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AML (Anti-Money Laundering) Software · Rank #7 of 10

LSEG World-Check review and pricing

LSEG-owned World-Check; dominant sanctions and PEP screening database; post-Refinitiv-acquisition pricing pressure.

By LSEG / Refinitiv · Founded 2000 · London, UK · public

LSEG World-Check (formerly Refinitiv World-Check, formerly Thomson Reuters World-Check) is the dominant sanctions, PEP, and adverse media screening database, owned by London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) since the 2021 acquisition of Refinitiv from Blackstone and Thomson Reuters for $27B. World-Check is sold as a screening data feed plus the Bridger / World-Check One screening application. Strengths: dominant screening data quality (curated PEP, sanctions, and adverse media at higher depth than most competitors), broad institutional buyer footprint (banks, insurers, asset managers), regulator-familiar audit trail, and integration with the broader LSEG data and risk products. Best fit for institutional buyers anchored on LSEG data products and Tier 1 banks with deep screening data quality requirements. Trade-offs: post-Refinitiv-acquisition pricing pressure (LSEG has reportedly pushed price increases on World-Check renewals through 2022-2025), opaque pricing (Tier 1 institutional deals routinely $500K-$5M+ annually), screening application UX dated relative to Sumsub or Napier AI, and innovation pace constrained by enterprise-grade change management.

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Best for

Tier 1 banks, large insurers, asset managers, and regulated institutional buyers (5,000-500,000+ employees) needing dominant sanctions and PEP screening data quality.

Worst for

Modern fintech wanting unified KYC + AML (Sumsub better), crypto-AML primary use (Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM Labs), or buyers prioritizing modern UX and AI-driven alert triage above legacy screening data depth.

Vendor Trust Score

Is LSEG World-Check a trustworthy vendor?

5.8/10
Caution
Pricing transparency
Published rates; no hidden fees
3.0
Contract fairness
Reasonable terms; no auto-renew traps
5.5
Incident response
How they handle outages and breaches
7.5
Post-acquisition behavior
Customer treatment after M&A or PE
5.5
Executive stability
Leadership churn over 24 months
7.5
Roadmap honesty
Public commitments held
6.0
Trust signal log
  • 2021-01-29
    LSEG completed Refinitiv acquisition for $27B from Blackstone and Thomson Reuters
  • 2022-09-14
    Disclosed buyer renewals showed price increases of 8-15% across World-Check contracts
  • 2023-06-21
    Public reporting on World-Check PEP and adverse media accuracy disputes
  • 2024-11-12
    Launched AI-driven adverse media curation improvements in World-Check One
  • 2025-09-17
    Additional World-Check pricing changes disclosed in buyer renewals
Vendor Trust is scored independently of product quality. A great product from an unfair vendor still earns a low trust score.
Review Intelligence

What 260 reviews actually say

Synthesized from G2, Capterra, Reddit, Trustpilot. Patterns >15% prevalence shown.

Last synthesized
2026-04-29

Praise patterns

  • Dominant screening data quality
    87% →
  • Broad institutional buyer footprint
    78% →
  • Regulator-familiar audit trail
    64% →

Complaint patterns

  • Post-Refinitiv-acquisition pricing pressure
    51% ↑
  • Screening application UX dated
    47% →
  • Often paired with second AML platform
    41% →
  • Occasional accuracy disputes (PEP, adverse media)
    31% →
Sentiment trend (6 months)
70/100 -1 pts
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Verified Pricing

What buyers actually pay

134 anonymized deal disclosures · last updated 2026-05-01

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Company size Median annual
500-5,000 employees (mid-institutional) $240,000
5,000-50,000 employees $780,000
50,000+ employees (Tier 1 institutional) $2,400,000
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Editorial: Strengths

  • Dominant screening data quality (curated PEP, sanctions, adverse media)
  • Broad institutional buyer footprint (banks, insurers, asset managers)
  • Regulator-familiar audit trail
  • Integration with LSEG data and risk products
  • Mature change-management for institutional rollouts
  • Broad coverage of international sanctions lists and PEP categories

Editorial: Weaknesses

  • Post-Refinitiv-acquisition pricing pressure since 2022
  • Opaque pricing (institutional deals $500K-$5M+ annually)
  • Screening application UX dated relative to modern alternatives
  • Innovation pace constrained by enterprise change management
  • Screening data quality has had occasional public accuracy disputes (PEP and adverse media false positives)
  • Often paired with second AML platform for transaction monitoring

Key features & integrations

  • +Curated PEP database
  • +Sanctions screening (OFAC, EU, UN, UK HMT, others)
  • +Adverse media monitoring
  • +World-Check One screening application
  • +World-Check Risk Intelligence data feed
  • +Customer due diligence workflow
  • +Case management
  • +Audit trail and regulatory reporting
  • +Integration with LSEG data products
  • +110+ integrations with core banking and AML platforms
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Geography supported
Global; strongest in UK, EU, US, APAC institutional
Best fit
5,000-500,000+ employees · Tier 1 banks, large insurers, asset managers, regulated institutional buyers
Editorial deep-dive

Read our full ranking of AML (Anti-Money Laundering) Software

LSEG World-Check ranks #7 in our editorial review of 10 aml (anti-money laundering) software platforms. The deep-dive covers methodology, comparison tables, decision matrix, migration scoring, and FAQs.

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