Friedrichshafen/Chicago/Singapore, May 27, 2026 — Chartis Research has named ACTICO Customer Screening and ACTICO Payment Screening Category Leaders in two segments of its 2026 report “Watchlist and Adverse Media Monitoring Solutions”: Adverse Media Monitoring and Name & Transaction Screening. The recognition confirms ACTICO’s standing as one of the leading compliance technology providers for financial institutions and insurers across Europe and beyond.
Chartis evaluates vendors across six dimensions: data methodology, workflow, pricing and packaging, solution deployment, reporting and auditing, and speed, volume, and performance. ACTICO Customer Screening and ACTICO Payment Screening received exclusively top-tier ratings — “Best-in-Class” or “Advanced Capabilities” — across every category. Data methodology, solution deployment, and speed and performance were singled out as particular strengths.
“Chartis recognised ACTICO as a leader in 2025. Being confirmed again in 2026 — across both segments and with top scores across the board — shows that we are not standing still. Our customers can rely on ACTICO to deliver compliance technology that works today and scales tomorrow.”
Thomas Succy, Head of Product Management ACTICO
This recognition comes at a pivotal moment for compliance technology. The question financial institutions are asking is no longer “Should we adopt AI?”, but “How do we adopt AI without compromising our regulatory standing?” ACTICO is built for exactly this transition: a platform that combines transparent, auditable AI with full deployment flexibility, closing the gap between regulatory intent and technical implementation — from months to minutes.
ACTICO Customer Screening is part of ACTICO’s broader compliance portfolio, giving financial institutions, banks, and insurers end-to-end coverage of their compliance requirements:
About the Chartis report
Chartis Research provides independent research and advisory services to banks, technology vendors, asset managers, and insurers across risk, compliance, and financial technology. The report “Watchlist and Adverse Media Monitoring Solutions, 2026” is available now. For more information, visit chartis-research.com.
Financial crime is becoming more complex – from phishing and sophisticated scams to cross-border money laundering networks and AI-driven fraud. Financial institutions need solutions that help them respond faster and more effectively.
Specialist research firm FinTech Global has analysed more than 500 companies based on technology, innovation, and growth, and has now revealed its top 50 providers driving progress in anti-money laundering, fraud prevention, and financial crime management. ACTICO has been included for the third time as one of the leading global providers in this space.
As digital transformation accelerates, financial crime continues to grow in both scale and sophistication. At the same time, artificial intelligence is reshaping the landscape at high speed. Financial institutions must act faster and more intelligently to protect themselves and their customers against evolving threats.
Richard Sachar, CEO of FinTech Global, comments:
“Financial crime is evolving at an unprecedented pace, with criminals leveraging new technologies to outmanoeuvre traditional defences. In response, financial institutions are rapidly adopting AI-powered analytics, real-time monitoring, and intelligent automation to strengthen their capabilities. The FinCrimeTech50 2026 recognises the companies delivering the most impactful solutions in this space, helping compliance teams stay ahead of emerging threats and build more resilient financial systems for the future.”
Thomas Suchy, Head of Product Management at ACTICO, explains:
The compliance technology market is at an inflection point. The question financial institutions are asking is no longer “Should we adopt AI?” but “How do we adopt AI without compromising our regulatory standing or data governance?”
That shift — from hesitation to implementation — is exactly where ACTICO has been positioning itself for years.
Learn more about the award and why financial institutions are turning to intelligent compliance technologies:
Access the full report on the FinTech Global website.
The report evaluated 17 Decision Intelligence Platform vendors against the criteria of Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute, assessing them across 15 relevant capabilities, including machine learning, virtual agents, and generative AI (GenAI).
“We are honored to be recognized as a Leader in the first-ever Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Decision Intelligence Platforms. We believe this recognition confirms that we successfully focus on combining strategic vision with consistent execution,” said Hans-Jürgen Rieder, CEO of ACTICO. “What matters most to our customers is the impact: our platform and solutions help organizations run more efficiently — with less manual effort, lower operating costs, and higher decision quality. And they do it with transparency and control, fully aligned with regulatory requirements.”
