How fast do you alert on a new sanctions designation?
Checked on 6 October 2026
The same morning. Every day at 04:00 UTC we download the latest UK, UN, EU and US sanctions lists. Straight after, every name on your watch list is screened again against the fresh lists. If a name now has a possible match it did not have before, we email you that morning with the name, the listing it may match, the list it is on and a link to the record.
A weekly digest then lists every change on your watch list, so nothing depends on one email being read.
Why daily and not instant: the official lists are published as files, usually once a day, and a same-morning check against all four is what the sanctions reporting duty calls for. You report to OFSI as soon as practicable once you know or suspect a match, and the email gives you what you need to start.
Names join the watch list when you choose Monitoring, or automatically for the people in a transaction until it completes.
Last updated 6 October 2026.