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Risk rating

Risk rating helps determine whether an account, beneficiary, route, or payment can proceed automatically or requires additional review.

Factors

Risk may be influenced by:

  • Business type.
  • Industry.
  • Jurisdiction.
  • Expected and actual transaction volume.
  • Beneficial ownership structure.
  • Payment purpose.
  • Corridor.
  • Beneficiary type.
  • Historical activity.
  • Screening results.
  • Partner risk assessment.

Risk tiers

TierTypical handling
LowStandard limits and automated processing.
MediumAdditional monitoring or lower limits.
HighEnhanced due diligence, approvals, or restrictions.
ProhibitedNot supported.

Dynamic changes

Risk rating may change over time based on new documents, volume changes, ownership changes, new corridors, alerts, or partner feedback.

Developer implications

Your integration should handle:

  • account.restricted
  • beneficiary.requires_action
  • payment.requires_action
  • payment.failed
  • document.required

Do not assume that a previously successful route will always remain available.