Trusted by leading businesses
United by a single belief: trust in business should be earned through transparency.
HLBNGA was born from 25 years of watching compliance professionals fight the same losing battle: fragmented data, manual research and audit pressure with no end in sight. We decided to fix it.
Trusted by leading businesses
We believe that every FICA-accountable institution, from a boutique law firm to a major bank, deserves access to world-class compliance intelligence. Too often, sophisticated due diligence has been the exclusive domain of large institutions with vast resources.
Our platforms democratise access to enterprise-grade compliance intelligence. AI-powered screening and scoring deliver the same quality of insight that was previously only available to the largest financial institutions, at a price point accessible to every accountable institution.
We are not just building software. We are raising the standard of compliance practice across Southern Africa and beyond, so that organisations who decide with clarity and consistency protect themselves and contribute to a more accountable, resilient industry.
Best-in-class people, tools and processes.
Extensive knowledge of banking platforms and their unique challenges.
Exceptional service prior to, during and after go-live.
Key alliances with global technology leaders for cost-effective solutions.
All activities performed in-house, never outsourced to inexperienced vendors.
Flexible delivery and engagement models to cater to our diverse client base.
Our products are developed and operated by HLBNGA, a long-established team of risk and data specialists with over 25 years of experience. Our expertise spans financial crime compliance, regulatory frameworks and artificial intelligence.
We have spent years working alongside compliance professionals, understanding the real-world challenges they face: the manual processes, the data fragmentation, the audit pressure and the regulatory uncertainty. Our platforms were built to solve exactly those problems.
Mark founded HLBNGA in 1999, more than a decade before “big data” entered the mainstream vocabulary. A Chartered Certified Accountant by training, he recognised early what most in financial services would take years to accept: that compliance risk is fundamentally a data problem, and that technology can surface it faster and more reliably than any manual process.
HLBNGA went on to build South Africa’s first patented data capture and intelligence infrastructure. Between 2006 and 2011, the company partnered with Fundamo, later acquired by Visa, to support mobile money deployments across Africa, the Middle East and Asia, including MTN’s pan-African expansion and Pakistan’s EasyPaisa launch, bringing financial intelligence infrastructure to markets where it had never previously existed.
KYCopilot is the direct product of that 25-year journey: the same investigative depth that once powered large-scale fraud detection and cross-border financial infrastructure, now available to every FICA-regulated institution in South Africa in minutes, not weeks.
HLBNGA has consistently delivered service excellence to clients globally via systems, methodologies and partnerships that have helped our customers lower their association risk, time and again.
Compliance professionals are not failing because they lack expertise. They are failing because the tools were never built for the scale, speed and scrutiny that modern regulation demands.
Hours spent on manual due diligence using fragmented tools and databases
High false positive rates that overwhelm analysts and slow down decisions
Point-in-time checks that are stale by the next regulatory cycle
Manual and inconsistent logging of incidents and screening decisions
Periodic or reactive monitoring of customers and third parties
Slow, manual review of regulatory filings and source documents
AI-native EDD reports and I2G™ screening that deliver complete, narrative-rich intelligence in minutes
Intelligent match confidence scoring that dramatically reduces false positives
The patented COMFORT Score™: one standardised, auditable risk framework for every analyst
RiskSecure 360 continuous monitoring with AI-triggered alerts whenever a risk profile changes
Corporate network screening that follows risk through ownership and control
A single platform for screening, monitoring and audit-ready reporting
We build across borders with inclusive communication and shared ownership. Our best work, and our clients’ best outcomes, happen when everyone contributes.
High standards, consistent delivery and the perseverance to see every client challenge through to resolution. We do not cut corners. Ever.
We approach compliance problems creatively. Where others see rigid process, we see the opportunity to build something faster, smarter and more defensible.
We embrace change, invest in learning and stay ahead of the regulatory and technological landscape, so our clients never fall behind.
See the platform hands-on, or talk to the team about what defensible, consistent screening looks like for your organisation.