# StarCompliance

> StarCompliance builds software that financial firms use to keep an eye on their own employees - tracking personal trades, gifts, political donations, outside jobs, crypto activity and access to material non-public information, all in one platform. Founded in 1999 and now majority-owned by Marlin Equity Partners, the company monitors more than a million users across 114 countries and sells a subscription platform (the STAR Platform) to asset managers, banks, hedge funds and other regulated institutions.

- **Founded:** 1999
- **Headquarters:** Rockville, Maryland, United States
- **Team size:** Approximately 260-300 employees
- **Products:** STAR Platform, Employee Conflicts of Interest (Personal Trading / PAD), Crypto / Digital Asset Compliance, MNPI Management & Compliance Control Room, Gifts & Entertainment, Political Donations, Outside Business Activities
- **Notable:** Named a RegTech100 company (2021)., Won Best RegTech Platform at the 2021 FinTech Breakthrough Awards., Won Best Compliance-as-a-Service Solution at the RegTech Insight APAC Awards 2024.

## Products & services

- **STAR Platform** — Cloud-based employee-compliance platform bringing personal trading, gifts, outside activities, political donations and firm compliance into one connected system.
- **Employee Conflicts of Interest (Personal Trading / PAD)** — Pre-clearance and monitoring of employees' personal account dealing and securities trades against firm rules.
- **Crypto / Digital Asset Compliance** — Pre-clearance and post-trade monitoring across 35+ exchanges, 30+ blockchains and 200+ tokens, expanded via the 2024 Aer Compliance acquisition.
- **MNPI Management & Compliance Control Room** — Wall-crossing workflows, insider and restricted lists, and control-room oversight of material non-public information.
- **Gifts & Entertainment, Political Donations, Outside Business Activities** — Reporting, thresholds and approval workflows for the everyday conflicts financial employees create.
- **StarAssist** — Explainable AI built into compliance decisions, surfacing why a trade rule produced a given outcome.
- **Star Mobile** — Mobile app for employees and supervisors to submit requests and review approvals on the go.
- **Reporting & Analytics** — Compliance dashboards and analytics with integrations to Snowflake, ThoughtSpot and PowerBI.

## Achievements

- Named a RegTech100 company (2021).
- Won Best RegTech Platform at the 2021 FinTech Breakthrough Awards.
- Won Best Compliance-as-a-Service Solution at the RegTech Insight APAC Awards 2024.
- Grew from 100+ clients in 70+ countries (2017) to more than a million users across 114 countries.
- Acquired Aer Compliance in 2024 to add crypto pre-clearance and post-trade monitoring.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Expanded the executive leadership team with a new CFO (Bill Chatterton) and CRO (Alan Knepfer) and internal promotions, amid an AI-compliance push.
- **2026** — Partnered with prediction market Kalshi on an enterprise-grade prediction-market compliance solution.
- **2025** — Introduced StarAssist, bringing explainable AI directly into compliance decisions, and an AI-assisted marketing compliance review solution.
- **2024-11** — Acquired Aer Compliance to expand cryptocurrency compliance across 130+ exchanges and 30+ blockchains.
- **2024** — Marked 25 years in business and launched a next-generation user interface.

## Links

- Website: https://starcompliance.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/starcompliance
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/StarCompliance
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdcODvJ9H_ehYsmHRmvBJOQ
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/star.compliance/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starcomply/

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Last updated: 2026-08-12