OFAC/SDN Watchlist Software Application Axiom #4

17 Jun 2008 by Chetan Shah.

While parsing last names from SDN watchlist (or any other watchlist for that matter. BOE , OSFI etc.) , make sure that the parsing logic takes care of multiple names in last names.

For example :

Last Name : Giraldo Sarria

In this case the financial entity may have registered this person as having Sarria as their last name, in which case the parsing logic may completely ignore this SDN entry as a potential match because the last name from SDN side is Giraldo Sarria and on the financial entity side it will be Sarria.

On the same lines is the scenario of hyphenated last names like Smith-Johnson

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