# Factline Bulk Sanctions Screening (AML/KYC/KYB)

> Factline Bulk Sanctions Screening (AML/KYC/KYB) is a paid API for AI agents from factline.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.03/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-11).

Screens up to 25 person or organisation names per call against EU, UN, UK, and US OFAC sanctions lists using fuzzy matching, returning match scores and EU reference data.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://factline.dev/v1/sanctions/batch?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.03/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-11
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/factline-bulk-sanctions-screening-aml-kyc-kyb-c78f8a0e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_iG65w0jNrQYE7akb_dOq_

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability factline-bulk-sanctions-screening-aml-kyc-kyb-c78f8a0e
```

Example prompt: Screen these names against the EU, UN, UK, and US OFAC sanctions lists using a match threshold of 85: 'Vladimir Putin; Wagner Group; Jan Muller' — flag any possible matches with their top score and sanctions programme.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need to screen multiple names (up to 25) in a single call for compliance, AML, KYC, or KYB workflows. It covers EU, UN, UK, and US OFAC lists simultaneously, making it ideal for multi-jurisdictional compliance. Prefer this over the single-name endpoint when batch throughput matters and birth year disambiguation is not required. It is well-suited for automated onboarding pipelines, vendor screening, and payment release workflows where speed and batch efficiency are priorities.

## Known failure modes

- More than 25 names in a single call returns an error — split into multiple batches
- Names in non-Latin scripts may reduce match accuracy — transliterate before submitting
- Threshold value outside 70-100 range is rejected
- Missing required 'names' query parameter returns a 400 error
- Weekly refresh cadence means very recently added sanctioned entities may not appear
- Fuzzy matching may produce false positives for common names — use the single-name endpoint with birth_year for disambiguation

## How this service works

API and MCP servers that let AI agents and apps check people, companies, Dutch addresses and cars against official records: sanctions and PEP lists, 10 company registers, Dutch property, rent and RDW vehicle data. From $0.001 per call.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a results array containing one entry per queried name, each with a possible_match boolean, top_score (0-100), and up to 3 scored matches. Each match includes the matched name, fuzzy match score, entity type (person/enterprise), sanctions lists it appears on (EU/UN/UK/US), EU reference code, sanctions programmes, countries, birth dates, and listed-since date. Also returns metadata about the sanctions lists loaded, including source and last-updated dates, and the total entity count in the database.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "names"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "type": {
       "enum": [
        "person",
        "entity"
       ],
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional: only persons or only organisations"
      },
      "names": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "1 to 25 person or organisation names separated by ';', in Latin letters, e.g. 'Vladimir Putin; Factline; Jan de Vries'"
      },
      "threshold": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional minimum match score 70-100 (default 85)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "list": {
   "sources": [
    {
     "list": "EU",
     "name": "EU consolidated financial sanctions list (European Commission)",
     "dated": "2026-09-22"
    },
    {
     "list": "UN",
     "name": "UN Security Council consolidated sanctions list",
     "dated": "2026-10-07"
    },
    {
     "list": "UK",
     "name": "UK Sanctions List (FCDO/OFSI)",
     "dated": "07/10/2026"
    },
    {
     "list": "US",
     "name": "US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list",
     "dated": "OFAC SDN"
    }
   ],
   "entities": 25591,
   "loaded_at": "2026-10-08T00:30:53.837Z"
  },
  "note": "Up to 3 matches per name. Screen one name with /v1/sanctions/screen (add birth_year) to see more and refine.",
  "count": 3,
  "query": {
   "type": null,
   "threshold": 85
  },
  "source": "European Commission FSF; UN Security Council; UK FCDO; US Treasury OFAC",
  "results": [
   {
    "name": "Vladimir Putin",
    "matches": [
     {
      "score": 100,
      "entity": {
       "type": "person",
       "lists": [
        "EU",
        "UK",
        "US"
       ],
       "names": [
        "Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN",
        "Vladimir Vladimirovich POUTINE",
        "Vladimir Vladimirovitj PUTIN"
       ],
       "un_id": null,
       "remark": "(Date of UN designation: 2022-02-25)",
       "countries": [
        "RUSSIAN FEDERATION",
        "Russia"
       ],
       "references": {
        "EU": "EU.7510.16",
        "UK": "RUS0251",
        "US": "35096"
       },
       "birth_dates": [
        "1952-10-07"
       ],
       "eu_reference": "EU.7510.16",
       "listed_since": "2022-02-25",
       "sanctions_programmes": [
        "UKR",
        "UK The Russia  2019",
        "US OFAC RUSSIA-EO14024"
       ]
      },
      "matched_name": "Vladimir Vladimirovich PUTIN"
     },
     {
      "score": 95,
      "entity": {
       "type": "person",
       "lists": [
        "EU",
        "UK",
        "US"
       ],
       "names": [
        "Maria FAASSEN",
        "Mariya VORONTSOVA",
        "Maria Vladimirovna PUTINA"
       ],
       "un_id": null,
       "remark": "(Date of UN designation: 2022-04-08)",
       "countries": [
        "UNKNOWN",
        "Russia"
       ],
       "references": {
        "EU": "EU.7862.80",
        "UK": "RUS1128",
        "US": "36420"
       },
       "birth_dates": [
        "1985-04-28"
       ],
       "eu_reference": "EU.7862.80",
       "listed_since": "2022-04-08",
       "sanctions
… (truncated)
```

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