Sumsub and Marqib for brokers

Many brokers could use both: Sumsub for onboarding and KYC, Marqib for overnight surveillance and case files. The table shows what each covers, so a compliance team can see where they overlap and where they do not.

Checked 30 September 2026

Sumsub is a global verification and compliance platform. Its trading page offers KYC, AML screening, transaction monitoring, Travel Rule support and multi-accounting prevention (sumsub.com/trading). Marqib does not verify identity. It works on trades and payments after onboarding: trade surveillance, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, case files and STR drafts. Screening results from the firm's KYC provider can be imported into Marqib's customer risk score.

"Not stated on the pages checked" means we did not find it on the cited pages. It does not mean the vendor lacks it.

Topic	Sumsub	Marqib
Who it is for	Financial services, payments, banking, BNPL and lending, trading, crypto, stablecoins, iGaming, mobility and marketplaces (sumsub.com/aml-transaction-monitoring); a dedicated trading and forex page (sumsub.com/trading)	Licensed FX/CFD brokers and payment and e-money firms in the UAE, Türkiye and the Gulf
Role at a broker	Onboarding and ongoing checks: "14,000+ Docs supported across 220+ countries and territories", screening against "11,000+ PEP, sanctions, and media sources", transaction monitoring, Travel Rule and multi-accounting prevention (sumsub.com/trading)	After onboarding: trade surveillance, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening (UN, OFAC, EU, UK; UAE and MASAK lists by CSV upload), case files and STR drafts. No identity verification and no PEP lists; results from the KYC provider can be imported.
Deployment	An on-premise or customer-hosted option was not stated on the pages checked (sumsub.com/aml-transaction-monitoring, sumsub.com/trading).	Self-hosted package for the firm's own cloud or servers: the container image and install guide are ready; the first installation is carried out with the customer's IT team. A dedicated in-region instance is also available.
Detection approach	"Start monitoring on day one with 600+ pre-built rules built for your industry"; "Create unlimited custom rules using your own data sources, with no coding required"; AI-driven anomaly detection; "Test any new rule in dry-run mode before it touches live transactions" (sumsub.com/aml-transaction-monitoring)	Deterministic rules. Firm-specific rules are built in a no-code rule builder, previewed on 90 days of history and approved by the MLRO (four-eyes). Thresholds are backtested and versioned.
Timing	The page discusses real-time decisioning (holding funds before settlement) and batch or near-real-time behavioural monitoring (sumsub.com/aml-transaction-monitoring)	Overnight batch on end-of-day data, plus a real-time decision API that returns allow, review or hold for a deposit or withdrawal before it is processed. Trades are not checked before execution.
Trade surveillance	Not stated on the pages checked	Rules for wash trading and spoofing/layering, in the same case queue as the AML typologies
STR, goAML and MASAK output	"Build FIU reports as per the goAML format with minimal manual intervention" (sumsub.com/aml-transaction-monitoring). MASAK was not stated on the pages checked.	goAML XML draft (UAE), MASAK ŞİB export draft (Türkiye), CBUAE and MASAK deadline clocks
AI and language models	AI-driven anomaly detection (sumsub.com/aml-transaction-monitoring)	Detection and triage are deterministic. An optional language model writes text only from evidence already collected; identifiers are tokenised and every sentence cites an evidence row.
Pricing and trial	Published KYC plans: Basic "$1.35 per verification" ("$149 min. monthly commitment") and Compliance "$1.85 per verification" ("$299 min. monthly commitment"). Transaction monitoring is part of the Custom plan. "14-day free trial with 50 free checks" (sumsub.com/pricing)	Pricing not published; fixed-fee 90-day pilot. Public sandbox at app.marqib.com/demo.
Security	SOC 2 Type II attestation announced on 10 November 2022 (sumsub.com/newsroom); ISO 27001, SOC 2 and PCI DSS badges on the homepage (sumsub.com)	TOTP two-factor sign-in and OpenID Connect SSO (no SAML). No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification and no independent penetration test yet.

