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How a Tier 1 bank cut adverse media review time by 85%.

Case Study

The challenge

A global Tier 1 bank relied on open-source searches and keyword-based adverse media screening. The process produced heavy false positives with no reliable audit trail. Sensitive client names were repeatedly sent outside the bank at scale — over 150,000 searches per year.

The Solution

Ripjar Screening replaced ad hoc searching with entity-based screening, combining premium news sources and web content in a controlled workflow. Identity, risk and evidence were resolved once, retained over time and kept provenance-linked for audit.

Screening decisions became faster, defensible and audit-ready at scale. Process time fell from 20 minutes to 3 minutes per review.

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