Why this announcement matters
Financial institutions are under pressure from every direction. Fraud is moving faster, criminal networks operate across more channels and jurisdictions, and regulatory expectations continue to rise. Yet many organizations are still trying to manage this reality with disconnected tools, siloed teams, and workflows that create too much friction for both investigators and customers.
That is why this partnership matters. Through our collaboration with Level Five, more institutions can access a connected operating model for financial crime prevention—one that helps teams detect risk earlier, investigate faster, and modernize controls without adding another layer of complexity.
Why this partnership matters
The market does not need more point solutions. It needs a practical way to connect the controls institutions already rely on across the customer lifecycle. That is the role NOTO is built to play, and it is the lens through which we see this partnership with Level Five.
Level Five brings strong regional market access and an advisory-led understanding of the operational realities facing banks, fintechs, and payment businesses. Together, we can help customers move away from fragmented systems and toward a more resilient model for fraud prevention and AML compliance.
“Financial institutions do not need more disconnected tools. They need a faster, more intelligent way to connect fraud prevention and AML across the customer lifecycle. Partnering with Level Five helps us bring that model to more institutions through a team that understands both the urgency of the problem and the importance of practical deployment.” – Ivan Stefanov, CEO and Co-founder at NOTO
A unified model for financial crime prevention
NOTO is designed to unify the critical functions that institutions need to perform every day into a single secure API integration. Instead of stitching together separate environments for onboarding risk, transaction monitoring, screening, and investigations, teams can operate from a single platform with connected intelligence across customers, accounts, and transactions.
Customer risk assessment
Institutions can assess risk at onboarding and across the customer lifecycle with greater consistency, creating a stronger foundation for both fraud controls and AML decisioning.
Real-time monitoring and screening
Transaction monitoring and watchlist screening operate within the same operating model, helping teams detect suspicious activity earlier and respond faster.
Unified case management
Investigators gain a connected case environment across AML, fraud, payment risk, and account activity, reducing duplication and improving workflow continuity.
What institutions gain
- Earlier detection of suspicious activity across entities, accounts, and transactions.
- Fewer operational silos between fraud, AML, and investigation teams.
- Lower manual workload through more connected workflows and decisioning logic.
- Faster modernization without the burden of a highly fragmented implementation footprint.
- A stronger basis for safer, more trusted customer experiences.
Built for scale, speed, and practical deployment
Publicly available platform benchmarks point to the same operating philosophy: high-volume support, flexible strategy management, and a deployment model designed to reduce time-to-value. Level Five’s announcement highlights monitoring 65+ billion transactions annually, strategy deployment in approximately 5 minutes, average implementation timelines of around 6 weeks, support for 100+ global clients, up to 95% fewer manual reviews, and no TPS limits.
Those numbers matter because they speak to execution, not just ambition. Financial institutions need capabilities that can be deployed in the real world, across real workloads, with minimal disruption to existing teams and customer journeys.
Why Level Five is the right partner
For NOTO, this is not simply a distribution story. It is a partnership with a team that understands the market expectation for strong outcomes without unnecessary complexity. That matters in financial crime technology, where time-to-value and operational fit are often the difference between a promising project and a successful one.
“We’re constantly on the lookout for fraud detection technology that provides fantastic results to our customers. We also understand that a solution like this needs to be deployed quickly with minimal complexity. I believe this partnership aligns with that vision.” – Frederick Chung, CEO, Level Five Group
Market momentum behind the partnership
The timing is also important. NOTO was recently recognized by Chartis Research as a Market Disruptor in the Financial Crime and Compliance50 rankings. That recognition reinforces what we believe the market increasingly seeks: flexible, scalable financial crime infrastructure that can adapt to evolving risk environments and modern business models.
What comes next
Together, NOTO and Level Five are helping financial institutions move beyond disconnected controls to a more intelligent, unified operating model for fraud prevention and AML compliance. The goal is clear: faster decision-making, stronger investigations, lower operational friction, and a platform that is easier to scale as threats evolve.
To learn more about the partnership or discuss how NOTO can help unify your fraud and AML controls, contact our team.
