Adversemediathatreadslikean analyst wrote it.
For specialist lenders and packagers whose adverse-media “process” is a case manager Googling a name — and an underwriter Googling it again. Curvestone runs the investigation once, properly, on every applicant: a cited summary, key call-outs and a Red / Amber / Green status, delivered into your case system.
The real competitor is an underwriter with Google.
What the process looks like today
- One specialist lender’s own description of their check: “a fairly simple Google search” — name plus location, eyeball the results.
- No summary, no interpretation — even where there may be a genuine adverse event.
- The underwriter often repeats the same search independently — duplicated effort, different conclusions.
- Nothing lands in the case system without manual upload; nothing is evidenced for audit.
Why it matters
- At hundreds to thousands of applications a month, two people doing the same search on every case is pure duplicated cost.
- An adverse event missed by an unstructured search is a credit loss and a regulatory story.
- A check that lives in a browser tab can’t be standardised, audited or improved.
- Every specialist lender and packager we meet runs some version of this pattern.
500 a month or 10,000 a month is the same effort: zero.
Most adverse-media processes scale by adding people. Curvestone runs the same investigation on the first applicant and the ten-thousandth, files the evidence as it goes, and starts with no integration at all — portal or automated inbox from day one.
An investigation, not a search.
Searches like an analyst
Agentic search across news and the open web — multiple query strategies, not one search string — on every applicant, individual or company.
Ties findings to the right person
Every finding disambiguated to your actual applicant, not everyone who shares the name — using the same verification layer behind our PEP & sanctions screening.
Summarises and grades
A clear narrative with the call-outs an underwriter should know at the top, a Red / Amber / Green status configured against your risk policy, and every finding cited back to source.
Publishes what it checks
A standing list of what every run covers — map your own checklist against it, and we’ll flag any gaps before you commit.
One report, three jobs done.
For the underwriter opening the case
No more re-running searches. The adverse-media verdict is already in the file — graded, summarised, cited.
For the compliance team evidencing it
Exactly what was searched, when, what came back and who reviewed it — retrievable for any case, months later.
For the ops team scaling it
500 a month or 10,000 a month is the same effort: zero — and it starts without an integration project.
Start without integration.Automate when ready.
Portal & automated inbox
Send applicant details in; the report comes back in the portal or by email. Live today, with no integration.
API & case-system delivery
When you’re ready, reports file themselves straight into your case management system — no manual upload.
Inside your Curvestone checks
Run adverse media as one control inside the case checks you already run with us — per applicant or as a batch.
Pick an applicant.We’ll file the report.
See a real adverse-media run end to end: the cited summary, the call-outs, the RAG status, and the audit trail — delivered the way your case system expects it.