Purpose-Built for SEA Compliance
CekapAI is a Malaysian-incorporated RegTech company on a mission to make world-class AML screening accessible to every regulated institution in Southeast Asia — from fintechs to Tier-1 banks.
Headquarters
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Incorporated
Registered with SSM, Malaysia
Focus
Malaysia & Southeast Asia
Why We Exist
Compliance teams across Southeast Asia are forced to choose between expensive global tools that ignore local context and manual processes that can't scale. The result: 90%+ false positive rates, analyst burnout, and regulatory risk.
We built CekapAI to close that gap. Our platform combines global sanctions and PEP data with hyper-local intelligence — BNM advisories, Malaysian adverse media, regional PEP registries — and wraps it in an AI engine that explains every decision in plain language.
The name “Cekap” means “efficient” in Malay. That's the promise: efficient, explainable, and affordable AML screening for every institution that needs it.
Regulatory Alignment
CekapAI is designed to help institutions meet the following regulatory frameworks.
- BNM Anti-Money Laundering, Countering Financing of Terrorism and Targeted Financial Sanctions (AML/CFT/TFS) Policy Document
- AMLA 2001 (Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act)
- FATF 40 Recommendations on Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing
- MAS Notice 626 (Singapore) — Prevention of Money Laundering
- OFAC compliance screening requirements
- EU Anti-Money Laundering Directives (AMLD)
- Malaysia Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA)
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