Adverse Media Screening That Catches Risk Signals First
Continuously monitor your vendors, portfolio companies and third parties across 17M+ global and local news sources in 100+ languages. Spot supply chain, reputational and ESG risk early, including risk hidden in subsidiaries and parent companies.
See it on your own portfolio
Bring a list of companies you actually screen. In 30 minutes, we'll show you the risk signals Business Radar finds that your current process is missing. No sample data, no generic slides.
✓ 210+ risk categories across ESG, financial, legal and supply chain risk
✓ Up to 90% fewer false positives through AI-assisted verification
✓ Trusted by Deloitte, AIG and Rabobank
Why database screening isn't enough
Risk doesn't wait for watchlists
By the time a company lands on a watchlist or enforcement record, the risk is already public. News coverage often surfaces the same developments months, sometimes years, earlier.
Signals start local
The first signs of trouble often show up in regional news outlets, trade publications or government reports, in local languages, long before they make national or global headlines.
Risk does not stop at onboarding
A vendor's risk profile can change the day after you screen them. Financial distress, litigation and ESG incidents develop continuously, and your monitoring should too.
Evidence you can show an auditor
Every signal links back to its source articles, giving your team a documented audit trail that holds up to internal review and regulatory scrutiny.
Sanctions and watchlists show you what's already known. Business Radar monitors global and local news for early signs of risk, so developments linked to your third parties surface as early as possible, often before they reach an OFAC list or a front page.
Global signals in one solution
Every relevant signal, one platform
Business Radar turns scattered, multilingual news coverage into verified, actionable risk signals in three steps.
Signal detection
We scan thousands of global and local sources in dozens of languages and match coverage to companies, including subsidiaries and parent companies.
Signal validation
AI-assisted verification confirms each article is actually about the right entity, cutting false positives by up to 90%.
Signal structuring
Signals are categorized across 210+ risk themes, deduplicated into events and ranked by materiality, so your team reviews what matters first.
Signature capabilities
Risk prioritization by materiality
Not every news article is a meaningful risk signal. Business Radar categorizes developments across 210+ risk themes, including ESG, and applies a materiality filter to highlight events that could significantly affect a company's financial position, operations or risk profile.
Entity-based screening across corporate structures
Business Radar links risk signals not only to individual companies but to their broader corporate networks. By combining corporate identifiers, trade names and company relationships, signals are connected to subsidiaries, parent companies and ultimate parent entities.
Curated global and local media coverage
Business Radar monitors thousands of international and regional news sources in 100+ languages. The source base combines major global publications with smaller regional outlets, industry publications and government reports, where risk signals often appear first.
Signal verification and false-positive reduction
Adverse media screening often produces large volumes of irrelevant results. Business Radar applies contextual analysis and AI-assisted verification to confirm that each article genuinely refers to the company in question, reducing false positives by up to 90%.
Access Business Radar through platform or API
Use the Business Radar platform to screen companies and investigate developments, or connect the Business Radar API to deliver verified risk signals directly into your internal compliance and third-party risk workflows.
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Facts
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90%
Over 90 percent of our users with continuous monitoring enabled have reported that Business Radar identified high-risk signals in the past 12 months, which would have otherwise gone unnoticed.
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32%
Auditors using Business Radar have reported a 32 percent average increase in efficiency during periodic reviews and screenings, compared to traditional software.
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Frequently asked questions, answered
How is this different from database or watchlist screening?
Watchlists and databases record risk once it's already known and documented. Adverse media screening looks at what's being reported now, so developments like financial distress, litigation, fraud allegations or ESG incidents often surface months before they appear in any database. Business Radar complements your existing screening by adding that early, continuous layer.
How do you handle non-English sources?
Many risk signals first appear in local-language regional outlets, industry publications and government reports. Business Radar monitors sources in 100+ languages and translates relevant developments, so your team can review them without needing language skills for every market your third parties operate in.
How do you keep false positives under control?
Adverse media screening often produces large volumes of irrelevant results. Business Radar applies contextual analysis and AI-assisted verification to confirm each article genuinely refers to the company in question, reducing false positives by up to 90%. Signals are also clustered into events and filtered for materiality, so analysts review what matters instead of every mention.
Does it cover subsidiaries and ownership structures?
Yes. Business Radar links risk signals to broader corporate networks, not just individual companies. By combining corporate identifiers, trade names and company relationships across 135M+ company records, signals are connected to subsidiaries, parent companies and ultimate parent entities.
Can we integrate it with our existing systems?
Yes. Your team can use the Business Radar platform to screen companies and investigate developments, or connect the Business Radar API to deliver verified risk signals directly into your internal compliance and third-party risk workflows.
How does adverse media fit into our due diligence program?
Adverse media is often the earliest indicator of financial, legal, reputational or ESG risk at a third party. Business Radar gives your team continuous, verified coverage of those developments, supporting the ongoing due diligence expected under frameworks like BSA/AML, FCPA and third-party risk guidance.
How do you handle data privacy?
Business Radar is headquartered in the EU and operates under GDPR, one of the strictest data protection standards in the world. We're happy to walk your security and privacy teams through our data handling practices in detail.