9 best KYB solutions in 2026: A guide to choosing the right provider

GBG: Global KYB verification built for fast and compliant business onboarding

We’ll introduce ourselves first: We’re a leading global identity technology company with over 30 years of experience in the identity verification space. 

With our GBG Detected solution, you can verify businesses across the globe against company data and 8,500+ ID documents (including Digital IDs) from 195 countries. On average, our KYB customers have reduced their end-to-end onboarding times by up to 60% and cut manual customer checks by an average of 67%.

We support businesses across industries such as financial services, retail, gaming, cryptocurrency and forex (FX), lending, government, and insurance.

Here’s why 20,000 customers across 90 countries choose to partner with us:

1. Trade fragmented tools for a unified, end-to-end KYB onboarding platform

When you rely on multiple disconnected vendors and systems to complete KYB checks, it becomes harder to manage workflows efficiently and maintain clear audit records: data constantly moves between tools that weren’t necessarily designed to work together, and the chance of human error increases.

GBG Detected eliminates this fragmentation by bringing the entire KYB lifecycle into one place. From the moment a business begins the signup process through to final approval, every step can be handled within a single API solution.

And because business structures and regulatory requirements evolve, ongoing monitoring is included to stay compliant.

With GBG Detected, you can:

• Screen and re-screen businesses, directors, and beneficial owners against 2,500+ sanctions, PEP, and adverse media lists
• Receive real-time alerts when business details or risk profiles change
• Schedule recurring, risk-based reviews

What’s more, case management ensures every business customer is stored as a complete, centralized record that includes:

• Business verification results
• UBO discovery results
• Uploaded documents and ID verification status
• Screening results for sanctions, PEP, and adverse media
• Risk scores and decision logic

2. Accelerate onboarding while supporting compliance with configurable, automated workflows

Static KYB processes and manual reviews often slow down onboarding. And when every applicant is forced through the same sequence of checks, conversion rates fall and operational costs add up.

That’s why we designed GBG Detected to come with configurable onboarding flows based on factors like business type, jurisdiction, or industry. Using a no-code interface, a custom rules engine, and automated risk scoring based on a cross-industry GBG Trust network to help prevent fraud, you can automatically request documents and approve or route users for review. While low-risk businesses move through onboarding quickly, additional checks can be triggered for higher-risk entities, helping your team optimize for costs without compromising compliance or customer experience.

And for complex organizations, an auto-build hierarchy tool can map multi-layer ownership structures and surface UBOs. This gives compliance teams a clear, visual overview of a company’s status without spending hours on manual research.

As for the onboarding portal itself, it exists in a user-friendly, fully white-labelled interface where documents can be submitted securely and where shareholders can be invited directly into the workflow to complete required tasks.

3. Expand into new markets with broad and deep global data coverage

One of the biggest challenges you might face when expanding internationally is inconsistent data availability. Different countries have different levels of transparency, and if your provider lacks the necessary coverage, you may be forced to work with multiple vendors, increasing cost and complexity.

With GBG Detected, you can verify businesses accurately wherever you operate by using high-quality, jurisdiction-specific, and standardized data. Your verification workflows are supported by:

• 600+ million company records worldwide
• 200+ beneficial ownership registries
• 8,500+ global ID types
• 2,500+ sanctions, PEP, and adverse media lists

How Weatherbys Bank automated its onboarding process compliantly with GBG Detected 

Complex ownership structures and time-consuming manual checks were slowing Weatherbys Bank’s ability to onboard horse racing syndicates efficiently, prompting the organization to look for a KYB solution that could streamline verification without compromising compliance.

During the onboarding process, many owners were reluctant to send sensitive financial documents like bank statements through email, creating delays and adding friction to the experience. By implementing our GBG Detected solution, Weatherbys Bank enabled clients to upload verification documents through a secure digital platform, helping protect privacy while still meeting regulatory requirements.

With the new system in place, Weatherbys Bank was able to move to a fully compliant, automated onboarding journey tailored to the unique needs of the racing industry, where multi-party ownership and non-standard business structures are common.

Read the full case study: Weatherbys Bank transforms onboarding with GBG Detected