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title: "Sanctions screening Meaning - Get Funded Now"
description: "Checking customers and payments against sanctions lists before money moves. It is a legal obligation on the payments provider as much as on the firm, and…"
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last_modified: "2026-09-22"
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Industry, legal and operations

# Sanctions screening

Checking customers and payments against sanctions lists before money moves. It is a legal obligation on the payments provider as much as on the firm, and it is not discretionary.

GFN’s figure

GFN payouts run through a payments provider and require the receiving account to belong to the verified GFN account holder. Restrictions can apply to certain jurisdictions for compliance reasons.

In detail

## Sanctions screening, explained

Screening is why an otherwise ordinary payout can stop for review: a name match on a list has to be cleared before anything moves, whether or not it turns out to be the same person.

It is also why the identity attached to a payout matters so much. A payment to a third party cannot be screened meaningfully, because the person being paid is not the person who was checked.

[The rule in full →](https://getfundednow.com/rules/kyc-and-verification) · [Rules handbook](https://getfundednow.com/rules) · [More industry, legal and operations](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/category/industry)

Related

## Terms that come with it

Most rules only make sense next to the ones they interact with. These are the entries this one depends on.

- [AML](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/aml) - The controls a firm operates to prevent its services being used to move criminal proceeds. In practice it means identity checks, monitoring for unusual patterns, and refusing payments that cannot be explained.
- [KYC](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/kyc) - The process of confirming who owns an account, using identity documents and supporting information. It is required before money moves, and it is the most common cause of a delayed first payout.
- [Restricted jurisdiction](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/restricted-jurisdiction) - A country a firm will not serve, for legal, regulatory, sanctions or payment-provider reasons. Restrictions can change, and they apply to where a trader actually is rather than what an address says.
- [Payout method](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/payout-method) - How a firm actually sends the money: bank transfer, wire, or a payments provider that offers several rails. The method determines the paperwork, the fees and how long the transfer takes.
- [Payout denial](https://getfundednow.com/glossary/payout-denial) - A refused payout request. The common causes are a breach recorded before the payout was approved, incomplete identity verification, a mismatch in the receiving account, or trading that broke a conduct rule.

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Source: https://getfundednow.com/glossary/sanctions-screening
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