85% plan to increase agentic AI investment for FCC

The Audit – Explainable AI in AFC

October 2025

Felix Berkhahn

Chief Data Scientist

The results are in: 85% of bank financial crime and compliance (FCC) leaders surveyed in our new research report with Chartis say their organization will increase investment in agentic AI.

How is agentic AI changing the game? We recently published our definitive guide to agentic AI in FCC, exploring how banks and payment companies can use agentic to strengthen their defenses against financial crime. Get your copy.

How do we know that 85% of FCC leaders see agentic investment ahead?

It’s a key finding in our new research study with Chartis on AI adoption spanning traditional AI, generative AI, and agentic AI. Register for a preview copy of the report and be first to see where banks and payment companies are on the AI adoption curve.

To give you a taster, one of the most promising uses of agentic AI is in AML investigations, where agentic AI can:

Automate investigative research

Label cases by typology

Draft SAR narratives

Another key area is detection optimization, where agentic AI can:

Optimize AML thresholds

Recommend updates to rules and AI logic

Identify gaps in scenario coverage

👉 Read more on how agentic AI will be used in FCC here.

Hawk’s Fraud Solution Named “Technology Standout” by Celent

Hawk has been recognized by Celent as a technology stand-out in its annual review of 37 leading global anti-fraud providers.

Hawk was praised for our intuitive interface with natural language alert explanations and visualized network analysis, as well as our integrated fraud and AML capabilities that enable FIs to unify detection and compliance in a single platform.

"Legacy fraud systems are struggling to keep pace with fast-moving threats. To fight the flood of fraud, financial institutions need to combine real-time detection with the power of AI, and Hawk is setting the standard for both,” said Hrishi Talwar, VP of Product, Fraud at Hawk.

👉 Learn more about our fraud solution here.

Awards & Recognition

Hawk Recognized Among 2026 RiskTech100® Leaders by Chartis

Hawk has been named one of the world’s top risk technology providers in the Chartis RiskTech100® 2026.

The recognition highlights Hawk’s AI-native approach to financial crime and compliance, delivering impressive results to banks and payment companies with AML and fraud solutions that bring explainability as standard.

Wolfgang Berner, Chief Product Officer at Hawk, said: “Hawk’s AI-native approach combines explainability and model governance with seamless integration into our customers’ operations and model validation processes. This recognition by Chartis reflects both the impact of our technology today and the direction the entire industry is moving when it comes to risk and compliance.”

👉 Learn more about our AI solutions here.

Recent news from Hawk

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