Adverse media screening as part of effective ongoing due diligence

Adverse media screening is no longer a supplementary check. It has become a structural component of ongoing due diligence, sitting alongside sanctions and PEP screening as a core element of the risk assessment framework. It captures reputational and integrity risks that structured data sources, by their nature, do not cover and supervisors increasingly expect institutions to demonstrate that these risks are being monitored systematically, not just at onboarding.