Institution-ready sanctions screening for schools and universities

Step 1. Get your roster ready as a spreadsheet.

Each person needs a first name, a last name and a role, like student, or payor for whoever pays tuition.

Add date of birth and nationality if you have them.

Step 2. In the menu on the left, under Data, select Import.

Step 3. Select the upload box and choose your file. A CSV or Excel file works.

Step 4. Check that each of your columns is matched. Then read the preview. Nothing is saved yet.

Step 5. Select Import and Screen. Screening checks each name against government sanctions lists.

SecurePoint screens everyone, then lists anyone who needs a closer look in Review Matches.

Screen students, payors and sponsors. Keep the decisions on record.

Step 1. In the menu on the left, under People and Organizations, select All People.

Step 2. Select Add Party. A party is anyone you screen.

Step 3. Type the person's first name and last name.

Step 4. Check the role. It starts on payor, for whoever pays tuition. Change it if you need to.

Step 5. If you have them, add nationality and date of birth. They help tell this person apart from similar names.

Step 6. Select Save. SecurePoint screens the name right away.

Clear means nothing needs your review. Pending Review means a possible match is waiting in Review Matches.

Screen students, payors and sponsors. Keep the decisions on record.

Step 1. In the menu on the left, select Review Matches.

Each name here looks like a name on a sanctions list. Many turn out to be different people with the same name.

Step 2. Select the name to open it. Your person is on the left. The listed person is on the right.

Step 3. Look up the full listing. Under All matched records, select OFAC Search.

It opens the Treasury's Sanctions List Search. Type the listed name, select Search, and open the entry.

For other lists, Research this match starts a web search.

Step 4. Compare the details: date of birth, nationality, ID numbers and address. Check them against your school's own records.

A name by itself is not enough. If something is missing, ask for it before you decide. When you can't tell, don't guess.

Step 5. In Decision Note, write what you checked, where you checked it, and what you found.

Step 6. Select Mark as Not a Match when the details clearly show someone else.

Select Send for Senior Review when you can't rule it out.

Choose Confirmed Match only when the details line up. Then follow your school's procedures, and talk to your compliance lead or counsel.

SecurePoint saves your decision and note, with your name and the time. Automatic re-checks remember it.

Screen students, payors and sponsors. Keep the decisions on record.