Highlights: VizEx × Sumsub at GFTN Japan 2026, Empowering Enterprises to Enhance Global Compliance and Risk Management

VizEx joined forces with Sumsub, the global identity verification and compliance technology platform, to debut in Tokyo at the highly anticipated GFTN Japan 2026. As a premier industry forum focusing on Fintech, digital assets, Web3, and AI innovation, GFTN Japan brought together decision-makers and innovators from banks, payment institutions, crypto asset platforms, and the RegTech sector to discuss how enterprises can balance security and compliance with business growth amidst tightening global regulations.

During the multi-day forum, we engaged in in-depth discussions with numerous local Japanese enterprises and international institutions regarding identity verification, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), anti-fraud, and Travel Rule compliance practices. As Japanese companies accelerate their global expansion and embrace digital assets and cross-border business scenarios, building a compliance and risk control system that covers the “full user lifecycle” has become an unavoidable core topic.

Three Major Challenges: Rising Compliance Pressure for Japanese Enterprises

In our deep exchanges with local Japanese companies and international organizations, compliance and risk control issues were frequently raised. As business models become increasingly complex, the Japanese market is facing more diverse and practical challenges in constructing identity verification, AML, and anti-fraud systems.

1. Multi-jurisdictional compliance pressure from cross-border expansion

Whether in digital banking, cross-border payments, or crypto asset trading platforms, enterprises expanding into global markets must simultaneously meet KYC/KYB, AML, and data compliance requirements across different countries. Traditional fragmented supplier models often lead to disjointed processes, complex auditing, and high system integration costs.

2. Increasingly complex fraud forms make manual review unsustainable

With the rise of Deepfakes, synthetic identity fraud, and account takeover attacks, relying solely on manual review is no longer effective for risk identification. Enterprises must ensure a smooth user experience while completing precise risk control in sub-second decision-making, placing higher demands on technical capabilities.

3. Increased difficulty in implementing Travel Rule compliance for digital assets

In business scenarios related to digital assets and Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs), the implementation of the Travel Rule has become a compliance priority. However, at the operational level, how to accurately identify VASP counterparties, achieve data interoperability between different protocols, and establish a complete and traceable audit trail remains a practical challenge for many platform compliance teams.

One-Stop Verification Platform: A Compliance Framework Covering the Full User Journey

To address these challenges, Sumsub provides a unified verification platform to secure the whole user journey, integrating compliance capabilities for “any country, any check, one unified workflow.”

1. Globally covered KYC / KYB capabilities

In the context of continuous cross-border expansion, enterprises need an identity verification system with true global coverage, rather than a solution limited to a single country or specific ID types. Addressing this need, Sumsub offers standardized and efficient global verification capabilities:

• Support for 220+ countries and territories
• Processing of 14,000+ ID types
• Average verification time < 30 seconds

Regardless of the document’s language, layout, or issuing country, the system achieves automatic identification and validation, ensuring a consistent experience for cross-regional business. It also supports Proof of Address (PoA database cross-matching), precise age verification, and “document-free verification” in certain countries (confirming identity via ID numbers or bank/government apps) to strike a balance between compliance and user experience.

For business entities, Sumsub can complete Business Verification (KYB) within 3 hours, verifying UBOs, corporate structures, and registration information, significantly improving the efficiency of B2B onboarding and corporate account opening.

2. Real-time Transaction Monitoring and Anti-Fraud capabilities

Sumsub’s Transaction Monitoring and Fraud Prevention modules build a 24/7 real-time risk control system:

• Identification of chargeback fraud, credit card theft, and account takeover behavior
• Anomaly detection based on AI pattern analysis
• Built-in database of 2 million+ known fraudsters
• Analysis of 5,000+ fraud samples daily

Combining Device Intelligence, Behavioral Fraud Detection, and Face Authentication, the platform achieves risk control throughout the entire process—from registration and login to transactions.

3. Travel Rule Compliance: One-Stop Cross-Protocol Interoperability

For digital asset enterprises most concerned with Travel Rule compliance, Sumsub provides a complete compliance technical framework:

• Covers timeliness and data scope requirements of FATF Travel Rule recommendations
• Supports small-value transfers, high-frequency transactions, instant data submission, and compliance record keeping
• Integrated with 1800+ VASPs, connecting to mainstream protocols like GTR, TRP, CODE, and Sygna
• Single integration provides access to multiple protocols, enhancing interoperability

Its “Risk-based approach” mechanism allows for secure data exchange and risk scoring for non-Travel Rule transactions, assisting compliance officers in making precise judgments.

Through a No-code Rules Engine and automated task assignment, enterprises can achieve 1-click Compliance while maintaining a full audit trail, simplifying regulatory inspections and internal audit processes.

4. Full-Cycle Configurable Compliance Orchestration

Sumsub provides more than just point-to-point functions; it emphasizes Onboarding Orchestration and Ongoing Monitoring:

• AML Screening
• Continuous Transaction Monitoring
• Duplicate Identity Detection
• PEP and Sanctions List Screening
• Risk Scoring and Automated Decision-making

Enterprises can customize rule systems based on their own risk appetite, achieving scalable expansion without increasing the burden on compliance teams.

Currently, Sumsub serves over 4,000 corporate clients worldwide across sectors like payments, digital banking, crypto assets, and cross-border e-commerce, including bitwallet, dtcpay, PingPong, Mercuryo, Bitazza, Bitget, The Kingdom Bank, and Jeton.

VizEx × Sumsub: Building Global Compliance and Risk Control Capabilities Together

The in-depth exchanges at GFTN Japan 2026 further confirmed that in the context of tightening global regulations and rapid digital business growth, compliance and risk control capabilities have become critical infrastructure for international competition.

As a partner of Sumsub, VizEx will leverage its base in Japan to reach the APAC region and the global market. Together with Sumsub, we will provide enterprises with full-process support covering consulting, system integration, and continuous optimization, helping companies achieve unified compliance management and scalable risk control upgrades across different jurisdictions.

In the future, VizEx will continue to deepen its cooperation with Sumsub, helping enterprises accelerate global market expansion while ensuring compliance and security, achieving secure growth and long-term value creation.

👉 If your enterprise is expanding into Singapore or Southeast Asian markets and facing challenges in KYC, AML compliance, or anti-fraud, feel free to connect with DKMECO to learn how Sumsub solutions can adapt to your business scenarios.