“Can AI-native AML and fraud detection displace legacy rules-based compliance systems across banks and fintechs?”
Hawk (hawk.ai) is a Munich-based RegTech/FinCrime SaaS company focused on anti-money-laundering detection and investigation, leveraging AI and machine learning. It operates as a B2B SaaS vendor selling to financial institutions and fintechs rather than offering embedded finance products to end consumers. The company raised a Series B and positions itself as cloud-native AML/fraud infrastructure, hosting exclusively on AWS in the EU.
Hawk discloses Alviere as its banking provider, according to the Embedded Finance Index 2026.
Hawk does not disclose a bank charter of its own; its banking services are provided through Alviere.
Hawk is headquartered in Munich, Germany.
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