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GBG Biometrics News
US private equity considers $1.5B buyout of GBG as market presents buyer opportunities
An American private equity fund is looking at a £1.3 billion GBG purchase, according to a statement given to Tech…
| Jun 20, 2022 | GBG bullish after Acuant integration as digital identity providers update earningsThe strategic progress behind GBG’s record financial results of 11 percent growth to revenue of £242.5 million (approximately US$297.1 million),… |
| May 25, 2022 | Preventing fraud, the alternative wayBy Gus Tomlinson, Chief Product Officer, EMEA at GBG Our digital identities allow us to buy and interact like never… |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Signs of a COVID hangover in results as China lockdowns dampen biometrics boomCompany financials bring an update on the state of the biometrics and identity sectors with positive figures as GBG releases… |
| Apr 6, 2022 | GBG reveals plans to take digital ID leadership in Americas and globally with new divisionsGBG has created new Americas and Global Product groups to bring together its recent acquisitions in the biometrics space. The combined… |
| Mar 22, 2022 | Prioritize onboarding and digital identity fraud protection or lose customers: GBG surveyMarket 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,… |
| 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 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 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… |
| 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… |
| Aug 4, 2021 | GBG selects ID R&D passive biometric liveness for new identity document verification toolOnboarding specialist GBG is launching an easy-to-use online tool for simplifying identity document checking for small businesses. RapID is a web-based… |
| Jul 14, 2021 | Omidyar, GBG back Women in Identity’s Code of Conduct researchWomen in Identity, a group promoting diversity across the identity industry, has signed up big-name sponsors for its Code of… |
GBG Industry Insights
Preventing fraud, the alternative way
By Gus Tomlinson, Chief Product Officer, EMEA at GBG Our digital identities allow us to buy and interact like never…
| Identity fraud is rising – here’s what you need to know | |
| Seven ways to win the race against identity-fraudsters |
