Identity Verification, Location Intelligence and Fraud Prevention

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  Mitek Systems, Inc.

  San Diego, California, USA

  Mitek Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MITK) is a global leader in digital identity verification, mobile capture, and fraud management solutions. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Mitek specializes in using artificial intelligence and machine learning to authenticate identities, prevent fraud, and enable secure digital transactions. Trusted by more than 7,000 organizations—including leading banks, fintechs, telecoms, and marketplaces—Mitek’s enterprise-grade platform combines biometrics, document verification, liveness detection, and geolocation signals to deliver real-time defense against sophisticated threats such as deepfakes, synthetic identities, and account takeovers. The company is publicly traded on the Nasdaq under the ticker MITK and is a component of the Russell 2000 Index. Mitek’s core technology originated in mobile check imaging and has evolved into a comprehensive identity and fraud protection suite. Its flagship platform, the Mitek Verified Identity Platform (MiVIP), allows customers to build custom identity verification workflows integrating multiple data sources. The company also offers solutions for remote deposit capture, age verification, and passwordless authentication. In recent years, Mitek has expanded through strategic acquisitions, including IDchecker in 2015 and Icar Vision Systems in 2017, and formed key partnerships such as its 2026 alliance with FICO to strengthen enterprise fraud defenses.

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  IDScan.net

  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

  IDScan.net is a New Orleans-based provider of adaptive AI identity verification and fraud prevention solutions serving industries such as logistics, financial services, hospitality, gaming, retail, and security. Founded by Denis Petrov and Andrey Stanovnov, the company originally launched VeriScan, described as the first iOS-based ID scanning app, and has evolved into a comprehensive identity platform that processes hundreds of millions of identity documents to detect fake IDs, synthetic identities, and deepfake fraud. Its platform combines mobile and remote scanning, age verification, access management, and real-time document authentication, and is used by more than 7,000 clients. IDScan.net integrates with major partners such as Jack Henry, Cloudbeds, and ARGO, and has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies. The company maintains offices in New Orleans, Las Vegas, Seattle, and Europe, and continues to expand its global data partnerships with a focus on proactive, AI-driven identity intelligence.

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  GBGroup

  Chester, United Kingdom

  GB Group plc, known globally as GBG, is a UK-headquartered identity verification, location intelligence and fraud prevention company. Founded in 1989 by Trevor Burke as Phonelink Data, the company has evolved through multiple name changes and a series of strategic acquisitions to become a public-listed leader in the digital trust ecosystem. GBG helps businesses validate the identity and location of their customers in real time, enabling secure onboarding, compliance with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations, and the prevention of fraud. The company’s platform integrates third-party reference data, biometric checks, document verification and AI-driven analytics to provide a single global identity and location intelligence solution. Its key brands include GBG Go, Acuant, IDology, Loqate and PCA Predict. GBG serves a wide range of sectors including financial services, e-commerce, fintech, gaming and government, with operations across EMEA, the Americas and Asia Pacific. The company employs approximately 1,100 people and is headquartered in Chester, United Kingdom. In October 2025, GBG moved from the AIM growth market to the London Stock Exchange’s Main Market and became a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. With a reported revenue of £285 million for the 2026 financial year, GBG continues to invest in platform innovation and strategic partnerships – most notably a partnership with Equifax – to strengthen its competitive position in the global identity verification market.