HooYu is a global customer onboarding platform specializing in identity verification and fraud investigation. It offers a comprehensive suite of KYC technology and user interface tools designed to enhance the customer onboarding experience on both mobile and desktop devices. By integrating various identity verification methods, such as real-time digital footprint analysis and facial biometrics, HooYu aims to improve the integrity of KYC processes while maximizing successful customer onboarding rates. The platform features dynamic customer prompts, device language detection, reminder messages, and customizable journeys, which collectively reduce friction in account opening processes. Through its innovative approach, HooYu assists clients in verifying customer identities and identifying potential fraudsters effectively.
ID R&D
Acquisition in 2021
ID R&D, Inc. specializes in biometric software aimed at enhancing security for various digital interactions, including mobile logins, chatbots, and virtual assistants. Founded in 2016 and based in New York, the company offers a range of products including IDSquared for facial recognition, SafeChat for biometric verification in chat interfaces, IDVoice and IDAnti-spoof for voice biometrics, and IDBehave for behavioral biometrics. ID R&D's technology suite stands out with its passive facial liveness detection capability, allowing for secure and seamless authentication across multiple biometric modalities. The company is committed to advancing authentication technologies that improve security while providing a better user experience.
A2iA S.A. specializes in the development of advanced software tools for handwritten and machine-printed text recognition, information extraction, and intelligent document classification. Its product offerings include a2ia Mobility, which supports various workflows such as mobile remote deposit capture and ID verification; a2ia mNote, designed for offline conversion of handwritten notes into digital formats; and a2ia DocumentReader, which extracts data from both structured and unstructured documents. Additional tools include a2ia TextReader for transcribing printed and cursive handwriting, a2ia CheckReader for automated data capture from payment documents, and a2ia FieldReader for extracting information from forms. A2iA caters to a diverse clientele across sectors such as banking, fintech, telecom, healthcare, and government, serving markets in Europe, North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, India, and the Asia Pacific. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Paris, with an office in New York, A2iA operates as a subsidiary of Mitek Systems, Inc.
Icar Vision Systems, S.L. specializes in customer identity validation solutions aimed at preventing identity fraud. Established in 2002 and headquartered in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain, the company offers a range of mobile, cloud-based, and desktop applications. Its products include ID_MOBILE for mobile identity verification, ID_CLOUD for online onboarding, and ID_FRAUD for reading and authenticating identification documents. Icar's solutions are utilized in various processes, such as bank account openings, hiring, consumer credit applications, and event registrations. With a presence in over 20 countries and additional sales offices in Paris and São Paulo, Icar serves a global clientele. Initially developed to enhance access control for the Peralada Group's casinos, Icar emerged as a spin-off from the Computer Vision Center of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
IDchecker
Acquisition in 2015
IDchecker can change all that for your business. By combining easy document capturing and strong consumer authentication in one fast, safe solution. IDchecker was established in 2004 with the aim of helping Dutch temping agencies assess the ID of new employees. This valuable service still forms an important step in compliance with the Compulsory Identification Act, the Foreign Nationals Employment Act and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Act. The service provision and user base has also changed, expanding to make the service the standard for online ID document processing.