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ComplyAdvantage

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“Can an AI-native compliance platform become the default financial-crime infrastructure layer for regulated fintechs and banks worldwide?”

Founded2014
HQLondon, United Kingdom
FoundersCharles Delingpole
Total raised$88M+ (as of Series C, 2020)
Latest roundSeries C, 2020
IndustryInfrastructure / KYC
The story

ComplyAdvantage was founded in 2014 in London as an AI-driven AML, sanctions and adverse media data provider serving banks, fintechs, insurers and crypto firms. The company has scaled from a screening data feed into a full financial crime risk platform (ComplyAdvantage Mesh) with customer screening, transaction monitoring, payment screening and — most recently — agentic AI workflows that resolve routine alerts autonomously. It is an infrastructure vendor to the embedded-finance ecosystem, not a consumer of it.

Last 12 months
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Product timeline
2014
ComplyAdvantage founded by Charles Delingpole in London as an AML risk data platform· founding
2020
Raised $50M Series C led by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (TIP)· funding
2025
Launched ComplyAdvantage Mesh, an AI-native financial crime risk platform with agentic workflows· product
The stack
2 layers disclosed in ComplyAdvantage’s embedded-finance stack
FX & payouts
monex
Fraud
in the full report
Accounting gap: none
1 more provider across 1 layer, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.

ComplyAdvantage — frequently asked

Who handles ComplyAdvantage's FX and cross-border payouts?

ComplyAdvantage uses monex for FX and cross-border payouts.

What fraud prevention does ComplyAdvantage use?

ComplyAdvantage uses ComplyAdvantage for fraud prevention.

What is ComplyAdvantage's embedded finance stack?

The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 2 layers in ComplyAdvantage's stack: FX & payouts (monex); Fraud (ComplyAdvantage).

Who founded ComplyAdvantage?

ComplyAdvantage was founded by Charles Delingpole and is founded in 2014, headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

How much funding has ComplyAdvantage raised?

ComplyAdvantage has raised $88M+ (as of Series C, 2020) in total (latest round: Series C, 2020).

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