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# International KYB: Watchlist Screening, Flexible Inputs and Updated Scoring

> Sep 24, 2026

Three improvements to [International Business Search](/docs/baselayer-international-products):

* **Watchlist screening.** International searches now screen the company, any name variants you supply in `alternative_names`, its current officers and its beneficial owners against Baselayer's watchlists, including OFAC and the Consolidated Screening List. PEP screening runs when you order the PEP add-on. Results appear in a new `watchlist_hits` field on `GET /international/searches/{id}`, in the same shape as domestic results. A list with a `count` of 0 was screened with no match; a list that is absent was not screened. A confirmed OFAC hit sets the Risk score to 0 and the Risk rating to F. Which lists run, and how close a name must match, follow your [Account Settings](/docs/account-settings).
* **Flexible inputs.** When you send a `filing_number`, the business name and address are now optional: send the number on its own, or with either or both. Without a filing number, name and address are still both required. Name matching also recognizes legal-form abbreviations and their full names as equivalent across Spain, France, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy (for example `SL` and `Sociedad Limitada`).
* **Updated scoring.** The KYB score now only counts the inputs you sent, so a search with just a filing number isn't penalized for a missing name or address. KYB ratings now use the same bands as domestic KYB (A 90–100, B 80–89, C 60–79, F below 60), and only A and B count as verified. **Scores for existing name-and-address searches may shift slightly as a result.** See [International Scores & Ratings](/docs/baselayer-international-products#scores--ratings).

No integration changes required.


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