“Our approach is to translate platform capabilities into purpose-built solutions for regulated use cases. Building on our Decision Platform, we deliver dedicated solutions for Credit Risk Management and Compliance that combine standardized decision automation with domain-specific expertise.” Hans-Jürgen Rieder, CEO of ACTICO.
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ACTICO has been recognised as Leading Decisioning Platform 2025 at the 21st Elets NBFC 100 Tech Summit, hosted by Elets Banking & Finance. The award highlights ACTICO’s strong position in the APAC market and the company’s contribution to advancing digital and automated credit decisioning for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and financial service providers.
ACTICO Credit Decision Platform enables financial service providers and NBFCs to automate credit decisions, combining business rules and AI in a seamless way. Decisions remain transparent and under the control of business domain experts.
Key capabilities of the solution:
More information on ACTICO Credit Decision Platform can be found here.
“Being recognised as Leading Decisioning Platform 2025 is a strong validation of our long-term commitment to supporting NBFCs and financial service providers across India with reliable, high-performance decisioning technology. We are proud to see the impact our credit decisioning platform delivers in the market and appreciate the trust and collaboration we see across the region.“
Ruben Alink, Managing Director APAC
India is a strategic growth market for ACTICO. NBFCs face the challenge of automating credit decisions in a scalable, regulatory compliant, and efficient way:
“This recognition underscores ACTICO’s accelerating momentum in India, where NBFCs are increasingly focused on scalable, resilient and high-performance decisioning. Through close collaboration with customers on the ground, ACTICO enables lending institutions to enhance operational excellence, support growth at scale and drive sustainable outcomes across the Indian financial services ecosystem.“— Vishwas Trehan, Sales Director India, ACTICO
Complementing the recognition at the Elets Summit, the internationally recognised report The Forrester Wave™: AI Decisioning Platforms, Q2 2025 provides a benchmark comparison of 15 leading vendors worldwide. ACTICO was rated a “Strong Performer” and was the only provider recognised as a “Customer Favorite”.
Chartis Research has released its 2025 report “AML Transaction Monitoring Solutions, 2025: Quadrant Update”. The report offers an updated and expanded view of the AML vendor landscape.
Following a deep dive into ACTICO’s AML software and company capabilities, Chartis has placed ACTICO in the Category Leader Quadrant, recognising it as a major player in the AML space.
Chartis analysts evaluated ACTICO’s AML solution across seven categories and awarded only top-tier scores — placing ACTICO exclusively in the highest bands: “Advanced Capabilities” and “Best-in-Class.”
That’s great news for compliance and IT teams in banks, insurers, and financial service providers: the evaluation confirms the strong functionality, high performance, and flexible implementation options they count on in day-to-day operations.
Customers appreciate ACTICO AML for the speed and performance, especially when processing large data volumes — a strength that earned a Best-in-Class rating from the analysts.
In all three modeling categories — risk typology modelling, analytical modeling, and model quality & validation — ACTICO was recognised as a vendor with strong and automated AML transaction monitoring.
The software uses rule-based and graphically modelled logic to screen transactions, flag anomalies, and run complex scenarios — delivering precision, transparency, and auditability.
ACTICO’s AML solution was awarded “Advanced Capabilities” in three key categories: data and system integration, workflow automation, and packaging and deployment. This recognition highlights the strength of its architecture — including robust APIs that integrate with other systems including core banking systems, workflows designed for automation, and AI-readiness across the platform. With flexible deployment options — SaaS, on-premises, or in private cloud environments — the solution adapts to a wide range of IT strategies.
Importantly, this assessment goes beyond technical features. It reflects the broader picture of ACTICO’s role in the financial and insurance industry — including the trust and satisfaction of our customers. Their feedback and endorsement contributed significantly to this recognition.
We sincerely thank everyone involved in the evaluation process — especially our customers and partners who shared their experiences with the Chartis analyst team.
