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GBG Biometrics News
New CFO for Secret Double Octopus as digital ID technology providers unveil appointments
Secret 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… |
| Jul 13, 2021 | Suprema ID, Simprints, SenseTime, Pindrop, GBG, ID2020 welcome new executives, advisorsBiometrics providers Suprema ID, Simprints, SenseTime, Pindrop and GBG, along with ID2020, have all hired new executives and advisors to… |
| Jul 5, 2021 | Biometrics for compliant remote onboarding in high demand; Spanish regulator displeasedAlan Goode and an ID R&D executive recently discussed how companies can keep friction in their remote customer interactions low… |
| Apr 23, 2021 | GBG earnings beat the street on strength of biometrics and identity solutionsGBG has announced revenues of £217 million (roughly US$300.5 million) for its fiscal 2021, which ended on March 31, a 9… |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Accura Scan, Yoti and ID R&D selfie biometrics deployed for customer onboardingThree new implementations of selfie biometrics for remote customer onboarding and regulatory compliance checks with technology from Accura Scan, Yoti… |
| Feb 26, 2021 | Selfie biometrics ID check partnerships address costly onboarding security concernsA new Signicat report highlights the overall trend of financial application abandonment due to complex and lengthy onboarding coupled with… |
| Feb 5, 2021 | GBG adds NFC scanning to document check and selfie biometrics with InnoValor partnershipGBG has partnered with Near-Field Communication (NFC) provider InnoValor to bring NFC-scanning to its biometric onboarding solution IDScan and wider suite… |
| Jan 28, 2021 | GBG intelligence center combines biometrics with data analysis to help financials fight ID fraudGBG has launched an intelligence center to help financial institutions enhance their fraud detection capabilities with its biometrics and data… |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Identity fraud is rising – here’s what you need to knowBy Gus Tomlinson, General Manager at GBG Every day, whether they know it or not, consumers are relying on identity-based… |
| Dec 18, 2020 | Biometric onboarding and compliance technologies launched as report shows ID fraud risingBiometric technology upgrades and solutions for remote onboarding and compliance have been launched by Smart Engines, and Yoti, while new… |
| Dec 9, 2020 | Biometrics companies see gains ahead with strong earnings, opportunities and IPOGBG reports strong revenues of £103.5 million (US$138.4 million) between April and September 2020 for its identity data intelligence, which the… |
GBG 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 |
