Themis has launched its AI-first Onboarding module within Themis Search, transforming client, supplier, and third-party onboarding. The solution streamlines KYC/KYB with automated ID checks, real-time screening, risk scoring, and configurable workflows, reducing friction while ensuring compliance. Scalable and secure, it supports businesses of all sizes in managing financial crime risks.

Themis, the award-winning financial crime prevention platform, announced its continued expansion in the Middle East, opening a new office in Bahrain and significantly growing its presence in the United Arab Emirates. This move underscores the region’s continued leadership in adopting cutting-edge technology and setting global standards in financial crime risk management.

A new white paper by the leading financial crime specialists reveals a transformative shift in how organisations are deploying — and planning to deploy — AI. Building on earlier AI research by Themis — including working with the UAE Government’s National Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Committee (NAMLCFTC) — this latest study offers a timely pulse check on how companies are currently leveraging AI to combat criminal activity and mitigate financial risk.

Themis has launched its Customer Risk Calculator, an AI-powered solution helping organisations assess, prioritise, and manage customer risk with speed and consistency. Built with client input, it automates and customises risk scoring across key dimensions—customer, jurisdiction, product, transaction, delivery channel, and screening—supporting compliance and robust audit trails.

ATFX, a leading global brokerage firm, has partnered with British AML experts Themis to strengthen compliance and due diligence processes across the Levant region. This strategic collaboration underscores ATFX's commitment to adhering to international anti-money laundering (AML) standards and combatting financial crimes.

Financial crime technology provider Themis, and global leader in business payments, Bottomline, today published a research-based white paper detailing the most critical fraud risks facing commercial banks in 2025. Drawing on an industry-wide survey of commercial banking professionals across North America and the UK, the white paper identifies fraudsters’ evolving tactics and the vulnerabilities financial institutions must address to stay ahead.

Themis, a leading provider of financial crime prevention solutions and services, announced today at Abu Dhabi Finance Week that it has successfully raised over £7.25 million in its Scale-Up Funding Round, surpassing its initial target of £3-5 million. The funding round will officially close on 16 December 2024.

Themis, a leading provider of financial crime prevention solutions, today announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with Dow Jones, enhancing its comprehensive suite of due diligence and compliance tools. This development marks a significant advancement in Themis's mission to combat financial crime through superior data and analytics.

WWF and Themis have launched an Environmental Crime Financial Toolkit at COP16 in Cali to help financial institutions address risks from deforestation and land conversion. The open-access platform strengthens detection and monitoring of illicit activity, tackling environmental crimes estimated by INTERPOL at US$110–281 billion annually and rising 5–7% each year.

WWF has launched an Environmental Crime Financial Toolkit at COP16 in Cali, developed with Themis to help financial institutions address environmental crime risks worth US$110–281 billion annually. The open-access platform highlights red flags tied to deforestation and land conversion, enabling better screening, risk assessment, and due diligence integration.

WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), the independent conservation organisation, has launched a new Environmental Crime Financial Toolkit at the COP16 nature summit in Cali, Colombia, to help financial institutions minimise their exposure to environmental financial crime. Developed in collaboration with financial crime software company Themis, the WWF toolkit is an open-access platform that equips firms to better detect and monitor illicit activity related to land conversion and deforestation, by highlighting red flags and risks connected with different types of environmental and financial crimes.

WWF has launched an Environmental Crime Financial Toolkit at COP16 in Cali, developed with Themis, to help financial institutions tackle environmental crime estimated at US$110–281 billion annually. The open-access platform flags risks from deforestation and land conversion, strengthens screening, and integrates easily into existing compliance systems.

The latest issue of International Accountant magazine is out now, featuring an article by Henry Wyard, Senior Policy Analyst at Themis, on how AI is transforming three core data-driven processes at the heart of modern anti-financial crime efforts. This issue also covers how to better support ethnic minority business owners, the broader use of AI in tackling financial crime, and the benefits of online exams and remote invigilation.

Most financial institutions are failing to implement policies that track and reduce their exposure to land conversion-related crimes, a new survey reveals. A report published this morning highlights that even leading institutions are falling short in addressing the financial risks linked to land conversion and associated environmental crimes.

Global Canopy reports that in 2023, around 150 financial institutions financed 350 high-deforestation-risk companies with US$6.1 trillion. This highlights major risks for the financial sector and climate goals, as deforestation and wider land conversion drive environmental damage, biodiversity loss, and social harm across vulnerable ecosystems.

Themis has launched its risk management cloud service in Jeddah, strengthening efforts to combat financial crime in Saudi Arabia. Built to meet data sovereignty rules, it ensures all customer data stays local. With advanced technology, strong security, and compliance features, it delivers a robust solution aligned with Vision 2030.

Themis has launched its financial crime risk management cloud service in Saudi Arabia, hosted in Jeddah. Purpose-built for the region, it ensures full compliance with data sovereignty by keeping all customer data within the Kingdom. With advanced technology, strong security, and regulatory alignment, the platform supports organisations in strengthening financial crime prevention.

Themis has launched its advanced financial crime risk management cloud service in Saudi Arabia, hosted in Jeddah. Designed to meet regional requirements, the platform ensures full compliance with data sovereignty by keeping customer data within the Kingdom. With robust security, scalability, and regulatory alignment, it supports organisations in strengthening financial crime prevention.

On 17 October 2023, Themis and WWF UK announced a joint initiative to create a Financial Crimes Toolkit addressing deforestation and land conversion risks. Targeting regions such as the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia, the toolkit supports responsible finance, tackling environmental harm and protecting vulnerable communities.

On 17 October 2023, Themis and WWF UK announced a collaboration to create a Deforestation and Land Conversion-Linked Financial Crimes Toolkit, launching next year. Focused on risks from deforestation in the Amazon, Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia, the toolkit will help financial institutions manage environmental, social, and human rights impacts more responsibly.

Prominent AI institutions in Abu Dhabi convened to highlight the city’s early commitment to artificial intelligence. Building on the success of the MENA region’s largest Fintech Festival, Fintech Abu Dhabi’s 7th edition gathered global leaders from finance, technology, startups, and academia, reinforcing Abu Dhabi’s position as a progressive hub for innovation and AI-driven growth.