Strategic alliance delivers a unified AI platform for user and business verification, payment fraud prevention and real-time transaction monitoring
As West Africa’s financial sector undergoes rapid digital transformation, regulators and financial institutions face increasing pressure to deliver frictionless customer experiences that enable safe, inclusive participation in the global digital economy. Rising to this challenge, BlueSPACE, INETCO and Sumsub have joined forces to launch TrustNET, a unified AI-driven platform that delivers a powerful end-to-end framework for secure, compliant banking.
TrustNET provides a cohesive, AI-driven solution that bridges onboarding, compliance management, fraud prevention, and infrastructure resilience. By integrating Sumsub’s world-class identity verification and compliance orchestration, INETCO’s real-time payment fraud prevention and transaction monitoring, and BlueSPACE’s deep regional expertise in financial technology integration, the alliance provides a modern solution that secures the entire digital payments journey.
“The launch of TrustNET represents a pivotal moment in financial integrity in West Africa,” said Samuel Amanor, Founder and CEO at BlueSPACE. “By combining our deep local market insights with global AI innovation from INETCO and Sumsub, we are bolstering the security and integrity of Ghana and the broader West African financial ecosystem. This alliance empowers regulators and banks to fight increasingly sophisticated financial crime while fostering greater financial inclusion.”
A new standard for financial resilience
The TrustNET platform offers a comprehensive suite of next-gen capabilities designed to meet the evolving regulatory demands of the West African region, including:
- Advanced AI compliance: Automated identity verification for individuals and businesses to orchestrate Know Your Customer (KYC), Know Your Business (KYB) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) onboarding workflows that adapt instantly to evolving regulatory requirements.
- AI-enhanced fraud defense: Real-time transaction monitoring and individualized machine learning models for every user, card and device to instantly detect behavioral drift and block new and evolving payment fraud threats with precision, without affecting legitimate customer transactions.
- Infrastructure resilience: Balancing digital-first banking with a security-first mindset.
“In an era of high-speed digital payments, real-time visibility is non-negotiable,” said Bijan Sanii, CEO at INETCO. “TrustNET integrates real-time transaction monitoring and AI-powered payment fraud prevention to ensure every end-to-end payment is secure, allowing regulators and banks to scale digital payments confidently.”
“Secure digital banking starts with building compliant and fraud-proof user verification flows without slowing down the customer journey, and that’s exactly what the Sumsub platform delivers to its clients and partners within the fintech space,” said Richy Emah, Regional Director for North/West Africa at Sumsub. “With TrustNET, we are enabling regulators and financial institutions to onboard and verify users instantly and accurately, reducing friction without compromising safety.”
To mark the launch, the partners are hosting an exclusive executive roundtable on March 11, 2026, at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City, Accra, bringing together senior banking leaders, CIOs, CISOs, Heads of Compliance and Fraud Risk executives to explore the future of AI-driven financial integrity in Ghana.
Financial institutions across West Africa can now leverage TrustNET to satisfy stringent onboarding compliance, modernize payment fraud defense and build lasting customer trust. To learn more, contact [email protected].
About TrustNET
TrustNET is a unified AI-driven platform that delivers a powerful end-to-end framework for secure, compliant banking. Created through a strategic partnership between BlueSPACE, INETCO and Sumsub, TrustNET combines identity verification, compliance orchestration, payment fraud prevention and real-time transaction monitoring into a single framework. By integrating global technology expertise with regional fintech leadership, TrustNET helps financial institutions strengthen security, meet regulatory requirements and deliver trusted digital financial services across Africa.