ACTICO Anti-Money Laundering software detects suspicious payments and behavioural patterns of individuals and monitors customer relationships. With a cloud-first approach, AI readiness, and flexible workflows, it provides banks, insurers and financial service providers with a modern, secure, and professional AML compliance environment.
“ACTICO’s Category Leader placement in our AML TMS quadrant reflects several key factors:
– a mature, data-driven model development approach
– AI-driven analytical modeling capabilities
– rapid transaction processing speed
– flexible reporting capabilities that provide a feedback loop to facilitate ongoing scenario improvement.
ACTICO’s robust model development and enhancement capabilities, coupled with strong analytical tools and solid performance, result in a combination that both compliance leaders and regulators view as increasingly important.”
Sean O’Malley, Research Director for Financial Crime & Control at Chartis Research
About Chartis Research:
Chartis Research provides independent research and advisory services to banks, technology vendors, asset managers, and insurers across all areas of risk, compliance, and financial technology.
With deep client relationships and technological expertise, the company offers comprehensive insights into market trends and Vendor capabilities in financial risk, trading, credit, financial crime, GRC, insurance, and energy sectors.
Compliance teams demand automation – but where does the real potential lie? FIU reporting shows how automation can relieve manual burden while improving report quality and speed.
Financial institutions and insurers face mounting pressure to report suspicious activities to FIUs and the Swiss MROS. With immediate action required when potential money laundering is detected, many firms struggle to deliver the speed and data quality that goAML demands.
ACTICO is transforming FIU reporting with generative AI – while keeping human expertise in the loop.
“Many compliance teams still invest enormous manual effort in compiling data and writing STR or SAR narratives,” says Thomas Suchy, ACTICO Head of Product Management. “We’re changing that. Our Generative-AI-driven FIU Reporting Solution prepares complete Suspicious Transaction Reports (STR) and Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR), with integrated validation and full auditability.”
Thomas Suchy – ACTICO Head of Product Management
ACTICO compliance specialists have always maintained that AI requires clear guardrails. Compliance officers review and approve every dataset before it’s uploaded via goAML.
This human-in-the-loop approach ensures oversight remains integral – AI assists, while people retain control.
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The market study “Watchlist and Adverse Media Monitoring Solutions, 2025” has propelled ACTICO and its Customer Screening and adverse media monitoring software into two Leader Quadrants.
What are the reasons behind this strong rating? In the Vendor Spotlight, the Chartis analysts reveal the six evaluation criteria and the final scores.
For the assessment of ACTICO and its software, Chartis Research defined six categories and assigned a score for each:
Across all criteria, ACTICO achieved top marks, ranking in the two highest bands: “Best-in-Class” and “Advanced Capabilities.”
In the Vendor Spotlight, the analysts explain ACTICO’s individual scores in detail.
Chartis Research views watchlist screening as an essential compliance function. The firm notes that financial institutions tend to favour established providers with proven platforms that offer comprehensive watchlist coverage, real-time transaction processing, and advanced case and workflow management capabilities.
In August 2025, Chartis Research published the report “Watchlist and Adverse Media Monitoring Solutions, 2025.”
The analysts named ACTICO a Category Leader in the RiskTech Quadrants® 2025 for Name and Transaction Screening Solutions and Adverse Media Monitoring Solutions.
Chartis attributes this strong placement to ACTICO’s combination of rule-based decisioning, real-time screening, and flexible deployment options (including both on-premise and cloud-based models).
The modular platform design supports implementations across a wide range of institutions – from regional banks to Tier 1 financial institutions and insurers.
The analysts highlight high-precision name matching, configurable screening rules for sanctions, PEP, and internal lists, and the use of AI to enhance accuracy and efficiency.
In the Vendor Spotlight, the analysts explain ACTICO’s individual scores in detail.
ACTICO’s placement in our Watchlist and Adverse Media Monitoring quadrants reflects the strength of its low-code workflows and breadth of coverage, as well as its focus on explainability and regulatory alignment. The solution combines decision automation, business rules, and machine learning within an auditable framework.
Phil Mackenzie
Chartis Research
About Chartis Research:
Chartis Research provides independent research and advisory services to banks, technology Vendors, asset managers, and insurers across all areas of risk, compliance, and financial technology.
