Antonio Roulet Magides, CEO of Solvent Global, and managing member of Solvent Capital Partners.
At just 29 years old, Antonio Roulet Magides is already a disruptor in his field.
As founder and CEO of Solvent Global, and managing member of Solvent Capital Partners, he represents a new generation of fintech entrepreneurs transforming compliance from a back-office necessity into a strategic advantage.
Headquartered in London and New York, Solvent Global has built what Magides calls “the compliance operating system for the next generation of financial services.” Its API-first platform helps major banks, insurers and hedge funds automate KYC, sanctions screening and cross-border reporting, cutting false positives by up to 80 per cent and delivering regulator-ready audit trails through explainable AI.
Recently he also took the stage at Money 20/20 Middle East in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia where he joined executives from Dell Technologies, Derayah Financial and Dyna.Ai to discuss how financial institutions can scale secure, AI-driven finance.
At Money 20/20, his company further drew attention for the launch of its new quantitative investment fund, Solvent Capital Partners, which applies Solvent Global’s data-driven approach to asset management.
Beyond compliance, Magides has also been pushing into AI-enabled trading technology through Solvent.Life, a sister company under the Solvent ecosystem. Earlier this year, Global Banking & Finance Review profiled Solvent.Life’s breakthrough in AI-driven image recognition for financial chart analysis — technology that automatically interprets chart patterns and trading setups in real time. Its app, Solvent GPT, available on iOS and Android, uses deep-learning algorithms to analyse uploaded trade screenshots and generate tailored insights, achieving an 80 per cent win ratio in backtesting.
In this interview, he discusses the launch of Solvent Capital Partners, the evolution of RegTech, the value of data, and why the Middle East is his number-one priority for expansion.
You founded Solvent Global while completing your master’s in finance. Can you tell us how it began and what the company does today?
Solvent Global started as a data-conglomerate project while I was completing my master’s in Switzerland. The idea was to build proprietary algorithms for fund managers to gain an edge in the markets. But as the technology evolved, we saw that the data infrastructure we were creating had a much larger purpose. It made sense to apply it to regulatory technology — helping financial institutions automate compliance processes like KYC and sanctions screening.
Today, we call it ‘the compliance operating system for the next generation of financial services’. Our API-first platform connects to billions of verified data points globally, automating onboarding, monitoring, and reporting. We can reduce false positives by up to 80 per cent and deliver regulator-ready audit trails through explainable AI.
You recently launched the Solvent Capital Partners fund. What is its core thesis?
The fund was a natural progression. We realised that the same data that keeps institutions compliant can also generate alpha when structured and interpreted correctly. So we separated the compliance tech business from the investment arm to maintain independence and transparency. Solvent Capital Partners is essentially a quantitative fund that leverages regulatory and financial data to make smarter investment decisions. We use Clear Street as our prime broker, which lets us integrate our quant systems directly and test both discretionary and high-frequency strategies.
Where do you see financial institutions facing the greatest friction in compliance?
Cross-border KYC and sanctions screening remain the toughest challenges. As financial institutions become more global, legacy compliance systems struggle to adapt. They’re slow, costly, and rarely up to date. We’re tackling that with automation — billions of verified data points, an adaptive platform, and RESTful APIs that integrate directly with a client’s existing systems rather than replacing them entirely.
You’ve described data as “the new gold.” How do you manage and protect such sensitive information?
It really is the new commodity. We acquire data from multiple global sources and transform it through proprietary algorithms into actionable intelligence. Protecting that data is absolutely critical. We employ advanced encryption, strict access controls, and even closed-system infrastructure in our offices so that data never leaves our servers. Everything is built around governance and cybersecurity, audited by third-party specialists.
You’ve said the Middle East is your number one priority for growth. Why this region?
The region is undergoing rapid financial evolution. There are ambitious reforms, new digital banks, and a real appetite for innovative RegTech partners. Riyadh reminds me of Singapore twenty years ago: investing heavily in infrastructure, diversifying its economy, and becoming a financial hub. We’re already working with regulators and institutions across Saudi Arabia and the UAE to localise datasets and build compliance models that match local frameworks. It’s an incredibly exciting market for us.
How is AI shaping your business today, and where will it have the biggest impact?
AI is already transforming compliance. We use neural networks and large-language models to automate document verification, risk screening, and regulatory intelligence. Through open repositories like Hugging Face, we fine-tune large models to our proprietary datasets. The next twelve months are about scaling responsibly and securely — making AI an invisible, trusted part of the compliance workflow.
For you, what’s the end goal for Solvent Global?
To make compliance a competitive advantage, not a bottleneck. When compliance becomes intelligent, it doesn’t slow an organisation down — it drives it forward.
