OFAC Sanctions screening API
Developer needs to screen a person or business against OFAC sanctions during onboarding. OFAC, EU, UN, UK HMT, PEPs, and adverse-media in one endpoint, with one fuzzy-matched response. Ship AML and KYB screening without maintaining five government feeds and a name-matching engine yourself.
$9 fully refundable · locks founder pricing · no charge until launch beyond the reservation
Pre-launch: the API is in private testing. Reserve to lock founder pricing and help shape coverage.
POST /v1/screen { "name": "...", "lists": "ofac" } # sample curl https://api.clearscreen.dev/v1/screen \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLEARSCREEN_KEY" \ -d name="Acme Trading LLC" \ -d type=business \ -d lists=ofac,eu,un,uk,pep
Every list, one match engine
OFAC SDN, EU consolidated, UN, UK HMT, and PEP data, fuzzy-matched with configurable thresholds so you tune false positives instead of writing parsers.
Fresh within the hour
Lists change without warning. We re-pull on a tight cycle and expose the exact list version you matched against for your audit trail.
Monitoring, not just checks
Screen once, then get a webhook the day a cleared customer later appears on a list. That ongoing-monitoring requirement is the whole job.
The API
One request in, one JSON response out.
Authenticate with a bearer token and send one request. Everything is versioned under /v1, so a breaking change always ships behind a new version, never under you.
curl https://api.clearscreen.dev/v1/screen \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLEARSCREEN_KEY" \ -d name="Acme Trading LLC" \ -d type=business \ -d lists=ofac,eu,un,uk,pep
{
"query": "Acme Trading LLC",
"type": "business",
"match": true,
"results": [
{
"list": "OFAC_SDN",
"score": 0.97,
"matched_name": "ACME TRADING LIMITED",
"entity_type": "organization",
"programs": ["UKRAINE-EO13662"],
"list_version": "2026-11-05"
}
],
"lists_checked": ["ofac", "eu", "un", "uk", "pep"],
"screened_at": "2026-11-06T06:44:12Z"
}{
"error": {
"type": "invalid_request",
"message": "Parameter 'name' is required.",
"status": 422
}
}Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
Keys are scoped per environment and rotate from the dashboard.
100 requests/second on Growth, higher on Scale. Standard 429 with Retry-After.
Who it's for
Teams who would rather call an API than build and maintain this in-house. The biggest platforms may have rolled their own. Everyone else is stuck choosing between brittle scrapers, stale exports, and manual checks.
- Fintechs and neobanks running KYC/KYB at onboarding
- Crypto exchanges and wallets screening counterparties
- Marketplaces and payment platforms onboarding businesses
- Compliance teams needing an auditable monitoring trail
Planned pricing
Starter
$49/mo
1,000 screens, then $0.08 each
Growth
$149/mo
5,000 screens + ongoing monitoring
Scale
$499/mo
25,000 screens, audit export, SLA
A free tier covers your first 100 calls a month, no card. Reserve now for $9 to lock these rates for 12 months. Refundable anytime.
Questions
Which lists are covered?
OFAC SDN and consolidated, EU consolidated, UN, UK HMT, and PEP data at launch. Adverse-media is on the roadmap.
How do you handle false positives?
Configurable fuzzy-match thresholds plus structured match reasons, so you can auto-clear high-confidence non-matches and route the rest to review.
Do you support ongoing monitoring?
Yes. Screen once and subscribe, and you get a webhook if a previously cleared entity later lands on a list. That ongoing-monitoring piece is the part most teams underestimate.
What does the $9 reservation get me?
It locks founder pricing for 12 months, a spot in the first cohort, and priority on the lists and match features you need. Fully refundable, anytime, no questions.
Who's building this
Micah Manzano, founder of Manzano Labs
I build the boring-but-critical plumbing so your team does not have to. Before this I built and shipped Nooma, an AI reporting platform used by marketing agencies, so I know what it takes to ship and keep real software running. Clearscreen exists because I kept watching teams rebuild the same data plumbing from scratch.
I work hands-on with developers and care about one thing: removing the friction between you and the data you need. Email me directly at hello@manzanolabs.com. I read every one.
Shape the roadmap
Building this with the developers who'll use it.
What would make Clearscreen an instant yes for you? Which states, lists, fields, or endpoints do you need first? Tell me and I'll build toward it. Every reply shapes what ships.
Reserve your key
$9, fully refundable. It tells us you're real and locks your founder rate. We build toward the first cohort's exact needs.
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