Acuant
With the acquisition of Acuant in 2021, IDology now havs more breadth and capabilities than ever before to deliver a comprehensive suite of identity verification, AML/KYC compliance and fraud management solutions.
Acuant Biometrics News
Prioritize onboarding and digital identity fraud protection or lose customers: GBG survey
Market research from GBG suggests that mass smartphone adoption and digital identity creation places heightened emphasis on smooth onboarding processes…
| Feb 1, 2022 | GBG reaches $19M deal for New Zealand selfie biometrics provider CloudcheckGBG has acquired New Zealand-based biometrics provider Cloudcheck in a £14 million (US$18.9 million) deal to strengthen its position in the Australasia… |
| Dec 8, 2021 | Fraud, deepfake threats rising as biometric IDV forecast for 4X market growth by 2030Face biometrics and liveness detection are proving effective against a rising tide of online fraud, in terms of the number… |
| Dec 8, 2021 | Microsoft-Nuance buyout deal slowed by regulator; GBG-Acuant completedIn selling and please-let-me-buy news, an ID-verification firm was sold by a U.S. private equity firm to UK-based GB Group,… |
| Dec 2, 2021 | Acuant face biometrics, document authentication listed to US government marketplaceThe U.S. Federal Government is planning to upgrade its overall security posture, and Acuant’s biometric authentication and recognition technologies have… |
| Nov 26, 2021 | Identity verification innovation: eSIMs, mobile network data and scanning the black marketNew digital identity verification systems and features bring security to eSIM onboarding, check mobile network operator records as a further… |
| Nov 19, 2021 | New CFO for Secret Double Octopus as digital ID technology providers unveil appointmentsSecret Double Octopus has appointed Yair Averbuch as its chief financial officer, describing him as an “IPO and scale out veteran”… |
| Nov 18, 2021 | GBG adds Acuant’s selfie biometrics and Trusted Identity Platform with $736M dealAcuant is the latest biometric identity verification provider to be snapped up, in a $736 million deal with GBG the latter expects… |
| Nov 10, 2021 | UK selects over a dozen biometrics providers for immigration self-enrollment trialThe biometric suppliers and sub-suppliers for the UK Home Office’s forensic border check trial have been unveiled. A privacy information… |
| Oct 26, 2021 | FacePhi, Veritran launch biometric KYC tools into expanding identity verification marketThe identity verification market is set to more than double over the next four years, according to a new report… |
| Oct 4, 2021 | Socure hits customer milestone as selfie biometrics providers disclose dealsA number of firms providing selfie biometrics for identity verification and know your customer checks have shared updates, with Socure… |
| Oct 1, 2021 | BIO-key, Plurilock and Onfido win Cybersecurity Breakthrough AwardsBIO-key, Plurilock and Onfido have each won 2021 Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards for their biometrics and digital identity technologies. Elsewhere, 1Kosmos and… |
| Sep 28, 2021 | Acuant biometric KYC to secure decentralized finance for African studentsAcuant has established a partnership that will see its biometric know your customer (KYC) and document authentication technologies used to… |
| Sep 21, 2021 | Ondato, GBG hiring as biometric authentication businesses expandOndato is hiring up to 50 persons for different roles as the Lithuanian biometric authentication company is opening offices in… |
| Sep 7, 2021 | Selfie biometrics providers score partnerships, customer wins and fundraisingVeratad and GBG have each formed partnerships to distribute their selfie biometrics technologies to new customers. Customer wins in the… |
| Sep 1, 2021 | Biometric banking partnerships unveiled by Acuant and EntersektAcuant has entered a new biometrics partnership with Finaptic, which claims to be Canada’s only end-to-end, white-label Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider…. |
| Aug 26, 2021 | Vouched secures $4.5M for selfie biometrics in hot remote onboarding marketSteadily rising demand for remote onboarding and compliance with know your customer and anti money-laundering regulations has led to a… |
| Aug 11, 2021 | Acuant adds video KYC tool to biometric identity verification platformAcuant has added video KYC capabilities including face biometrics to its Trusted Identity Platform for fraud prevention and compliance with anti… |
| Aug 11, 2021 | Digital identity and KYC providers recognized for awards, nominationsA range of companies and individuals in the identity sector are being recognized for their contributions, including Dermalog, AU10TIX, Thales,… |
| Aug 10, 2021 | ‘Byzantine’ to ‘inclusive’: status update on UK digital IDThe good, the bad and the puzzling elements of the UK’s digital ID project and landscape were discussed by a… |
Acuant Industry Insights
5 ways fraud is reinventing itself in 2025
By Bess Farrell, Senior Product Manager, GBG Our online spaces are changing. Fast. Web and app traffic is surging, online…
| Preventing fraud, the alternative way | |
| Identity fraud is rising – here’s what you need to know | |
| Seven ways to win the race against identity-fraudsters |
