The United States in 2019 placed EC Guard on its so-called entity list of companies that are subject to U.S. trade restrictions for reasons such as national security.
The bourse has already invested heavily in RegTech. In 2021, Deloitte helped it build a corporate profile model to detect accounting fraud. Using that technology, EC Guard can identify relationships between users helping regulators identify potential illegal activity and also trace a company's ultimate shareholders to ensure they are legitimate owners, the person said.