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ZIGRAM Joins FinTech Alliance.PH to Strengthen Philippines Financial Crime Prevention
By News Desk ·
Key takeaways
- ZIGRAM joined FinTech Alliance.PH, the Philippines' digital finance industry association with more than 170 corporate members.
- CEO Abhishek Bali said the membership lets ZIGRAM work more closely with the local fintech ecosystem on AML and fraud risk detection.
- FinTech Alliance.PH founding chairman Lito Villanueva said ZIGRAM's AML and fraud prevention expertise will bring capabilities to the ecosystem.
ZIGRAM, a RegTech company specializing in anti-money laundering and fraud detection, has joined FinTech Alliance.PH, the Philippines' digital finance industry association, the company said in a November 11 announcement carried by EIN Presswire. FinTech Alliance.PH brings together more than 170 corporate members across fintech, banking, payments, lending and digital commerce.
What ZIGRAM Brings to FinTech Alliance.PH
ZIGRAM said it will contribute its RegTech expertise to industry dialogue, knowledge-sharing and collaborative initiatives aimed at strengthening financial crime compliance and trust in digital financial services. The company's offering is anchored by its Complete AML System and Complete FRAML System, which bring name screening, transaction monitoring, customer risk rating, fraud detection and case management into one connected flow. Both run on ZIGRAM's Integrated RegTech Stack, which combines a global risk data library, configurable applications, AI and machine learning models, and managed support across the client lifecycle.
Abhishek Bali, CEO of ZIGRAM, said: "Sustaining the Philippines' progress in financial crime compliance requires stronger industry collaboration and technology-driven solutions." Bali said the company's integrated AML and fraud risk capabilities aim to help financial institutions strengthen risk detection, streamline compliance and respond more effectively to emerging threats.
Lito Villanueva, Founding Chairman of FinTech Alliance.PH, said: "Financial trust is fundamental to digital finance." Villanueva said ZIGRAM's expertise in AML and fraud prevention will bring valuable capabilities to the ecosystem and support collective efforts to build a safer, more resilient digital financial system.
ZIGRAM's Earlier Philippines and Regional Moves
According to akta.pro company records, ZIGRAM expanded into the Philippines in December 2025 through a strategic alliance with Bastion Inc., a local digital infrastructure and cybersecurity provider, deploying its compliance stack through local data centers. The same records show a June 2026 partnership with AMNIL Technologies to deploy AML and Financial Crime Compliance solutions across Nepal's banking, payments and lending ecosystem, explicitly supporting Nepal's FATF grey list exit effort. The records also list a November 2025 partnership with Nepal-based fintech provider Inficare to integrate ZIGRAM's PreScreening.io name screening solution into Inficare's compliance framework, extending reach to over 150 financial institutions across Nepal, South Asia and Southeast Asia.
ZIGRAM's Southeast Asia Partnership Timeline
In August 2026, ZIGRAM announced a strategic partnership with Q2 Technologies in Indonesia, making Q2 its authorized partner for AML and fraud compliance and combining ZIGRAM's RegTech stack with Q2's local expertise for Indonesian financial institutions, EIN Presswire reported. In July 2026, Nepal-based commercial bank Machhapuchchhre Bank partnered with ZIGRAM to implement its Complete AML System for regulatory compliance and fraud prevention, according to FinTech Futures. Also in July 2026, ZIGRAM promoted its complete AML system, which unifies screening, entity resolution, transaction monitoring and case management into one platform and claims to cut compliance costs by 30-50%, Fintechnews reported.