Dutch payment service providers are required to perform sanction screening on each of its relationships. This contribution zooms in on the recent discussions and interpretation within the payments sector concerning the definition of a relationship for purposes of sanction screening, the extent of the obligation to screen relationships and whether such a requirement extends to the customers of a payment service provider's customers, namely the consumer. This contribution addresses the question of whether, from a legal perspective, a consumer should be construed as a relationship and highlights the impracticalities, disproportionality and near impossibility for a payment service provider to perform effective sanction screening on a consumer.