Compliance Status
Halal
Screened on Oct 10, 2026 · AAOIFI Standard 21
Acceptable
Is ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS) halal? Halal. Based on AAOIFI screening, ACCESS Newswire Inc. passes both qualitative (business activity) and quantitative (financial ratio) screens with a compliance score of 68/100 (Grade: B).
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HalalScreener rates ACCESS Newswire Inc. (ACCS) Halal, 68/100, grade B under AAOIFI Standard 21, screened Oct 10, 2026. Source: https://halalscreener.app/en/stock/ACCS
Business activity
What the company sells is permissible.
Company debt
Well clear of the limitHow much the company borrows, compared to its total value. AAOIFI allows up to 30%.
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Screened according to AAOIFI Standard 21
What this means for you
You can own ACCS
It passes both the business activity and financial ratio screens under AAOIFI Standard 21.
Purification amount is Pro
We have screened ACCS's prohibited income, but the exact share you would need to purify is part of Pro.
ACCS: Is ACCESS Newswire Inc. Halal?
ACCESS Newswire Inc.
$4.59
Market Cap: 17.8M
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About ACCESS Newswire Inc.
ACCESS Newswire Inc., originally incorporated as Issuer Direct Corporation in 1988, is a communications and compliance company headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, having adopted its current name in January 2025. The firm delivers an extensive suite of services designed for public relations and investor relations professionals, serving clients across the United States and internationally. Its diverse offerings include the Media Advantage Platform, which facilitates press release distribution, provides access to comprehensive media databases, offers media monitoring services, and enables custom newsrooms. Furthermore, the company operates ACCESSWIRE, a dedicated service for news dissemination and media outreach. For virtual engagements, its Webcaster Platform offers a cloud-based environment for live and on-demand webcasts, webinars, and virtual meetings, allowing users to efficiently create, produce, and broadcast events to audiences of all sizes. The company also provides advanced professional conference and events software, featuring a mobile application that empowers organizers, issuers, and investors to streamline registration, request and approve one-on-one meetings, manage schedules, handle event promotion and sponsorships, print attendee badges, and coordinate lodging. An investor relations content network supplies vital data feeds, encompassing news updates, stock information, financial fundamentals, regulatory filings, corporate governance insights, and other critical data points. In the realm of compliance, ACCESS Newswire offers a whistleblower hotline for secure incident notifications and essential workflow management, ensuring alignment with corporate governance policies. It also includes a stock transfer module, providing clients with real-time access to shareholder information, stock ledgers, and reports, alongside capabilities for issuing new shares. A proxy module further delivers a real-time voting platform for its customers and their registered shareholders. The company's clientele is broad, encompassing public and private corporations, mutual funds, law firms, brokerage houses, investment banks, individuals, and various other institutional organizations.
Sector: Communication Services · Industry: Advertising Agencies
Shariah Compliance Status
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Business Activity Screen
PassedChecks if the business is involved in prohibited activities (alcohol, gambling, pork, conventional banking, etc.)
Source: the company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, which names no revenue from a prohibited activity. View its filings on SEC EDGAR
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Screened according to AAOIFI Standard 21
Compliance History
Halal, unchanged since Aug 2026.
No status changes recorded since we began tracking.
Tracked since Aug 2026. Updates automatically on each re-screen.
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Screened according to AAOIFI Standard No. 21 · For informational purposes only. Consult a qualified Islamic finance advisor before investing.
Disclaimer: This screening is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or religious advice. Compliance is evaluated using AAOIFI financial standards (debt, deposits, and prohibited income ratios) and publicly available data. Ethical, political, social, or environmental considerations are outside the scope of this screening. Individual scholars and methodologies may differ. Always consult a qualified Islamic finance advisor before making investment decisions.