GITEX Africa 2026
Marrakech · April 14–16
Compliance, Engineered

Turning Reflection
into Intelligence

Trade compliance. Cloud infrastructure. AI engineering. Training. Four business units, one mission: give regulated industries the technology to stay ahead of financial crime.

30+
Enterprise Clients
12
Countries · 5 Continents
4M+
Transactions / Year
99.7%
Platform Uptime SLA

Purpose-Built.
From Day One.

Trade-based money laundering needed its own technology. Not a module bolted onto existing AML systems. A dedicated platform, built from scratch for the complexity of global trade. That conviction became AKS iQ.

“Trade-based financial crime needed its own operating system. Not a module inside something else. Not a screen added after the fact. A complete platform, purpose-built from day one.”

That conviction became Trade iQ: 12 integrated capabilities in a single platform. Deployed across 19+ banks and adopted by 30+ enterprise clients. Now running in 12 countries on 5 continents.

$2T laundered through trade channels. Every year. — Global Financial Integrity / FATF estimates

Mission

Compliance should protect. Not paralyze. Banks spend billions on compliance. Too much of it goes to manual processes that catch too little, too late. We build AI-powered platforms that change that equation: purpose-built technology that detects what manual processes miss, deployed in weeks, not years.

Vision

From cost center to command center. We see a future where compliance teams don't just react to risk. They anticipate it. Where AI strengthens human judgment instead of replacing it. Where regulatory technology accelerates business instead of slowing it down.

Integrity Is the Product
We build compliance technology. We hold ourselves to the same standards we help our clients meet. In this industry, there is no grey area.
Build What Nobody Else Will
When no one was building dedicated TBML technology, we did. That conviction drives every product decision: if the market won't solve it, we will.
Your Challenge. Our Problem.
We don't ship software and walk away. We embed with compliance teams, learn their workflows, and build solutions that survive real-world pressure.
Local Roots. Global Reach.
Born from one of the world's most demanding compliance environments. Now deployed across 12+ countries on 5 continents, protecting the integrity of international trade.
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Four Pillars. One Mission.

Trade compliance. Cloud infrastructure. AI engineering. Training. Four business units, one mission: give regulated industries the technology to stay ahead of financial crime.

CompliAks
FinTech · RegTech
AI that catches what compliance teams can't. Trade iQ (Smart Trade AML/CFT), Doc iQ (Document Digitization), DSCF iQ (Supply Chain Financing), and IOC iQ (Clearing). One complete suite.
Trade iQ Doc iQ DSCF iQ IOC iQ
CloudiAks
Cloud · Infrastructure
Always on. Always watching. Managed cloud ops, DevOps/MLOps, and SRE for mission-critical financial systems. Handled.
Managed Cloud Ops DevOps / MLOps SRE
CodiAks
AI · Software Engineering
Your AI. Enterprise-grade. From prototype to production, we build the intelligence engines that power real-time decisions.
Custom AI Models Enterprise Software API Platforms
AcadiAks
Training · Enablement
The threat evolves. So should your team. AI, cloud, trade compliance, software engineering, management, and personal development. All in one learning platform.
AI & Cloud Trade Compliance Software Engineering Management
99.7% Platform Uptime SLA
Our infrastructure delivers enterprise-grade reliability. Every platform, every division, backed by round-the-clock monitoring and incident response.
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The Team Behind the Platform

Shahzad Arif
Shahzad Arif
CEO
A visionary technology leader and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience across Telecom, Government, Education, Health, and Finance. Under his leadership, AKS iQ has achieved exponential growth, with impact across 19+ banks in 12+ countries. Recognized with the prestigious HBL P@SHA Award.
Dr. Asim Imdad
Dr. Asim Imdad
Chief Innovation Officer
A tech entrepreneur and academician with a Ph.D. in AI and 15+ years of industry and academia experience across three continents.
Imtiaz Sheikh
Imtiaz Sheikh
Managing Director, Financial Services
A versatile IT leader with 40 years of experience with Bank of Punjab, MCB Bank, NIB Bank, Askari Bank, Bank Alfalah & PICIC Commercial Bank.
Zeeshan Abdul Qadir
Zeeshan Abdul Qadir
Director, Business Development & Partnerships
Expanding AKS iQ's global footprint through strategic partnerships and business development across emerging markets.
HBL P@SHA ICT Award
Recognized for excellence in ICT innovation and contribution to Pakistan's technology ecosystem.
International Trade Council
Recognized for outstanding contribution to trade compliance technology and cross-border financial crime prevention.

Serving 30+ enterprise clients including leading banks and financial institutions across 12 countries on 5 continents.

HBL Standard Chartered Meezan Bank MCB Faysal Bank Bank Al Habib Bank Alfalah UBL Dubai Islamic Bank Askari Bank JS Bank Habib Metro Soneri Bank Bank Islami Al Baraka Citi Bank Habib Bank AG Zurich MCB Islamic Bank of Khyber
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See What AKS iQ Can Do
for Your Institution

30 minutes. Real questions. Real answers. See what your current systems are missing.

“This partnership will enable data-driven decision-making across key departments.”
Shahzad Dada
President & CEO, UBL
“This unique solution is going to revolutionize the way we are going to look at the trade based initiatives.”
Majid Aziz
COO, Standard Chartered Bank
Titles and designations reflect roles held at the time of engagement.
info@aksiq.com
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