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A UK financial crime platform covering client screening against sanctions, PEPs and adverse media, transaction screening, monitoring and ongoing risk assessment.
Napier AI scores 2.7 out of 5 (54 out of 100) in the Buckingham Intelligence Sanctions and Adverse Media Screening Index 2026 and ranks 9 of 12. It is strongest for banks wanting screening and monitoring on one platform with strong security credentials, with 5 out of 5 for screening coverage and security and clients. Not published or not stated on the pages read: pricing and matching and alert handling.
Scores from the Sanctions and Adverse Media Screening Index 2026.
| Segment | Score out of 100 | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| For payment and e-money firms | 53 | 10 of 12 |
| For banks and lenders | 61 | 7 of 12 |
| For crypto firms | 48 | 10 of 12 |
The score out of 5 is the overall score out of 100 divided by 20. Leader goes to the top three overall, Best for to the first in each segment, and Top rated for to a score of 5 out of 5 on a criterion. Awards cannot be bought.
Where it scores best, and where to check closely, as shown in each ranking.
Banks wanting screening and monitoring on one platform with strong security credentials.
What Napier AI publishes on its own pages, read on 26 October 2026.
A UK financial crime platform covering client screening against sanctions, PEPs and adverse media, transaction screening, monitoring and ongoing risk assessment. It publishes both main security certifications and names a bank client. It uses third-party list data and publishes no prices, list counts or update times.
| Fact | What the provider publishes |
|---|---|
| Coverage | "Real-time and batch screening across sanctions, PEPs & adverse media"; Client Screening, Transaction Screening and Transaction Monitoring; Perpetual Client Risk Assessment across "the full client lifecycle". |
| Pricing | Not published on the pages read. |
| Data | No list or source count and no update frequency on the pages read. |
| Matching | "Advanced fuzzy-matching algorithms that reduce false positives"; detection engine "learning from every analyst decision"; transaction monitoring has an "integrated sandbox for rapid rules testing". |
| Integration | "Cloud native, API first architecture"; "Deploy in the cloud or on premise, with our case management or headless via API"; real-time and batch screening. |
| Security and clients | "ISO 27001:2022 Certified" and "SOC2 Type 2 Audited". "Trusted by more than 150 financial institutions"; Banco do Brasil named for a sanctions operations award with Napier AI. |
| Date read | 26 October 2026 |
A fact that is not published is scored as not offered or, for a fee, as if it were high. It is never estimated.
Facts read on 26 October 2026 from: napier.ai.
Each score with the evidence behind it.
Each criterion is scored 0 to 5 against the best published offer in the Sanctions and Adverse Media Screening Index. 0 means not offered or not published. How it is scored
The other providers in the same ranking, ordered by score.
| Provider | Score out of 5 | Rank | Strongest for |
|---|---|---|---|
| ComplyAdvantage | 4.5 | 1 of 12 | Payment and e-money firms wanting full coverage with a published monthly price table |
| dilisense | 4.0 | 2 of 12 | Smaller payment and crypto firms wanting low published per-check prices |
| Castellum.AI | 3.8 | 3 of 12 | US banks and fintechs wanting very fresh data and automated alert review |
| sanctions.io | 3.8 | 4 of 12 | Fintechs and crypto firms wanting hourly list updates and quick API set-up |
| LSEG World-Check | 3.4 | 5 of 12 | Banks and larger firms wanting an established risk database with a free trial |
| OpenSanctions | 3.1 | 6 of 12 | Crypto and payment firms wanting the clearest published per-query prices and traceable sources |
| Facctum | 2.9 | 7 of 12 | Banks and payment firms wanting fast payment screening and a choice of hosting region |
| Dow Jones Risk & Compliance | 2.8 | 8 of 12 | Banks and investment firms needing ownership data on sanctioned parties |
| Sanction Scanner | 2.6 | 10 of 12 | Smaller firms wanting one plan for screening, adverse media and daily monitoring |
| Ripjar | 2.4 | 11 of 12 | Large banks wanting entity-based screening across many languages |
| Moody's Grid | 1.6 | 12 of 12 | Banks wanting a broad risk database to feed their own screening systems |
Side by side on every criterion, fact and award.
Head-to-head comparisons cover pairs within the top five of each ranking. Napier AI is compared with its alternatives in the table above.
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