Entity Screening & Verification

Introduction

Automate Entity Screening and Business Verification with Sayari APIs. Our three-step workflow delivers comprehensive entity intelligence, empowering your organization to make confident decisions and mitigate risks effectively at scale.

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1

Match & Validate

Via the Resolution Endpoint, automate entity mapping and verification using Sayari’s matching algorithms. This step:

  • Maps your client data to Sayari’s extensive, global knowledge graph
  • Returns a unique entity_id for matched entities
  • Provides match quality scores for confident decision-making, and workflow management
1curl -X POST "https://api.sayari.com/v1/resolution" \
2 -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
3 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
4 -d '{
5 "name": [
6 "Thomas Bangalter"
7 ],
8 "address": [
9 "8 AVENUE RACHEL"
10 ],
11 "country": [
12 "FRA"
13 ]
14}'
1{
2 "fields": {
3 "name": [
4 "Thomas Bangalter"
5 ],
6 "address": [
7 "8 AVENUE RACHEL"
8 ],
9 "country": [
10 "FRA"
11 ]
12 },
13 "data": [
14 {
15 "profile": "corporate",
16 "score": 294.50284,
17 "entity_id": "1nOeH5G2EhmRVtmeVqO2Lw",
18 "label": "Mr Thomas Bangalter",
19 "type": "person",
20 "identifiers": [
21 {
22 "type": "uk_person_number",
23 "value": "053673450003",
24 "label": "Uk Person Number"
25 },
26 {
27 "type": "uk_person_number",
28 "value": "053673450002",
29 "label": "Uk Person Number"
30 }
31 ],
32 "addresses": [
33 "5TH FLOOR 104 OXFORD STREET, W1D 1LP, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM",
34 "Oxford Street, London, W1D 1LP",
35 "8 AVENUE RACHEL, 75018, FRANCE",
36 "4th Floor, 205 Wardour Street, London, W1F 8ZJ",
37 "MSE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT LLP 4TH FLOOR, 205 WARDOUR STREET, W1F 8ZJ, UNITED KINGDOM"
38 ],
39 "countries": [
40 "FRA",
41 "GBR"
42 ],
43 "sources": [
44 "ecdfb3f2ecc8c3797e77d5795a8066ef",
45 "4ea8bac1bed868e1510ffd21842e9551"
46 ],
47 "typed_matched_queries": [
48 "address|sub|phraseStripped|0",
49 "name|100match|0",
50 "address|subclause|0",
51 "address|numericFirst|0",
52 "address|numericFull|0",
53 "address|V2|Strict|0",
54 "name|StrictV2|0",
55 "address|V3|0",
56 "name|100phrase|0",
57 "country|0",
58 "address|sub|cleanedAddress|0",
59 "address|sub|phraseFirstHalf|0"
60 ],
61 "matched_queries": [
62 "address",
63 "name",
64 "country"
65 ],
66 "highlight": {
67 "name": [
68 "Mr <em>Thomas</em> <em>Bangalter</em>"
69 ],
70 "address": [
71 "<em>8</em> <em>AVENUE</em> <em>RACHEL</em>, 75018, FRANCE"
72 ],
73 "country": [
74 "<em>FRA</em>"
75 ]
76 },
77 "explanation": {
78 "name": [
79 {
80 "matched": "Mr <em>Thomas</em> <em>Bangalter</em>",
81 "uploaded": "Thomas Bangalter",
82 "high_quality_match_name": true,
83 "scores": {
84 "tf": 0.35648895767689204,
85 "lv": 0.9142857142857143,
86 "fz": 0.8421052631578947,
87 "l1": 1,
88 "l2": 1
89 },
90 "n_common_term_matches": 1,
91 "n_uncommon_term_matches": 1
92 }
93 ],
94 "address": [
95 {
96 "matched": "<em>8</em> <em>AVENUE</em> <em>RACHEL</em>, 75018, FRANCE",
97 "uploaded": "8 AVENUE RACHEL",
98 "match_quality": "medium",
99 "scores": {
100 "9p": 0.47058823529411764
101 }
102 }
103 ],
104 "country": [
105 {
106 "matched": "<em>FRA</em>",
107 "uploaded": "FRA"
108 }
109 ]
110 },
111 "match_strength": {
112 "value": "strong"
113 }
114 }
115 ]
116}
2

Review

Using the Entity Endpoint, access comprehensive entitiy profiles including:

  • Full attribute set
  • First-order relationships
  • Seed & Network risk factors
  • Source documents
  • Possibly Same As Entities
  • Comprehensive L1 PDF Reports
1curl -X GET "https://api.sayari.com/v1/entity/1nOeH5G2EhmRVtmeVqO2Lw" \
2 -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
3

Explore

Through the Traversal Endpoint, go beyond direct relationships to expose hidden risks and relationships. With traversals:

  • Understand complete corporate structures and their controlling entities
  • Uncover beneficial ownership through complex holding structures
  • Map upstream supply-chain networks
  • Identify and comprehend indirect exposure to network risks
1curl -X GET "https://api.sayari.com/v1/traversal/1nOeH5G2EhmRVtmeVqO2Lw" \
2 -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
3 -d limit=1