Picture intelligence
Identifying high-risk individuals, a major and complex challenge in an ever-changing environment
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Identifying high-risk individuals, a major and complex challenge in an ever-changing environment
Discover moreFACEPOINT was originally created in response to the overwhelming tasks at hand for regulated entities to counteract the risk of money laundering, terrorism financing, corruption, and other financial crimes. FACEPOINT offers an alternative to name screening that consists of biometrically comparing the client photo against its proprietary picture library to disambiguate textual results, identify true positives and reduce false positives.
FACEPOINT’s proposition quickly developed in other vertical markets as it became clear that its picture intelligence and risk screening model were of interest to government institutions and the law enforcement community for the early identification of emerging threats, and optimum operational efficiency in crime prevention and investigation.
FACEPOINT Picture Intelligence is a carefully compiled risk intelligence database, created in line with the highest standards of data management by a team of 60 highly qualified research analysts.
FACEPOINT’s content covers clearly defined research areas in accordance with international regulatory standards, they are:
- Sanctions and official law and regulatory enforcement lists
- Terrorism and political violence
- Organized crime
- Financial crime
- Politically exposed persons (PEPs)
All the content is exclusively sourced from open-source intelligence (OSINT) following very strict inclusion rules and a rigorous vetting process.
FACEPOINT‘s proprietary database incorporates vast amounts of intelligence data and images, all of which are sorted, de-duplicated, qualified and tagged to transform them into usable and actionable intelligence data. Combined with state-of-the-art biometric technology, FACEPOINT’s service supersedes conventional alphanumeric matching offering greater precision and speed in the identification of persons of interest such as sanctioned individuals, criminals, terrorists, or politically exposed persons.
FACEPOINT proposes different types of delivery models for its No Name Screening service:
- a web interface and a cloud-based API, both of which offer the possibility to query FACEPOINT’s database using an image-based search or a text-based search
- a one-off screening service for quick and efficient in-situ screening projects
- and a datafile for on-premises integration to meet the highest safety standards
FACEPOINT has joined forces with IDEMIA in a technological partnership and integrates IDEMIA’s top performing biometric search engine in its SaaS and one-off services.
Global coverage
FACEPOINT’s data covers over 240 countries providing an overview of persons of interest (POIs) beyond your immediate national focus.
Detect risks earlier
Early identification of emerging threats posed by POIs not identifiable by name but by their physiognomy and therefore out of reach of traditional textual watchlists.
Reduction of false positives and consequently operational efficiency
Greater precision and speed compared to conventional alphanumeric matching for customers’ onboarding facilitation and optimum operational efficiency in crime prevention and investigation.
FACEPOINT was created in Paris in 2017 and is managed by 4 seasoned Compliance & Data professionals and employs 70 people.
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