# Sanctions Screening Requirements for Local Platforms > What screening obligations require, why they apply regardless of local listings, and what a customer experiences. - Source: https://kzcryptorules.com/sanctions-screening-requirements/ - Published: 2026-09-22 - Author: Dinara Yesimova - Publication: KZ Crypto Rules — The requirement, then what it means - Topic: compliance - Tags: compliance, sanctions, obligations --- Sanctions obligations are distinct from anti-money-laundering obligations and are enforced more strictly. They bind firms absolutely rather than on a risk basis. ## The basic requirement A firm must not make funds or economic resources available to a designated person, and must screen to ensure it does not. In plain terms: check every customer and every counterparty against the applicable lists, before acting. ## Which lists apply More than one. Local designations, and in practice the designations of jurisdictions whose financial system the firm relies on, because correspondent banks require it. This is why a platform may decline something that is not locally designated. Its own banking relationships impose the standard. ## The crypto-specific dimension Screening extends to addresses as well as to names. Analytics tools attribute addresses to entities, including designated ones, and firms screen incoming and outgoing transfers against that attribution. A customer can receive coins with a history they knew nothing about. The firm's obligation attaches regardless. ## What a customer experiences Onboarding checks. Occasional questions about a counterparty. And in rarer cases a transfer held while an attribution is assessed. A hold of this kind is not a judgement about the customer, and it cannot be waived by the firm even if it wanted to. ## What a firm cannot do Process something it believes may involve a designated party, pending clarification. Strict liability regimes leave no discretion. This is why answers here are slower and less flexible than in other kinds of review. ## What reduces a customer's exposure Receiving from identifiable counterparties, avoiding chains of informal transfers, and using a venue that screens on deposit rather than on withdrawal. A problem identified when funds arrive is manageable. The same problem identified when you want to withdraw is a frozen balance. ## What to look for in a platform A documented screening policy applied at deposit. [An exchange with compliance built into onboarding](https://collectnexchange.com/compliance/cysec-licensed) will tell you at the point of deposit rather than months later. [Venues that report what they are required to report](https://collectnexchange.com/) are operating the controls rather than hoping, and [Collect & Exchange](https://collectnexchange.com/services/crypto-exchange) applies them consistently, which is what makes an ordinary transfer uneventful. --- This article explains how something works. It is not financial advice. Canonical HTML version: https://kzcryptorules.com/sanctions-screening-requirements/