Ely Data Quality Ltd
Functional testing and quality assurance for sanctions name screening systems at banks and financial institutions.
About the company
Ely Data Quality Ltd is a UK-based specialist firm providing functional testing and quality assurance for sanctions name screening systems. Founded in 2018 and registered in England and Wales (Companies House #11453918), the company tests the name-matching engines used by banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions to screen against watchlists including OFAC SDN, EU Consolidated List, UN Consolidated List, and UK Sanctions List. The firm's test cases are hand-crafted by consultants with 15–20+ years of experience in name-matching and data quality, and are delivered with in-person walkthroughs to ensure clients understand each test scenario. Ely Data Quality maintains an explicit AI-free policy — all test cases are human-authored. The team of ~11 people includes specialists in name screening, data quality, penetration testing, and customer success. The company is developing a proprietary screening system (expected 2026). Ely Data Quality is active at ACSS (Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists) conferences in Europe, Canada, and the USA.
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Ely Data Quality Ltd positions itself as a specialist firm occupying a unique niche focused exclusively on functional testing and quality assurance of sanctions name-screening engines. The company states that it provides hand-crafted test case libraries designed to validate that a bank's matching engine correctly identifies sanctioned names, aliases, and transliterations. Their explicit AI-free policy and in-person walkthrough model are highlighted as deliberate differentiators aimed at clients…