Topic

Sumsub

Marqib

Who it is for

Financial services, payments, banking, BNPL and lending, trading, crypto, stablecoins, iGaming, mobility and marketplaces (sumsub.com/aml-transaction-monitoring); a dedicated trading and forex page (sumsub.com/trading)

Licensed FX/CFD brokers and payment and e-money firms in the UAE, Türkiye and the Gulf

Role at a broker

Onboarding and ongoing checks: "14,000+ Docs supported across 220+ countries and territories", screening against "11,000+ PEP, sanctions, and media sources", transaction monitoring, Travel Rule and multi-accounting prevention (sumsub.com/trading)

After onboarding: trade surveillance, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening (UN, OFAC, EU, UK; UAE and MASAK lists by CSV upload), case files and STR drafts. No identity verification and no PEP lists; results from the KYC provider can be imported.

Deployment

An on-premise or customer-hosted option was not stated on the pages checked (sumsub.com/aml-transaction-monitoring, sumsub.com/trading).

Self-hosted package for the firm's own cloud or servers: the container image and install guide are ready; the first installation is carried out with the customer's IT team. A dedicated in-region instance is also available.

Detection approach

"Start monitoring on day one with 600+ pre-built rules built for your industry"; "Create unlimited custom rules using your own data sources, with no coding required"; AI-driven anomaly detection; "Test any new rule in dry-run mode before it touches live transactions" (sumsub.com/aml-transaction-monitoring)

Deterministic rules. Firm-specific rules are built in a no-code rule builder, previewed on 90 days of history and approved by the MLRO (four-eyes). Thresholds are backtested and versioned.

Timing

The page discusses real-time decisioning (holding funds before settlement) and batch or near-real-time behavioural monitoring (sumsub.com/aml-transaction-monitoring)

Overnight batch on end-of-day data, plus a real-time decision API that returns allow, review or hold for a deposit or withdrawal before it is processed. Trades are not checked before execution.

Trade surveillance

Not stated on the pages checked

Rules for wash trading and spoofing/layering, in the same case queue as the AML typologies

STR, goAML and MASAK output

"Build FIU reports as per the goAML format with minimal manual intervention" (sumsub.com/aml-transaction-monitoring). MASAK was not stated on the pages checked.

goAML XML draft (UAE), MASAK ŞİB export draft (Türkiye), CBUAE and MASAK deadline clocks

AI and language models

AI-driven anomaly detection (sumsub.com/aml-transaction-monitoring)

Detection and triage are deterministic. An optional language model writes text only from evidence already collected; identifiers are tokenised and every sentence cites an evidence row.

Pricing and trial

Published KYC plans: Basic "$1.35 per verification" ("$149 min. monthly commitment") and Compliance "$1.85 per verification" ("$299 min. monthly commitment"). Transaction monitoring is part of the Custom plan. "14-day free trial with 50 free checks" (sumsub.com/pricing)

Pricing not published; fixed-fee 90-day pilot. Public sandbox at app.marqib.com/demo.

Security

SOC 2 Type II attestation announced on 10 November 2022 (sumsub.com/newsroom); ISO 27001, SOC 2 and PCI DSS badges on the homepage (sumsub.com)

TOTP two-factor sign-in and OpenID Connect SSO (no SAML). No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification and no independent penetration test yet.

Where Sumsub is stronger

Onboarding end to end: document and identity verification, KYB, sanctions, PEP and adverse-media screening, and fraud prevention. Marqib does none of the identity work and has no PEP lists.
A larger pre-built rule library (600+ rules as stated) and a dry-run mode for new rules.
An independent security attestation (SOC 2 Type II). Marqib has no certification and no independent penetration test yet.
Published entry-level pricing and a free trial.
goAML-format FIU reports, so goAML on its own does not set Marqib apart.

What Marqib adds alongside it

Post-trade market-conduct surveillance on end-of-day trade data: wash trading between linked accounts and spoofing/layering, next to the AML typologies.
A case file per alert: evidence rows, linked parties, maker-checker decisions with reason codes, a SHA-256 evidence pack and a hash-chained audit log.
A MASAK ŞİB export draft and MASAK clocks for Turkish entities, alongside the goAML XML draft.
Deployment inside the firm's own cloud or servers, for teams that keep trade data in-house.
Screening results from the KYC provider can be imported, so the onboarding view feeds the customer risk score used in surveillance.

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Sumsub and Marqib for brokers

Where Sumsub is stronger

What Marqib adds alongside it

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