Dublin, Amsterdam – 25 April 2022 – Fenergo, the leading provider of digital solutions for Know your Customer (KYC) and client lifecycle management (CLM), has announced the acquisition of Sentinels, an anti-money laundering (AML) transaction monitoring start-up with artificial intelligence (AI) based technology.
The acquisition, for an undisclosed amount, strengthens Fenergo’s ability to deliver end-to-end Software as a Service (SaaS) based-CLM with smart transaction monitoring to financial institutions. The deal comes as the industry continues to be challenged by rising financial crime, evolving regulations, operational inefficiencies, and pressure to deliver a better customer experience. Fenergo enables financial institutions to adhere to KYC and AML regulations while onboarding clients safely and efficiently accelerating readiness to do business. Sentinels’ transaction monitoring solutions are purpose-designed to detect and eliminate criminal transactions fast and at scale.
As a result of the deal, Fenergo’s clients and financial institutions will be able to combine rich KYC profiles with client behavioural data for continuous and granular KYC monitoring. This will also ensure that the most appropriate due diligence is exercised. The acquisition will enable Sentinels to scale rapidly, increase its global footprint, and strengthen its ability to serve the needs of larger financial institutions.
Commenting on the deal, Marc Murphy, CEO of Fenergo, said: “Our shared goal of aiming to solve the increasing compliance and operational challenges facing financial institutions made Sentinels an ideal fit. By adding transaction compliance to our existing client onboarding and product origination solutions, financial institutions can monitor and review client behaviour and identify risks in an ongoing basis. This blended approach to financial crime makes us perfectly placed to address the rising compliance challenges faced by financial institutions more efficiently.”
Joost van Houten, Founder and CEO of Sentinels, added: “With compliance costs surging to unsustainable levels, being blindsided by increasingly sophisticated criminal activity is simply not an option. It is therefore imperative for financial institutions to break through data siloes and start assessing client risk holistically across KYC and transaction monitoring. The combined force of Fenergo and Sentinels will ensure leading financial institutions and the fintech disrupters are best equipped to navigate the complex regulatory environment and fight financial crime.”
Both firms’ technology is powered by the cloud. Sentinels, launched in 2019 with venture studio Slimmer AI, differentiates from other transaction monitoring firms by leveraging a combination of customisable business rules, machine learning and network analysis that increases the accuracy of behavioural client risk profiles and the detection of financial crime.
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About Fenergo:
Fenergo is the leading provider of digital solutions for client lifecycle management (CLM) and digital transformation for financial institutions. Its software digitally transforms and streamlines end-to-end CLM processes – from regulatory onboarding, data integration, client and counterparty data management, client lifecycle reviews and remediation, all the way to client offboarding. Fenergo is recognized for its in-depth financial services and regulatory expertise and out-of-the-box rules engine which ensures financial institutions are future-proofed against evolving Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money-Laundering (AML), tax and OTC derivatives-based regulations across 120 jurisdictions. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Fenergo has offices in North America, the UK, Poland, Spain, South Africa, Asia Pacific, and the UAE.
For further information about Fenergo, please visit: www.fenergo.com
About Sentinels:
Sentinels is an intelligent transaction monitoring solution dedicated to data-driven compliance for the financial industry. With a strong core engineering team having over a decade of experience developing innovative products, Sentinels’ modern detection approach and flexible case management interface has a proven track record in improving compliance outcomes. Its secure cloud-based offering ensures a high level of customer trust and meets dynamic regulatory requirements
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