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Turkish fintech Complead targets US growth after reaching 80 countries
Turkish fintech company Complead is expanding in the US with a company and local team in New York.
It began in 2020 as Sanction Scanner, a startup at Yıldız Technical University focused on checking financial customers against sanctions lists.
The company now serves more than 800 organisations in over 80 countries, and says more than half its customers are outside Türkiye.
It has grown without taking outside investment, with all shares held by its founders and employees.
Its software has expanded from sanctions checks into tools for compliance, risk monitoring and fraud detection.
The company says its AI automates 77% of routine cases and can cut false alerts by up to 97%.
Complead says it plans to develop products for trade compliance, crypto regulations and environmental, social and governance standards.
Complead, a Turkish financial technology company formerly known as Sanction Scanner, is targeting growth in the United States through a company and local team in New York.
The company says it serves more than 800 corporate customers in over 80 countries.
It has expanded from sanctions-list screening into an AI-based platform for compliance, risk and fraud prevention.
Complead says it has reached its current scale without outside investment, and its shares are fully owned by its founders and employees.
Founder and CEO Fatih Coşkun said the company began in 2020 at Yıldız Technical University’s incubator.
- Who
- Complead, formerly Sanction Scanner, a Turkish financial technology company.
- What
- It is seeking to accelerate its growth in the US with a company and local team in New York.
- When
- The company’s US expansion plans were reported on October 18, 2026.
- Where
- The company was founded in Turkey and is targeting the US market from New York.
- Why
- It aims to grow in the US as it expands its compliance, risk and fraud-prevention business.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Sanction Scanner was founded in the incubator at Yıldız Technical University to help financial institutions screen sanctions lists.
The company built an infrastructure covering more than 3,000 data points from institutions and organizations in different countries.
The company had grown to more than 800 corporate customers in over 80 countries and rebranded as Complead.
Complead aims to accelerate its US growth through a company and local team in New York.
- Countries served
- More than 80
- Corporate customers
- More than 800
- Outside investment
- None received, according to the company
- Ownership
- 100% held by founders and employees
- US presence
- Company and local team in New York
- AI automation
- 77% of routine compliance cases, according to company figures
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