Case Study

European Fintech Firm Tightens AML Controls with Tevuna’s Core Data Sanctions + UBO Screening

About the Case Study
A fast-growing European fintech platform offering digital payment and currency exchange services was onboarding hundreds of small business clients each month, many from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East.

Inside the Case Study

1 The Challenge: Risk Hiding Behind “Clean” Names

2 Legacy System Weaknesses

3 The Tevuna Solution: Verified, Fast, Global Core Data

4 The Result: Compliance at Scale, Without the Bottlenecks

5 Why Tevuna Fit the Fintech Stack

6 Conclusion

The Challenge

Risk Hiding Behind “Clean” Names

A fast-growing European fintech platform offering digital payment and currency exchange services was onboarding hundreds of small business clients each month, many from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East.

Their internal compliance team, built to meet EU AML and sanctions requirements, relied on a combination of internal risk scoring, KYC tools, and vendor supplied registry data. But as the volume of clients grew, so did the blind spots, especially with shell companies, minimal disclosure entities, and overseas registries that weren’t indexed in their current systems.

Then it happened.

A client flagged for unusually large transactions turned out to be the front for a Belarussian logistics entity under indirect sanctions. The client’s official records showed no such connection, only a P.O. box and a nominee director. Their current tools showed “no issues.” But the risk was real, and potentially systemic.

The Problem

Legacy System Weaknesses

The fintech’s previous compliance workflow was built on good intentions but weak data. It involved:

Static Entity Screening: If a company wasn’t listed in their subscribed registry database, it was marked as “low risk” by default.
No Effective UBO Matching: Their tools couldn’t reliably extract or screen beneficial owners in less transparent jurisdictions, especially when entities used proxies or alternate spellings.
Manual Escalations: Every “unknown” result required an analyst to manually search foreign registries often relying on poor translations, incomplete filings, or informal intelligence.

This led to growing backlogs, frustrated compliance analysts, and increasing concern that their KYC/AML risk framework might not hold up in an audit.

The Tevuna Solution

Verified, Fast, Global Core Data

Tevuna Works: AI + Analyst Logic, at Machine Speed

The fintech’s compliance team turned to Tevuna for a faster, more reliable solution. They deployed Tevuna’s Core Data Sanctions + UBO Screening report across their onboarding and periodic review workflows.
Here’s what changed:

Full Legal Entity Profiles, even where others showed “Not Found”:

Tevuna reconstructed base registry records from open-source databases, even for legal forms like “FZCO” or “Sole Proprietor” entities from high-risk regions.

Sanctions Risk Embedded in Every Report:

Even when companies appeared “clean,” Tevuna flagged indirect links through directors, addresses, or historical names capturing signals legacy tools missed.

Real-Time Verification:

Rather than waiting days or relying on translation tools, Tevuna’s AI pulled structured data from registries in local languages, translated and validated it, then delivered it in an audit-ready format in under 24 hours.

The Results

Compliance at Scale, Without the Bottlenecks

In the first 60 days:

Traceable & Transparent

The fintech ran 2,100+ Core Data reports across new and existing clients.
Speed with Substance

Average turnaround time per screening dropped from 2.5 days to under 6 hours.
AI-Driven for Accuracy

Tevuna flagged 42 entities with hidden exposure—either through known affiliates, shared directors, or geographic ties to sanctioned regions (including Crimea, Donbas, and Syria)..
Trusted by Regulators

Cost savings exceeded 78% versus their previous manual + outsourced vendor model.

Conclusion

Fast. Accurate. Documented.

For fintechs and financial institutions handling high-volume onboarding, visibility is everything. Tevuna’s Core Data Sanctions + UBO Screening solution gave this client the clarity they needed, without slowing down operations or bloating compliance costs.

Why Teams Switch to Tevuna

Most platforms give you data.
Tevuna Insights gives you answers.

Built by experts in global sanctions enforcement, litigation, and corporate risk.
Tevuna Insights replaces the slow, fragmented world of manual research and stitched-together tools. Where legacy vendors stop at “raw data,” Tevuna delivers verified, court-ready intelligence, autonomously, at speed, and with zero guesswork.

AI-Driven for Accuracy

Built on proprietary algorithms, not generic GPTs, to think like a real analyst, not just summarize.

Trusted by Regulators

Tevuna reports have helped inform U.S. government agencies and global enforcement decisions.

Traceable & Transparent

Every source is cited. Every finding is scored. You get defensible intelligence — not black-box AI.

Speed with Substance

Generate deep due diligence in minutes, not weeks. No teams. No delays. No compromises.

What our clients have to say?

The Platform That Outperforms Analysts

Federal Agency: Litigation & Sanctions Uncovered

"We turned to Tevuna for a deep-dive on a high-risk international procurement. Within hours, their platform uncovered shell company linkages and previously unknown Sanctions Compliances findings that would’ve taken weeks using traditional vendors. It wasn’t just faster it was conclusive."

Context: A U.S. federal agency used Tevuna’s Sanctions Compliance Report and Litigation Support Report to identify hidden exposure across international corporate layers. This supported legal and compliance decisions ahead of enforcement actions.

Global Law Firm: Litigation Intelligence Edge

"Tevuna gave us the court-ready intelligence our legal team needed to drive strategy. Their system found litigation exposure linked to obscure shell entities that no database had surfaced. It turned a dead end into a winning lead."

Context: This law firm leveraged Tevuna’s Litigation Support Report to uncover legal history and counterparty exposure that manual research had missed. The platform’s format and insight were immediately usable in litigation preparation.

Multinational Corporate Compliance Division: Third-Party Risk Elimination

"Before Tevuna, our compliance reviews cost us over €2,000 per report and still missed critical risks. Now we get automated, audit-ready reports in minutes—no delays, no surprises. It’s our new global standard."

Context: This enterprise client replaced their manual vendor pipeline with Tevuna’s Risk Monitoring Report, streamlining global vendor due diligence and saving thousands per engagement while improving coverage.

Replace days of manual research with instant, court-ready reports.

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