IDnow

Knowing who your customer is has always been a regulatory requirement in financial services. Proving it, digitally, in real time, across dozens of jurisdictions with different document standards and compliance frameworks, is a genuinely hard engineering and operational problem. IDnow was founded in Munich in 2014 to solve it. Its identity verification platform offers a range of methods — video identification, automated AI-driven document checks, and eID integration — giving regulated businesses the flexibility to choose the right verification approach for their risk profile and customer base. The company has built particular depth in the German market, where video identification has a specific legal status under financial regulation, but has expanded across Europe serving banks, insurance companies, crypto platforms, and any business that needs to onboard customers with confidence. IDnow was acquired by Corsair Capital in 2021 and has continued expanding through partnerships and product development. In a regulatory environment where digital onboarding requirements are tightening and fraud is becoming more sophisticated, the identity verification layer is one of the most critical — and most contested — parts of the fintech stack.