What happened
The transaction could not be completed due to a regulatory compliance review. No funds were moved. The transaction is in a terminal failed state with failureCode: compliance_review_rejected.
This code is specific to a transaction declined in compliance screening — no funds moved, not retryable. It is distinct from two other compliance outcomes, so branch on the exact failureCode rather than treating them interchangeably:
COMPLIANCE_HOLD — funds frozen pending a manual review, not a clean decline.
COMPLIANCE_REJECTED — a payout’s supporting documents were rejected; this one is retryable (it arrives on transaction.rejected — upload new documents and resubmit).
Contact support if you need case-level detail on a COMPLIANCE_REVIEW_REJECTED.
Common causes
- Compliance review outcome — the transaction or counterparty returned a signal during compliance screening that prevents completion
- Transaction profile — the amount, corridor, or counterparty combination triggered a compliance rule
Recovery
This is a terminal state. No funds were moved. Do not resubmit the same
transaction without contacting support.
1. Confirm the terminal state
2. Contact support
Provide the transaction ID, the affected customer ID, and any context about the transaction. The compliance team will advise on next steps. A new transaction for the same customer or counterparty is unlikely to succeed without a prior resolution.
Prevention
- Handle
transaction.failed with this code — branch on failureCode === 'compliance_review_rejected' to surface a neutral “this transfer could not be processed” message; never disclose the compliance reason to the end user
- Do not retry automatically — retrying without investigation does not change the outcome
The transaction.failed event fires when compliance review rejects the transaction: