Best KYC providers in 2026: How to choose the right solution for your business

GBG

Since we’re writing this article, we’ll introduce ourselves first: we’re a global identity technology company with more than 30 years of experience in the identity verification space. We cover the entire KYC spectrum, from identity verification and biometrics authentication to AML screening and ongoing monitoring. 

Our end-to-end identity orchestration platform, GBG Go, enables you to verify genuine customers in 195+ countries with more than 80 KYC modules delivered via a single API. We support more than 8,500 global IDs, as well as Digital IDs.

We serve 20,000+ businesses across industries, including financial services, retail, gaming, cryptocurrency and forex (FX), lending, government, and insurance. 

Here are three reasons businesses like Santander, myPOS, or Lottoland choose to work with us:

Increase customer pass rates with global, multi-layered identity data and local precision

We support identity verification in 195 countries using hundreds of localized datasets and 450+ PEP, sanctions, and adverse media watchlists. This approach helps businesses maintain high conversion rates even in markets where identity data formats, naming conventions, and address structures differ.

Through our connections to multi-layered data sources, you can improve the chances of a successful match: if one dataset lacks the information required to confirm an identity, another source can fill the gap, reducing friction during the verification process. 

NSUS Group, for example, increased its genuine player pass rate by 30% in partnership with GBG (read the full case study here).

Our GBG Go solution also strengthens verification performance by validating and standardizing customer data in real time before it’s checked against external sources, which ensures that information is structured correctly for each jurisdiction.

Centralize all KYC elements and advanced risk signals in one end-to-end platform

Our GBG Go solution reduces vendor fragmentation by bringing all core KYC capabilities together in a single automated platform. 80+ available modules span identity data verification, document and biometric checks, age verification, sanctions, PEP, and adverse media screening, and ongoing monitoring – all through a single API.

With dynamic routing, you can move customers between different KYC checks in real time. This allows low-risk users to pass through onboarding quickly, while higher-risk applications are automatically directed through additional verification steps. 

You can also layer advanced risk signals into the workflow, including email identity intelligence, smartphone identity security, and location intelligence. These signals help identify suspicious behavior earlier in the customer onboarding funnel.

And if you place GBG Trust, our cross-network intelligence dataset built from millions of identity insights, at the start of the onboarding journey, you’ll be able to route customers through the KYC process based on a risk score between 1-100. This’ll help you detect bad actors before they progress through more costly verification checks.

Support compliance and reduce engineering overhead with no-code workflow configuration 

Within the GBG Go platform, you can define custom risk thresholds that align with your regulatory compliance obligations and internal risk appetite. You can then modify decision rules at any time through a no-code configuration interface.

Rules, step-up triggers, and data sources can be updated directly in the platform, making it easier to maintain the right balance between customer experience and risk control. Teams can also run A/B tests to compare different verification flows, thresholds, and data combinations, and then fine-tune the onboarding process based on the results.

This means your compliance team can take a more active role in optimizing the onboarding process without heavy reliance on engineers.

On the customer’s side, the onboarding process takes place in a sleek, user-friendly interface, with no redirects and clear instructions.

How GBG helped a consumer insurance client realize a 15% ROI and a financial gain of more than $1 million

A consumer insurance company was experiencing financial loss due to fraud and an inefficient onboarding process that relied heavily on manual checks.

To address these challenges, our identity data verification solution was implemented to confirm customer identities in seconds using a wide range of authoritative public and private data sources. In addition, fraud risk signals were applied to evaluate each applicant’s email address, phone number, and IP address, helping verify contactability and detect high-risk patterns commonly associated with synthetic identities.

Our solution was deployed via our low-code API, allowing the client to configure workflows using a visual customer journey builder with drag-and-drop functionality.

By applying high-risk fraud indicators during onboarding and before claims were paid out, the client was able to reduce exposure to synthetic identity fraud while improving operational efficiency. As a result, the company achieved a 1.92% fraud transaction lift and prevented more than $1 million in potential losses.

Read the full case study.