AML News Media
Our mass media screening feature identifies negative news articles and events associated with the named entity. The News Media indicator highlights articles where the entity’s name is found, matched to specific tags such as Financial Crime, Arms Trafficking, Narcotics, Human Rights Violations, Violent Crime, Terrorism, Sexual Crime, and Other Crimes.
Integration Options
Currently only available via the Rest API.
Endpoint
Request type: POST
Sandbox
https://testapi.smileidentity.com/v1/aml/news
Production
https://api.smileidentity.com/v1/aml/news
Request Values
AML News requires the following input parameters which should be contained in a JSON body object submitted to the endpoint
Name
Type
Required
Description
partner_id
string
Yes
signature
string
Yes
timestamp
string
Yes
The timestamp used to calculate the signature in ISO date/time format
user_id
string
Yes
A value generated by you previously used for the AML Check.
job_id
string
Yes
The SmileJobID
returned in the AML Check.
ref
string
Yes
The ref
related to the found person returned after an AML Check
news_category
string
Yes
The specific category to view. This is returned in the news_summary
indicator.
page
integer
No
The specific page number you want to visit. If you do not enter any number, you get the first page.
limit
integer
No
The total articles to return per page.
Example JSON Body
Return Values
AML News returns related news media of the customer.
Name
Type
Description
Return Values
news
array of objects
A list of the news media
news[].title
string
The news heading
news[].body
string
A summary of the news
news[].publisher
string
The publisher of the news
news[].published_date
string
The date the news was published
news[].publisher_country_code
string
The ISO country code of the publisher when available
news[].url
string
A link to the news publication
meta
object
An object containing page details
meta.currentPage
integer
The current page
meta.limit
integer
The page size provided
meta.totalCount
integer
The total items available
Example JSON Response
Error Codes
Error codes occur when there is a general failure that prevents the system from processing the job.\
Code
Text
Description
2205
You are not authorized to do that.
2210
No enrolled user found
You attempted to re-use KYC from a previous Biometric KYC or Document Verification job but the user id was not found in the system. Check the user id resubmit the request
2401
System Error
2403
Invalid JSON
The JSON is wrongly formatted or has an invalid structure
2413
<key> is required
The required key <key> is missing in the request body. Add the key and run the request again.
Result Codes and Result Texts
AML check jobs that are processed successfully can have the following result codes
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