LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 5, 2026--
ThetaRay, a global leader in AI-native financial crime compliance infrastructure, has been named The World’s Best Software Provider for AML and Sanctions Screening at the 2026 Euromoney Transaction Banking Awards. Evaluated by Euromoney’s editorial and research team, ThetaRay was recognized for technology excellence, verifiable performance, and advancing the modern transaction banking value chain.
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The recognition reinforces ThetaRay’s standing as foundational compliance infrastructure for global institutions, closely following Chartis Research ranking ThetaRay #8 globally in the Financial Crime and Compliance50 (FCC50) 2026 report and naming the company a Category Winner for Explainable AI.
“Our customers operate on the front lines against illicit networks exploiting the speed and scale of modern payment rails, which means defensive technology must meet and outpace them in real time,” said Brad Levy, CEO of ThetaRay. “Being recognized by Euromoney alongside our top-tier ranking by Chartis confirms our role as essential compliance AI infrastructure that meets the highest global regulatory standards.”
“As financial crime risks become increasingly complex and interconnected, banks need to move beyond fragmented compliance solutions and towards a more integrated, intelligence-driven approach,” said Luis Pinedo, Chief Strategic Customers Officer at ThetaRay. “ThetaRay delivers the transparent AI financial institutions need to catch real crime embedded into an effective control framework without disrupting the customer experience.”
ThetaRay’s platform functions as an intelligent infrastructure layer embedded directly into core banking architecture without requiring disruptive rip-and-replace deployments. Leveraging advanced patented machine learning algorithms and agentic AI, the platform delivers:
The company's accelerating market adoption follows a pivotal 2026. Under the leadership of CEO Brad Levy, appointed in January 2026, ThetaRay introduced Ray, its agentic investigations platform.
These honors cap a standout year of industry recognition for ThetaRay, including selection for CNBC’s World’s Top FinTech Companies, Silver in the 2026 Datos Insights Fraud & AML Impact Awards, Best RegTech Solution at Finovate, and inclusion on both the FinCrimeTech50 and the Harrington Starr Influence List.
Read Euromoney’s feature on ThetaRay’s recognition here and explore the full list of 2026 Euromoney Transaction Banking Awards winners here.
To learn more about how ThetaRay’s AI risk decisioning infrastructure powers global anti-money laundering, sanctions screening, and KYC, visit www.thetaray.com.
About ThetaRay
ThetaRay provides the end-to-end financial crime risk decisioning infrastructure for enterprises that refuse to trade compliance for business growth. Powered by advanced machine learning, ThetaRay integrates across the full customer lifecycle, from sanctions screening and customer due diligence to transaction monitoring. Its agentic AI investigator, Ray, functions as a universal intelligence layer, cross-checking complex data to turn every alert into audit-ready case files in seconds. Trusted by global banks, fintechs, and PSPs, including Santander, ClearBank, Payoneer and Mashreq Bank, ThetaRay is recognized on CNBC World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026 list for empowering enterprises to automate compliance, eliminate friction, and scale safely. Learn how ThetaRay is transforming financial crime compliance at thetaray.com.
ThetaRay Named World’s Best Software Provider for AML and Sanctions Screening in the 2026 Euromoney Transaction Banking Awards
NEW YORK (AP) — A fire barreled through a two-story home in New York early Thursday, killing six people and injuring nine others, including three firefighters and two police officers, the city's fire department said.
More than 200 first responders quickly got to the fire in the row house in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood. A cause has not been determined yet.
“Upon arrival, we had fire on every floor,” Kevin Woods, the department's chief of fire operations, said at a news conference near the severely charred wood home. “Fire blowing out every window, meeting us at the front door.”
Firefighters rescued four people, getting through a rear entrance in the two-unit home to get to two people who were trapped behind window bars, he said. A staircase partially collapsed inside the home, he added.
The fire was brought under control in about three hours and eight people who were displaced were taken to hotels. Woods said the fire spread to one adjacent row house, although damage could also be seen on the exterior of the row house on the other side of the burned building.
Row houses share common walls and exteriors and are usually built in blocks. Fire officials said the Sunset Park home was one in a block of 25 wood-frame homes.
“This was a devastating fire,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at the news conference. “It will take a long time for this neighborhood to mourn the neighbors they lost this morning and to recover from this immense grief.”
The nine people who were injured were expected to survive, including the three firefighters and two police officers who had minor injuries, the department said. No names have been released.
Fatal home fires are not uncommon, though the death toll in the Brooklyn blaze was unusually high. A townhome fire in Chicago the same day as the Brooklyn blaze killed four people, including a teenager.
The U.S. Fire Administration says at least 1,555 people have died in home fires this year. Among them were an Amish woman and her six children who were killed in a swift-moving house fire in April in rural Pennsylvania.
Last month, five people, including four children, died in a mobile home fire in Canton, Texas. And in Riverdale, Utah, a man and his four children were killed Oct. 1 in a house fire started by a power strip that overheated, officials said.
Fire marshals were still investigating the cause of Thursday's fire in Brooklyn. A lithium-ion battery was found at the scene, but it was unknown whether it was related to the cause of the fire, the department said.
The home was built in 1915, according to city property records.
Last week, an e-bike battery fire killed four people in the Bronx. It is among more than 400 fires in the city that have been linked to lithium-ion batteries this year, leading to at least six deaths and more than 70 injuries, according to fire officials.
City records show that the building was sold by a family a few years ago to a company called One Golden Sunshine Corp. Complaints filed with the city's building department in 2025 said that the home's basement level was illegally being converted into an apartment and that construction was being done without a permit for a month.
City inspectors visited several times, including in August, but were unable to gain access.
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McCormack contributed from Concord, New Hampshire. Associated Press reporters Dave Collins in Hartford, Connecticut, and Anthony Izaguirre in New York also contributed.
FDNY and officials work the scene of a deadly fire on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in the Sunset Park section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
FDNY firefighters and officials look over debris including an e-bike at the scene of a fatal fire on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn borough of New York.(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
People look on as FDNY and officials work the scene of a deadly fire on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in the Sunset Park section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani holds a news conference near the scene of a deadly fire on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in the Sunset Park section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
In this photo provided by FDNY, firefighters work to put out a deadly house fire in the Sunset Park section of the Brooklyn borough of New York early Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. (David Burns/@FD4D/FDNY via AP)
FDNY and officials work the scene of a deadly fire on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in the Sunset Park section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
FDNY and officials work the scene of a deadly fire on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in the Sunset Park section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
FDNY and officials work the scene of a deadly fire on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, in the Sunset Park section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
In this photo provided by FDNY, firefighters work to put out a deadly house fire in the Sunset Park section of the Brooklyn borough of New York early Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026. (David Burns/@FD4D/FDNY via AP)
