Fideo Intelligence, a real-time identity intelligence company, has announced a strategic partnership with Sigma360, a full-stack AI platform for risk intelligence, financial crime prevention, and compliance. The collaboration links identity verification with business and counterparty risk intelligence, enabling organizations to assess not only whether an individual is legitimate but also whether the people or entities connected to that identity pose fraud, financial crime, or compliance risks.

The partnership unifies Fideo's perspective on an individual with Sigma360's intelligence on the businesses, vendors, and counterparties associated with that person. Banks, fintechs, corporate enterprises, professional services firms, and government agencies can leverage these complementary insights to verify identities, evaluate broader risks, and bolster financial crime prevention efforts. The integration of these two capabilities addresses a long-standing gap in compliance workflows, where identity verification and broader business risk screening have traditionally operated as separate processes, creating potential blind spots during onboarding and ongoing monitoring.

Connecting Identity Verification and Business Risk Intelligence

The collaboration bridges two critical stages of risk assessment: confirming that an individual is legitimate and evaluating whether that person, business, or counterparty presents wider compliance or financial crime risks.

Fideo helps organizations validate individuals, detect potential identity fraud, and investigate connected identities in real time using its patented identity graph, which spans over three billion people. Sigma360 complements that intelligence with its AI-powered financial crime compliance platform, enabling organizations to streamline AML workflows, automate screening processes, and concentrate on genuine risk rather than unnecessary false-positive reviews. High false-positive rates have been a persistent challenge in AML and sanctions screening, driving up compliance costs and consuming analyst time that could be directed toward genuine threats.

Together, the companies help customers link identity fraud signals with broader business and compliance risk. For example, during business customer onboarding, an organization can verify the individual applicant, identify the company and beneficial owners behind them, and evaluate associated sanctions, PEP, adverse media, and counterparty risks to support a more comprehensive due-diligence decision. This combined approach aligns with growing regulatory emphasis on beneficial ownership transparency, including requirements under frameworks such as the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act and FATF recommendations, which obligate organizations to look beyond the corporate entity to the individuals who ultimately own or control it.

"Fideo Intelligence's data helps determine whether someone is who they claim to be. Sigma360 helps determine whether the people and organizations connected to that identity present additional risk," said Chris Harrison, CEO of Fideo Intelligence. "Organizations can't afford to ask those two questions separately. Together, we can reduce risks for our customers and accelerate their compliance efforts."

Supporting Fraud Prevention, Compliance, and Due Diligence

Customers will gain streamlined access to complementary identity and risk intelligence, along with coordinated support for complex fraud, compliance, and investigative needs. The partnership brings together two companies serving overlapping customer groups across financial services, fintech and payments, professional services, corporate enterprises, and government. The collaboration reflects a broader industry trend toward consolidating fragmented compliance and risk tools into more unified intelligence workflows, as organizations face escalating regulatory expectations and increasingly sophisticated financial crime networks.

"Sigma360 was built to help compliance and risk teams see the full picture around a business or counterparty, but that picture starts with the individuals behind it," said Stuart Jones, Jr., Founder and CEO of Sigma360. "Fideo's identity intelligence gives our customers a stronger foundation to build that picture on, particularly where beneficial ownership and the people connected to a business matter as much as the business itself."

Immediate Access and Future Integration Opportunities

Customers can immediately engage Fideo and Sigma360 to address identity, business, and counterparty risk through a coordinated commercial relationship. The companies also plan to explore deeper platform and workflow integrations based on customer demand, which could determine how broadly the partnership is adopted across enterprise compliance programs.