intelligence and delivery capabilities provides our clients the most formidable risk intelligence available anywhere,” said Thomas Obermaier, CEO, RDC. “The enhanced PEP screening from RDC and Dow Jones Watchlist enables world-class PEP intelligence, meeting the risk management and compliance needs of financial institutions and multinational corporations worldwide.”
Customers can access the combined PEP intelligence to check the identity of a customer or entity against known names and aliases, date of birth, place of birth, location, and previous occupations. Information on PEPs is updated daily by a team of global researchers. The RDC database draws from publically-available, continuously updated global media, web sites, key international sanction lists, watchlists, law enforcement lists and other official lists including those issued by Office of Foreign Assets Control, European Union, the United Nations and HM Treasury. To request a demo of the solution, visit www.rdc.com/tour-the-grid.
About RDC
RDC delivers powerful, decision-ready intelligence and world-class risk and compliance protection, allowing global organizations to strengthen fraud protection, ensure regulatory compliance, manage supply and distribution risk, and protect their brand equity. RDC’s data aggregation, product development and state-of-the-art technology deliver continuous information management for enhanced due diligence capabilities. With the world’s largest open source risk-relevant database of nine million risk relevant events and growing, RDC provides AML/KYC compliance; Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) protection; emerging market intelligence; corruption, fraud and crime protection; vendor screening and monitoring; and credit risk monitoring to a wide range of clients worldwide. Founded by 20 of the world’s leading financial institutions, today RDC is a Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs portfolio company. For more information, call 888-533-1181 or visit www.rdc.com.
About Dow Jones
Dow Jones & Company (www.dowjones.com) is a News Corporation company (NASDAQ: NWS) (NASDAQ: NWSA) (ASX: NWS) (ASX: NWSLV) and a leading provider of global news and business information. Its principal products include The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and Dow Jones Indexes. Its Local Media Group operates community-based newspapers and Web sites. Dow Jones also provides news content to television and radio stations.
Dow Jones & Company (www.dowjones.com) is a News Corporation company (NASDAQ: NWS) (NASDAQ: NWSA) (ASX: NWS) (ASX: NWSLV) and a leading provider of global news and business information. Its principal products include The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and Dow Jones Indexes. Its Local Media Group operates community-based newspapers and Web sites. Dow Jones also provides news content to television and radio stations.
