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Is Flexibility the Main Driver of Growth for Identity Verification Solutions?

In this interview at Money 20/20 2025, Gus Tomlinson, Managing Director, Identity Fraud, GBG sat down with FinextraTV to discuss some of the progress being made when it comes to identity verification. Speaking about an increasingly fragmented landscape, Tomlinson explained how the history of technology has tended to encourage fragmentation, but that now it is important to focus more on finding solution that is designed not just for the industry, but for the end customer in mind. At the heart of all of this, Tomlinson holds flexibility up as being the primary driver of growth.

27 June 2025

Company announcement/identity

GBG joins with Detected to launch dedicated Know Your Business process

GBG, the leading expert in global identity and location, today launches GBG Detected, an end-to-end Know Your Business (KYB) solution, to address the growing demand for more robust and reliable KYB processes.

08 July 2024

Company announcement/retail

GBG teams with Gretel to create a consumer discovery portal for lost or forgotten financial assets

GBG, the global expert in digital identity, announces a technology partnership with Gretel to power a consumer discovery portal for lost or forgotten financial assets.

13 July 2022

Company announcement/identity

GBG acquires Acuant

GB Group plc (AIM: GBG), the experts in digital location, identity and identity fraud software, has today announced that it has reached agreement to acquire Acuant, a leading identity verification and KYC/AML compliance provider, for a cash-free, debt-free enterprise value of $736 million. The acquisition of Acuant brings together two of the leaders in the global digital identity market with a combined revenue of c.£265 million.

19 November 2021

News/retail

GBG leads $7 million investment in alternative scoring specialist CredoLab

Identity data specialist GBG has led a $7 million funding round in Singapore's CredoLab.

20 August 2020

Company announcement/identity

Contemi integrates with GBG identity verification suite

Contemi Solutions, a global fintech provider, today announced that it has partnered with GBG, a global specialist in Identity Data Intelligence, to fully integrate its client Onboarding solution with GBG’s Identity Verification solution for automated KYC, AML and customer verification capabilities.

18 August 2020

Company announcement/security

GBG acquires US ID verification firm IDology for $300 million

GBG, the UK-headquartered Identity Data Intelligence specialist, today announces that it has conditionally agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of IDology, a US-based provider of identity verification and fraud prevention services, for $300m (£233m) in an all-cash transaction.

13 February 2019