With deep client relationships and technological expertise, Chartis offers comprehensive insights into market trends and Vendor capabilities in financial risk, trading, credit, financial crime, GRC, insurance, and energy sectors.
Chartis Research, a leading research firm, has released its new 2025 market report “Watchlist and Adverse Media Monitoring Solutions 2025”. We’re proud to share that ACTICO has secured a double leadership position as a category leader in both quadrants.”
This recognition is based on two key strengths:
✔ A strong analyst assessment of ACTICO’s capabilities
✔ Outstanding feedback from our customers
Together, these placed ACTICO in the leader categories for both watchlist and adverse media monitoring solutions. This dual recognition highlights our unwavering commitment to delivering innovative compliance solutions tailored to the needs of financial services and insurance providers.
We sincerely thank our customers for their continued trust and positive feedback to the Chartis analysts.
ACTICO’s compliance offering goes beyond watchlist and adverse media screening. It also includes:
These capabilities form the foundation of a comprehensive, 360-degree compliance program for both banks and insurance companies.
ACTICO’s recognition as a Category Leader in our 2025 Watchlist and Adverse Media Monitoring quadrants reflects its ability to combine advanced AI with low-code automation. By adopting this approach, its platform delivers robust functionality to end customers, offering scalable screening with full traceability, flexible rules and analytics.
Phil Mackenzie
Senior Research Principal at Chartis Research
Chartis Research identifies significant trends shaping the watchlist and adverse media monitoring segment. ACTICO is well positioned in this area, backed by a long-standing track record with banks and insurers that have relied on our solutions for years. This experience gives ACTICO a deep understanding of the needs of both compliance and IT teams. But we’ve taken things even further. We’ve made major investments in a new generation of compliance software, co-developed with compliance professionals and key stakeholders to precisely meet evolving market demands.
The result is a completely reimagined solution designed with:
This forward-looking approach supports cost-effective operations, especially for compliance teams facing increasing regulatory pressure and a need for greater automation. The solution can be deployed flexibly—in the ACTICO Cloud, on-premises, or in a private cloud environment.
As automation becomes a clear industry trend, ACTICO customer screening enables false positive reduction through custom configuration options and integrated machine learning.
About Chartis Research:
Chartis Research supports banks, tech vendors, investment managers and insurers with independent research and advice on all aspects of risk, compliance and financial technology. With their strong customer relationships and deep technology expertise, they are uniquely able to map market trends and vendor landscapes in financial risk, trading, credit, financial crime, GRC, insurance and energy.
ACTICO empowers companies worldwide to significantly increase their efficiency – always in line with regulatory requirements. With ACTICO Advanced Decision Automation Technology powering scalable, AI-supported software and SaaS solutions for Regulatory Compliance and Credit Risk Management, the company creates significant added value for its customers.
The Forrester Wave™: AI Decisioning Platforms, Q2 2025 is a comparative analysis of the top vendors in the market, evaluating strategy, current offering, and customer feedback. Fifteen AI decisioning platform providers were included in the assessment, each selected from a previously identified broader pool based on clearly defined inclusion criteria.
As highlighted in the evaluation, AI Decisioning Platforms are transforming the way organizations operationalize human intelligence and AI at scale – enabling faster, more accurate decisions across complex business processes.
They provide the essential capabilities to orchestrate data, models, and human oversight, while ensuring trust, compliance, and agility.
The current evaluation placed a new emphasis on customer feedback, which recently became a key factor in the Forrester Wave™– and we believe ACTICO clearly stood out. The company received the distinction of a “Customer Favorite,” which for us underscores our deep customer focus and commitment to service excellence.
“Delivering high-performance technology and solutions while staying consistently focused on our clients’ needs is central to our approach,” says Hans Jürgen Rieder, CEO of ACTICO. “We are proud that our customers recognize and value this commitment. Their feedback affirms for us that our strong industry expertise—particularly in regulated environments—combined with unwavering dedication to service excellence truly sets us apart.”
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