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Sanctions Compliance: FMA Expectations, System Testing & Benchmarking
With financial sanctions supervision transferred from the OeNB to the FMA, sanctions compliance has become a supervisory priority and effective systems matter more than ever. We test the effectiveness and efficiency of your sanctions screening systems, identify detection gaps and false positives, and provide practical recommendations for improvement.
Overview
Do your systems reliably detect relevant risks – and how much effort is spent handling unnecessary alerts?
Since January 2026, responsibility for financial sanctions supervision has shifted from the OeNB to the FMA, where sanctions compliance has become a supervisory priority. This puts the effectiveness of sanctions screening systems firmly in the spotlight.
Using synthetic test data and realistic scenarios, we assess your sanctions screening systems for detection performance, weaknesses and false positives. Standardised tests enable meaningful comparisons across systems, configurations and testing periods.
You receive documented findings and actionable recommendations to improve rules, thresholds and processes. We can also support implementation and test whether the changes deliver the intended improvements.
Sanctions screening: Where the FMA is now focusing in its audits
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What you receive
- 01Sanctions screening tests with synthetic test data and realistic scenarios
- 02Detection performance, weaknesses and false positives
- 03Standardised benchmarking across systems, configurations and testing periods
- 04Documented findings and recommendations on rules, thresholds and processes
- 05Implementation support and retesting of the changes