Spotlight on Precision: How Al Jazeera Finance Transformed Compliance with Eastnets

Situation

Sharper Screening, Stronger Compliance

Al Jazeera Finance, a leading financial services provider in Qatar, set out to strengthen its anti–money laundering (AML) and financial crime compliance capabilities. With growing regulatory scrutiny and evolving risk landscapes, the organization aimed to enhance its ability to detect high-risk individuals and entities — including those linked to sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media — while minimizing operational inefficiencies.

To meet this objective, Al Jazeera Finance partnered with Eastnets to implement SafeWatch Screening 5, an advanced platform for real-time and batch screening against global sanctions lists, politically exposed persons (PEPs), special interest persons (SIPs), adverse media, and internal watchlists.
The deployment marked a key milestone in the company’s journey toward compliance excellence, automation, and risk management maturity.

Task

Turning Complexity into Clarity

Al Jazeera Finance needed a modern compliance screening system capable of managing both real-time and bulk screening against dynamic global and internal lists.
Their previous tools lacked the speed, intelligence, and automation required to maintain full regulatory alignment and operational precision.

The challenge was twofold:

• Automate and scale screening processes without disrupting existing workflows

• Reduce false positives while improving match accuracy, enabling teams to focus on genuine threats

At stake were regulatory compliance, decision-making speed, and the organization’s reputation — all dependent on smarter, faster screening.