Assessment
complead, which traded as Sanction Scanner until 2026, is used by fintechs, payment and e-money institutions, crypto companies, and banks in more than 80 countries. It screens customers and payments against more than 3,500 sanction, PEP, and media sources refreshed every 15 minutes, and adds customer risk assessment, KYB and beneficial ownership checks, transaction monitoring, payment screening, and real-time fraud prevention. API responses come back in under 200 milliseconds, and free sanction, PEP, and crypto checks are open on its site. Pricing is quoted. Its main competitors are ComplyAdvantage, Castellum.AI, Ripjar, and Flagright.
Fatih Coşkun founded it in Istanbul in 2020 after five and a half years at Mastercard, landing the first customer from the payment institution upstairs from his office. It opened a London office the same year, now serves more than 800 financial institutions, and has made the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Türkiye list four years running. The team of approximately 40 has never raised outside capital and runs profitably. The name changed to complead in 2026 as the product grew from screening into a full risk platform.
It fits a fintech that wants list screening done fast and well, with monitoring and fraud in the same contract. It is a weaker fit for a global bank that wants a large vendor with an enterprise services arm.
Rating by criterion
We score each of the eight criteria out of 100.
Sector criteria
Screen against more than 3,500 sanction, PEP, and media sources across 220 countries, with KYB and ownership checks.
Add transaction monitoring, payment screening, device and behavior analysis, and real-time fraud rules.
Review hits and alerts in one workflow, with customer risk assessment.
Refresh lists every 15 minutes and keep 99.995% platform uptime for regulated customers.
Vendor criteria
Grow from screening into a single risk, compliance, and fraud platform under the new name.
Connect through an API with responses under 200 milliseconds, ready integrations, and free check tools.
Request a quote; free single checks are open on the website.
Expect plans sized to screening and monitoring volume.
Against its peers
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User comments
These buyer-oriented points draw on complead’s product and company pages and an interview with its founder.
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Based on: complead homepage; complead about page; Founder Reports interview.
Fact file
| Chief executive | Fatih Coşkun (founder) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2020, Istanbul, as Sanction Scanner |
| Products | Screening, adverse media, KYB, transaction monitoring, and fraud prevention |
| Customers | More than 800 financial institutions in more than 80 countries |
| Outside funding | None |
Competitive landscape
Screening and AML platforms a fintech would compare with complead.
complead: 76
- complead76
- Sumsub84
- SEON81
- ComplyAdvantage80
- Castellum.AI75
- Ripjar74
- Flagright72
Comparisons
Key leadership
Fatih Coşkun founded the company as Sanction Scanner in 2020 and is chief executive. He spent five and a half years at Mastercard as a program manager.
How this review was created
This profile gives our own assessment of complead to companies selecting a KYC, AML & identity provider. The Fintech Index receives nothing for featuring a firm, for sponsorship, or for advertising, and complead gave us no payment for the profile.
The rating equals the average of eight criteria, with every criterion running from 0 to 100. Four address buyer needs in this sector, and four address the company together with its commercial terms.
Ratings are our editorial judgment, made from public information: pricing and legal pages, product documentation, compliance disclosures, public reviews and filings. Fact-checking took place on November 12, 2026.
Source pages
- complead homepage: https://complead.ai/ (As of November 12, 2026)
- complead about page: https://complead.ai/about-us (As of November 12, 2026)
- complead, From Sanction Scanner to complead: https://complead.ai/blog/from-sanction-scanner-to-complead-why-now-and-why-this-way (As of November 12, 2026)
- Founder Reports, Fatih Coşkun interview: https://founderreports.com/interview/complead/ (As of November 12, 2026)