One avoided enforcement action from FinCEN covers a decade of PRIME21. Start with a paid pilot — 60 days, real transactions, full audit trail.
record_id, hash-chained, tamper-evident. Hand an examiner a record_id and they verify the decision themselves. No discovery. No he-said-she-said.
Every new customer uploads a passport or national ID. Someone on your team opens that image, reads the name, types it into your system, checks the expiry, and compares it to the account name. That takes 3–7 minutes per document. At 100,000 onboardings a year, that's 18,000 hours of analyst time spent doing data entry.
PRIME21's document vision extracts every field in under 2 seconds, cross-validates the name against the account, flags expired documents automatically, and writes a signed CLAUDIT record. The analyst reviews exceptions — not every document.
You're already paying for compliance technology. Here's what you're getting vs. what you need.
| Capability | Batch AML (status quo) | LexisNexis Bridger | PRIME21 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-settlement screening | ✕ Next day | ◯ Real-time (sanctions only) | ✓ Real-time, all 29 checks |
| BSA structuring detection | ◯ Rules only | ✕ Not included | ✓ Rule + LLM hybrid |
| PEP screening | ✕ Separate tool | ✓ Included | ✓ Included + EDD workflow |
| Beneficial owner verification | ✕ Manual | ✕ Not included | ✓ CDD Final Rule automated |
| Correspondent bank screening | ✕ Not included | ✕ Not included | ✓ Shell bank + §313 check |
| Immutable audit trail | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ CLAUDIT — signed, queryable |
| Document vision (ID / SWIFT) | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ Enterprise tier + |
| Kafka-native API | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ Native consumer group |
| Typical annual cost | $200K–$1M+ (staff + tools) | $50K–$300K/yr | $150K–$1.2M/yr |
60 days, 100,000 real transactions, full CLAUDIT audit trail. The $50,000 pilot fee is 100% credited toward your Year 1 platform license. You're paying to prove it works — and it will.