Silent Eight in 2025: A Stellar Year in Review

The story of 2025 in financial crime compliance is one of acceleration. Around the world, banks began moving decisively towards AI-enabled operations – not as an experiment, but as a necessity.

This shift opened new possibilities for transparency, speed, and scale, and it created space for technology providers to demonstrate what responsible innovation can and should look like in practice.

The honours Silent Eight received this year demonstrate its leadership in a movement that has recently gained intensity, after evolving gradually for nearly a decade. They reflect how the industry is evolving, what institutions now expect from AI partners, and how far collaboration can push what once felt like limits.

Strengthening Confidence in Explainable AI

ICA Compliance Awards Europe - Compliance AI Solution of the Year

In Europe, regulators and financial institutions are increasingly prioritising AI systems that can justify and evidence the decisions they make. As compliance environments become more data-intensive and time-sensitive, explainability has shifted from an optional feature to an operational requirement. 

Silent Eight’s recognition at the ICA Compliance Awards in June reflected this shift. Our Name Screening Adjudicator (NSA) was acknowledged for its ability to deliver fast, consistent, and fully explainable outcomes in high-volume screening environments, winning Compliance AI Solution of the Year. Judges highlighted how solutions like NSA are helping organisations move away from manual, inconsistent processes towards more structured decisioning frameworks that are easier to validate and govern.

The significance of this award lies in what it represents for the wider industry: a growing expectation that AI must be both powerful and accountable. It reinforces Silent Eight’s role in helping institutions adopt technology that not only accelerates compliance work, but does so in a way that meets – and often exceeds – regulatory expectations for transparency and trust.

Scaling Compliance in High-Growth Markets

ABF FinTech Awards – RegTech Initiative of the Year 

Across Asia, financial institutions are navigating rapid growth in customers, transactions, and regulatory expectations, with banks in the region turning towards AI to help bridge the gap between operational demands and investigative capacity.

Silent Eight’s RegTech Initiative of the Year win at the Asian Banking & Finance (ABF) FinTech Awards in July indicated how our Agentic AI approach is supporting that transition. The award highlighted the practical advantages our technology brings to institutions that need real-time decisioning, consistent investigations, and tools that can adapt as risks shift. Rather than simply easing workload, our solutions enable compliance teams to operate with greater confidence and speed in environments where timelines are tight and stakes are high.

“From the beginning, our mission has been to use advanced AI to help financial institutions scale their compliance operations,”

“We’re proud to be leading the way in responsible, auditable, and human-centered AI that delivers measurable impact for the world’s largest banks.”

said Martin Markiewicz, CEO of Silent Eight.

Elevating Trust in the AI Ecosystem 

Global Brand Frontier Awards – Leading RegTech Innovator (Singapore)

As AI adoption accelerates across financial services, institutions are placing greater emphasis on trust - not just in the technology itself, but in the partners behind it. This year’s Global Brand Frontier Awards recognised Silent Eight as Singapore’s Leading RegTech Innovator, a distinction shaped by one of the most selective evaluation processes in the region.

The recognition highlighted our ability to deliver solutions that perform consistently well under real operational conditions. Award reviewers emphasised Silent Eight’s consistency, transparency, and proven client outcomes, reflecting the tangible value our technology brings to banks navigating increasingly complex compliance demands.

What makes this award especially meaningful is its focus on demonstrated impact. At a time when many AI claims remain theoretical, this recognition reinforces Silent Eight’s reputation as a partner that delivers measurable results - strengthening trust, supporting governance, and helping institutions adopt AI with confidence.

Meeting High-Volume Needs 

Global BankTech Awards – Best AI/ML Solutions Provider to Retail Banks (Financial Crime) 

Retail banks operate under enormous daily pressure, with high transaction volumes and fast-changing risks that demand both speed and accuracy. This year’s Global BankTech Awards recognised Silent Eight’s ability to support those demands by delivering solutions that help institutions make confident, well-supported decisions at scale.

Our real-time capabilities, automated workflows, and seamless integration with complex banking environments were key factors in claiming the Best AI/ML Solutions Provider to Retail Banks award for the Financial Crime category. Banks using our technology reported strengthened consistency in investigations and clearer, more reliable outcomes - particularly in high-volume, high-urgency scenarios.

What makes this award meaningful is that it reflects our performance where it matters most: environments where customer trust, regulatory expectations, and operational resilience converge, highlighting our ability to support the unique pressures of modern retail banking.

Supporting Smarter, More Predictable Operations

Tech Excellence Awards – Best Digital Solution Provider (RegTech) 

Financial institutions are placing greater emphasis on consistency and clarity in their compliance processes, seeking solutions that help teams make reliable decisions even as caseloads rise. Predictability - in outcomes, workflows, and auditability - has become a core requirement as operations grow more complex.

Reflecting how our AI platform, Iris, supports this need, Silent Eight took home the Best Digital Solution Provider award for the RegTech category at the Tech Excellence Awards. The award highlighted Iris’ ability to streamline investigations, reduce manual workload, and deliver clear, defensible decisions that fit seamlessly into existing compliance structures.

What makes this acknowledgment meaningful is that it speaks directly to the challenges compliance teams face today. It reinforces the value of technology that not only accelerates investigative work but also strengthens the structure and confidence behind every decision.

Raising the Standard for AI Trust

IMDA Accreditation – Recognised as One of Singapore’s Most Trusted AI Companies

As AI takes on a larger role in financial services, institutions are seeking clearer assurances that the technologies they adopt are secure, reliable, and ready for real-world operational demands. Accreditation frameworks have become an important way to validate those capabilities.

Silent Eight’s IMDA Accreditation reflects that need for confidence. The assessment evaluated our technical strength, operational maturity, and the impact of our deployments with major financial institutions, confirming our ability to deliver AI solutions that perform safely and effectively at scale.

This recognition is significant because it offers independent validation at a time when trust in AI matters more than ever. It reinforces Silent Eight’s position as a partner equipped to support both public- and private-sector organisations with technology that meets high standards for transparency, performance, and resilience.

Looking Forward: Building the Future, Together

The recognition we received this year reflects more than industry trends - it reflects the partnerships that have shaped our journey. Every problem solved, every process improved, and every deployment scaled has come from close collaboration with teams who share the goal of safer, smarter financial systems.

As we look to 2026, that collaboration becomes even more important. Institutions are navigating shifting criminal behaviours, rising regulatory expectations, and an expanding role for AI across their organisations. Our priority is to continue supporting them with technology that combines speed with clarity and trusted, transparent automation.

The future of compliance will be defined not just by the tools we build, but by the outcomes they enable. We move into the next year committed to helping financial institutions operate with greater confidence and to advancing the next evolution of responsible, explainable AI.