ID-Pal, an award-winning identity verification platform serving organisations across Europe, the UK, and the U.S., announced the acquisition of Know Your Business (KYB) specialist NorthRow to create a unified compliance intelligence solution covering Know Your Customer (KYC), KYB, and Anti-Money Laundering (AML). Since 2016, ID-Pal has provided AI-powered KYC and AML screening across more than 250 jurisdictions, supporting over 16,000 document types and integrating with 400 trusted data sources.
The acquisition integrates native end-to-end KYB checks into the ID-Pal ecosystem, providing firms with advanced tools to verify businesses and monitor changes in ownership, directors, or company status. Combining NorthRow’s verification solutions with ID-Pal’s platform enables a single, continuous risk view for both individuals and companies. The move strengthens ID-Pal’s strategy to deliver scalable, AI-powered solutions for evolving compliance challenges, offering real-time insights on company profiles, ownership structures, and financial health.
ID-Pal’s expanded platform now serves financial leaders such as Caxton, Equifax, and Hargreaves Lansdown, alongside government organisations including the Irish Department of Justice, as well as global clients like Blackhawk Network, Zurich International, Mercer, U.S Bank, and Elavon. The company also maintains a strategic partnership with Salesforce.
Colum Lyons, Founder and CEO of ID-Pal, stated: “Alongside co-founders James O’Toole and Robert O’Farrell, ID-Pal was created to support businesses with accurate identity verification built on privacy preservation. As the financial services space becomes more regulated, and with AI-driven document fraud becoming the biggest threat our industry has faced, it is essential that businesses have a unified view of the risks ahead and how to manage them. Our acquisition of NorthRow allows ID-Pal to unify this process within one comprehensive platform that defends businesses against fraud at every entry point and avoids noncompliance fines.”
Alana Parsons, Chief Operations Officer at Caxton, commented: “Using NorthRow’s technologies, Caxton has seen first-hand the value they bring to compliance processes. This acquisition is a great step forward by combining their expertise with ID-Pal’s award-winning technology to create a powerful platform for the future. We’re excited to start working with ID-Pal and to benefit from the innovation in KYC and KYB risk intelligence that this partnership will deliver.”
With new UK reforms and the US Corporate Transparency Act increasing compliance requirements, continuous KYC, AML, and KYB monitoring becomes essential. The acquisition supports confident onboarding, mitigates sanctions risk, and ensures regulatory resilience. NorthRow’s operations will continue uninterrupted under ID-Pal, with a roadmap to integrate platforms further, enhancing value and client experience.