Does this screening include PEP data?

No. The screening covers adverse media and the sanctions lists named in the response. PEP data is not included and the reply states that explicitly, because a screening tool that is vague about its coverage is worse than none.

Why resolve the company as well as screen the name?

Because a trading name is not a legal entity. Resolving against ASIC and ABN records tells you which registration you are actually naming, which matters when the insurance certificate and the licence sit with different companies in the same group.

Tenders & Bidding•POST /v1/adverse-media

Screen the names your bid relies on

Supported Formats: Company and person names, ABN and ACN records

Core Verification Mechanisms: Corroboration-gated sanctions matching · Entity-disambiguated adverse media · ASIC and ABN entity resolution

The problem

A bid names people and companies you do not control: subcontractors, delivery partners, referees. Their history becomes part of your submission, and buyers increasingly ask about it.

A trading name is not an entity. The company you contracted with, the one that holds the licence and the one on the insurance certificate are frequently three different registrations.

How Stipple helps

Screen a name for adverse media and sanctions exposure before it goes in the response, with same-name articles excluded and each match carrying the evidence behind it.

Resolve the entity separately against ASIC and ABN records, so the name in your bid matches a registration you can point at.

The call

bash

curl -X POST "https://www.stipple.sh/v1/adverse-media" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Example Civil Pty Ltd", "country": "AU"}'
# -> { "subject": {...}, "sanctions": {...},
#      "adverse_media": { "checked": true, "hits": [...] },
#      "risk_flag": "...", "headline": "..." }

You learn what a buyer would find about the names in your bid, before the buyer finds it.

What the result looks like

PEP is not screened. The sanctions lists carried are named in the response, and the reply says plainly that PEP data is not part of it.

A name-only sanctions match is reported as possible, never confirmed. Corroboration needs a date of birth or a country; an alias or an employer does not count.

This is screening coverage, not a determination. It tells you what is published about a name, not whether to work with them.

Questions

Does this screening include PEP data?: No. The screening covers adverse media and the sanctions lists named in the response. PEP data is not included and the reply states that explicitly, because a screening tool that is vague about its coverage is worse than none.
Why resolve the company as well as screen the name?: Because a trading name is not a legal entity. Resolving against ASIC and ABN records tells you which registration you are actually naming, which matters when the insurance certificate and the licence sit with different companies in the same group.

Sources

Screen a name