NameScan versus a full CDD workflow
NameScan screens a name. A full customer due diligence workflow identifies the customer, records the people the program names, and keeps a result you can open later.
Quick answer
A name screen answers a list question. It does not establish identity, it does not read a company or a trust, and it does not write the program. Keep the screen if your program asks for one. Then do the workflow the program describes; the firm emails a link for that check; the client pays; A screened name in a inbox is not a file.
People search “NameScan AML” when a firm runs NameScan and calls the PDF a customer due diligence file. Checked against AUSTRAC’s politically exposed persons page on 4 October 2026. This is general information, not legal advice. This page does not reproduce that guidance. List screening on its own is sanctions screening in Australia. The no-fee screen discussion is sanctions screening. The sector map is /tranche-2.
A screen, then the workflow
NameScan AML shows up when a firm wants a fast clear on a person or a company name. The product can return a list result. Customer due diligence is the workflow around that result: who the customer is, how you identified them, which beneficial owners the program required, and what you did with a hit. Printing the screen and closing the matter skips the workflow and keeps the logo.
This is a different point from a general sanctions article. Here the comparison is one named screening tool against the whole CDD file. Politically exposed persons are one reason a program screens. AUSTRAC’s page on that topic is the official context; this article does not reproduce it and does not claim a screen is mandatory in every file; your program says when you screen; your program also says what else you do.
- Call it a screen. A name result is a name result. It is not a passport check and it is not a company extract you verified.
- Then identify. A person goes through KYC if the program says so. A company or trust goes through KYB. The screen does not choose.
- File the result properly. A PDF in an inbox is not the record. The workflow says where the result lives.
- Escalate a hit. A match is not a finished PDF. The compliance officer gets it under the program.
Screen versus workflow
Name screening beside customer due diligence. This table does not reproduce AUSTRAC’s politically exposed persons guidance or a vendor manual.
| Step | Name screen | Full workflow |
|---|---|---|
| List result | Yes, that is the product | Stored with the file, not left in email |
| Identity of a person | No | KYC when the program requires it |
| Company or trust | A name is not the structure | KYB, then the people the program names |
| Hit on a list | The tool may flag it | The officer acts under the program |
Where this page stops
This page is the screen-versus-workflow split. It is not the full due diligence procedure. That procedure is customer due diligence requirements.
What the client pays
On FreeAML the firm suite is A$0. The firm emails the client a link. Verification is client-pays. On the public list a personal KYC check is A$20 and a company or trust KYB check is A$40. Use KYB when the customer is a company or a trust. A name-screen subscription is not included, and a PDF of a screen is not a KYC or KYB result. Confirm the live amounts on FreeAML pricing. FreeAML does not treat a name screen as customer due diligence.
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Frequently Asked Questions
After the name screen, send the identity link.
The firm suite is A$0. The client pays. KYC for a person. KYB for a company or a trust.
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