Entity Screening
Screen companies, individuals, vessels, and addresses against global sanctions, denied party lists, PEP databases, and adverse media.
What is Entity Screening?
Entity Screening is BITE's dedicated workflow for evaluating any trade party — a customer, vendor, supplier, freight forwarder, or end user. It screens companies, individuals, vessels, and addresses against global sanctions, denied party lists, PEP databases, and adverse media to help identify compliance risk before doing business.
When Should I Use It?
- Onboarding new customers, vendors, suppliers, or partners
- Before issuing quotes or invoices
- Prior to shipments or exports
- Periodic re-screening
- Investigating alerts generated through Dynamic Monitoring
Entity Screen Walkthrough
Learn how to screen companies, individuals, vessels, and addresses using BITE's Entity Screening tool.
What you'll learn
- Run a new screening
- Review watchlist matches
- Understand Match Confidence
- Interpret AI Evaluation
- Review adverse media findings
- Save and export screening results
Screening Outputs
Screening Report
Exportable audit-ready screening record.
Watchlist Matches
Matches across sanctions, denied parties, PEP lists, and other watchlists.
AI Evaluation
AI-assisted assessment with supporting rationale and confidence indicators.
Adverse Media Findings
Relevant news, enforcement actions, ownership information, and reputational risk indicators.
Match Confidence
The Match Score (%) reflects how closely the returned record matches the searched party — not whether the party is sanctioned or approved.
High Match
- • Strong similarity between the searched party and the returned record.
- • Highest likelihood that the returned record represents the same entity.
Medium Match
- • Partial similarity.
- • Review names, addresses, identifiers, ownership information, and other available details before determining whether it is the same party.
Low Match
- • Limited similarity.
- • Often represents false positives but should still be reviewed when appropriate.
Typical Screening Process
- 1
Enter company or individual
Provide the party name or details you want to screen.
- 2
Run screening
BITE checks global sanctions, denied party lists, PEPs, and adverse media.
- 3
Review watchlist matches
Examine returned records across relevant lists.
- 4
Review AI Evaluation
Assess AI-generated context and confidence indicators.
- 5
Investigate supporting information
Confirm identifiers, ownership, and adverse media context.
- 6
Save or escalate
Store the screening record or escalate for further review.
Common Questions
Why am I getting false positives?
Common names produce noise. Use AI Evaluation, add aliases, and supply country or address information to narrow results.
How often should I re-screen existing parties?
Set up Dynamic Monitoring to automatically re-screen parties — sanctions and watchlist data update constantly.
Can I screen in bulk?
Yes — upload a CSV in Entity Screen for ongoing bulk screening of large lists.
Related Compliance Concepts
ECCN Check
Determine export control classification for products.
Classify
HTS and Schedule B classification.
Import Workflow
End-to-end guided import compliance review.
Dynamic Compliance Monitoring
Continuously monitor screened parties for changes.
Export Workflow
AI-guided export classification and licensing review.