Refinitiv Enhanced Due Diligence: Deep-Dive Risk Reports via API
Your high-risk clients sit for weeks while analysts assemble ad-hoc EDD packs from scattered sources. Foreign PEPs and complex ownership cases stall FICA Section 21A onboarding, and the MLRO waits on incomplete files.
We pull examiner-ready Refinitiv EDD reports into your case system in hours, not weeks.
Sound Familiar?
These are the exact issues our clients faced before integration:
- High-risk clients wait weeks while analysts assemble ad-hoc EDD packs from news searches, company registries, and scattered PDF downloads
- FICA Section 21A files lack consistent source-of-wealth notes, senior-management approval trails, or examiner-ready narrative risk assessments
- Foreign PEPs and complex ownership cases stall onboarding because nobody owns a single, structured deep-dive report
- Compliance re-keys Refinitiv or LSEG findings from portal downloads into the case system by hand, introducing gaps and delays
- MLRO sign-off waits on incomplete packs while relationship managers watch revenue and goodwill erode
Refinitiv has rebranded to LSEG, with product, domain, and integration changes that still catch teams using portal-only Due Diligence workflows. If your EDD ordering still depends on a separate login and manual PDF transfer, an API path into the case system is now the more durable route.
What the Enhanced Due Diligence API Integration Does
High-risk case flagged → deep-dive risk report ordered → pack lands in the case file → MLRO reviews. No portal hop, no re-typing.
High-Risk Case Flagged
CRM or onboarding marks a foreign PEP, high-risk jurisdiction, or complex ownership case
EDD Report Ordered
Integration requests a Refinitiv Enhanced Due Diligence report for the subject via API
Pack Lands in Case File
PDF and structured findings on PEP, sanctions, and media write back with delivery status
MLRO Decision Ready
Senior approval, SoW/SoF notes, and the deep-dive assessment sit in one Section 21A trail
Everything You Need for Examiner-Ready EDD Packs
Automated EDD Report Ordering
When a case is flagged high-risk or foreign PEP, the integration orders a Refinitiv Enhanced Due Diligence report from inside your CRM or case system, without a portal hop.
Deep-Dive Risk Pack Delivery
Structured JSON and PDF EDD packs covering PEP status, sanctions exposure, adverse media, ownership, and background land directly in the case file.
Section 21A Evidence Trails
Source-of-wealth and source-of-funds prompts, senior-management approval steps, and report attachments sit in one inspection-ready trail.
Case Status Sync-Back
Report ordered, in research, delivered, and reviewed statuses write back to the CRM so onboarding and the MLRO see progress without chasing analysts.
High-Risk Queue Routing
Completed deep-dive risk reports route to the right reviewer with risk summary fields pre-filled, so human time goes to judgement, not assembly.
Audit-Ready Retention
Every order, delivery timestamp, disposition, and approval is retained so FIC or Prudential Authority inspectors can follow the chain end to end.
Systems We've Connected for EDD Report Delivery
From 3 Weeks to 2 Days on High-Risk EDD
How a private bank's onboarding head cleared a backlog of foreign PEP and high-risk cases with Refinitiv deep-dive risk reports via API.
The Manual Process
- Analysts spent 3–10 hours per case stitching news, registries, and World-Check hits into Word packs
- Average three weeks from high-risk flag to MLRO-ready Section 21A file
- Portal downloads of occasional vendor reports were re-typed into the case system
- 40+ high-risk onboardings sat incomplete at quarter-end
- Relationship managers lost deals while packs waited on ad-hoc research
The Integrated Process
- High-risk flag in CRM orders a Refinitiv Enhanced Due Diligence report automatically
- Deep-dive packs covering PEP, sanctions, and media land in the case file in hours to two days
- MLRO reviews structured findings and signs off with SoW/SoF and approval captured in-system
- Backlog of 40 stalled cases cleared within one quarter
- Analysts spend time on judgement, not document assembly
Before vs After Deep-Dive Risk Report Integration
How It Works
From first conversation to live EDD report delivery in 3–5 weeks.
Map Your EDD Process
Where high-risk and foreign PEP cases stall today, which systems hold the case file, and how Section 21A packs are assembled.
Free Scoping Call
30-minute call to design Refinitiv EDD report ordering and delivery around your RMCP and case workflow.
Build & Parallel Test
We wire CRM-to-LSEG EDD ordering, status sync, and report write-back, then run parallel on live high-risk cases.
Go Live & Monitor
Ad-hoc pack assembly stops. Examiner-ready deep-dive risk reports arrive in the case system in hours to days, not weeks.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Refinitiv Enhanced Due Diligence different from World-Check list screening?
World-Check screening tells you whether a name matches sanctions, PEP, or adverse-media lists in near real time. Refinitiv Enhanced Due Diligence (now under LSEG) is a deep-dive narrative risk report: analysts research background, ownership, PEP links, sanctions exposure, and media, then deliver an examiner-ready pack. Screening flags the case; EDD explains it.
What does FICA Section 21A expect for high-risk and foreign PEP clients?
Accountable institutions must apply enhanced measures for higher-risk relationships. For foreign PEPs and elevated-risk clients that typically means senior-management approval, reasonable measures to establish source of wealth and source of funds, additional independent verification, and enhanced ongoing monitoring. A structured EDD report gives the MLRO evidence those steps were informed, not improvised.
How long do LSEG Enhanced Due Diligence reports take?
LSEG publishes turnaround from 24 hours to 14 days depending on report depth and research complexity. Automated Snapshot-style packs can be ready in hours. That is still far faster than ad-hoc analyst assembly that often stretches two to three weeks across news sites, registries, and portal downloads.
Can reports land in our case system via API?
Yes. LSEG delivers EDD reports through portal and API, including PDF and machine-readable JSON. We order from your CRM or case system and write findings, attachments, and status back so compliance never re-keys a portal download.
Will this disrupt private-banking or wealth onboarding?
No. Standard clients keep their existing screening path. Only cases that trigger high-risk or foreign PEP rules enter the EDD order flow. Relationship managers see status in the CRM; analysts review delivered packs instead of building them from scratch.
How much does a Refinitiv EDD API integration cost?
Typical builds that order EDD reports from the case system, sync status, and store examiner-ready packs run from about R40,000 to R90,000 depending on systems and Section 21A workflow depth. Against R5,000 to R33,000 of analyst labour per manual high-risk pack, plus weeks of stalled revenue, most desks see payback within a few months of live volume.
Stop Assembling Ad-Hoc EDD Packs by Hand
If your MLRO and onboarding desk are still waiting weeks for deep-dive risk assessments on foreign PEPs and high-risk clients, you are paying for a problem that structured Refinitiv EDD reports via API already solve.
Tell us which CRM or case system you use, how Section 21A packs are built today, and where high-risk clients stall. We will show you exactly how examiner-ready EDD delivery would work for your desk.