Hawk

Hawk (also known as Hawk AI) builds explainable-AI transaction monitoring and sanctions and anti-money-laundering screening that layers machine learning on top of traditional rules to reduce false positives while keeping decisions auditable. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, Hawk serves banks and payment firms internationally. Its differentiator is explainability — regulators and investigators can see why an alert fired, a requirement that pure black-box models cannot meet in compliance settings.