W2 Global Data Solutions

What W2 Global Data Solutions does

W2 Global Data Solutions is a Cardiff, UK-based provider of identity verification, KYC (Know Your Customer), AML (Anti-Money Laundering), and KYB (Know Your Business) services delivered via an API-first platform. Founded in 2011, the company aggregates more than 400 identity verification services across 246 countries and territories, backed by a KYB database of 365 million entities and support for 6,000+ document types. The technical platform exposes both REST and SOAP APIs (currently at version 1.5) with a sandbox environment, allowing customers to configure bundles that execute multiple verification checks — identity, sanctions, PEP (Politically Exposed Persons), document authentication, facial comparison, and ongoing monitoring — through a single API call with interpret and halt workflow logic.

Following its 2024 acquisition by nCino via FullCircl, W2 now operates as the engine of nCino Identity Solutions, distributing its API platform both directly through the developer portal at docs.w2globaldata.com and embedded within nCino's banking platform. The business model is usage-based API pricing combined with enterprise subscriptions, sold to regulated businesses including financial services firms, gambling operators, corporates, professional services firms, and crypto platforms. Named enterprise customers include Entain, Betfred, Novibet, Fitzdares, BT, Canon, KPMG, Three UK, XTB, gohenry, Soldo, TransactPay, Caxton, Virgin Experience Days, and Business Data Group, with platform-level reach extending to 2,700+ institutions via nCino. Reported scale metrics include 2.3 billion annual API calls, 300 million onboarding and monitoring transactions per month, 200,000 clients onboarded annually, and a 99.9% uptime SLA.

Name

W2 Global Data Solutions

Legal name

W2 Global Data Solutions

Website

https://w2globaldata.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

W2 Global Data Solutions is a Cardiff, UK-based API-first identity verification, KYC, AML, and KYB platform serving regulated businesses across 246 countries. Now operating as nCino Identity Solutions, it serves 2,700+ institutions and processes 2.3 billion API calls annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Identity Verification & Compliance Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Identity Verification, Proofing & KYC (IDV) (HDAEAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Identity Verification & Digital ID (IDV, eIDAS, biometrics) (FSAGAFAA)

Keywords

• Identity verification
• Know your customer
• Anti-money laundering
• Know your business
• Fraud prevention

Headquarters

HQ city

Cardiff

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. API-based Identity Verification Services: W2 Global Data provides identity verification, KYC, AML, and KYB services via API to regulated businesses. Services are accessed through bundles configured during onboarding. Revenue is generated through API usage charges per service call within bundles.
2. Enterprise API Subscriptions: Enterprise customers access services through configured bundles with API keys. The platform supports both REST and SOAP APIs with versioned endpoints (currently at API version 1.5).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

W2 Global Data Solutions provides an API-first identity verification platform offering KYC, AML, KYB, document verification, and facial comparison services to regulated businesses. The platform delivers a single REST/SOAP API integration providing access to 400+ global identity verification services across 246 countries and territories. Now operating as part of nCino Identity Solutions following nCino's acquisition of FullCircl.

Product overview

W2 Global Data Solutions (now operating as nCino Identity Solutions) offers a unified platform for identity verification, compliance, and fraud prevention. The product portfolio includes core solutions for Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Business (KYB), Identity Verification, Fraud Prevention, Age Verification, and Affordability Checks. These products are delivered through a REST and SOAP API infrastructure supporting 400+ global identity verification services, covering 246 countries and territories with data on 365 million entities. The platform provides end-to-end customer onboarding capabilities including document verification, facial comparison, sanctions/PEP screening, and ongoing monitoring, all accessible via single API integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Identity Verification

Quantifiable outcome

• 300 million onboarding and monitoring transactions processed per month
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Jumio: End-to-end identity verification, KYC, and AML orchestration platform serving banks, fintechs, and online platforms globally. Closely comparable product breadth (IDV, document verification, liveness) and enterprise B2B GTM.
• Persona: Configurable identity verification platform with KYC, document verification, and AML integrations delivered via API. Comparable developer-first approach and focus on regulated customer onboarding workflows.
• GBG Group: UK-headquartered identity verification, KYC, AML, and fraud prevention vendor serving financial services and online platforms. Strong geographic and product overlap with W2's UK gambling and fintech customer base.
• Onfido: AI-driven identity verification and KYC platform serving regulated financial services, gambling, and crypto customers via API. Direct overlap with W2's KYC, document verification, and biometric checks through a similar API-first developer motion.
• ComplyAdvantage: AML and sanctions/PEP screening platform serving banks, fintechs, and crypto firms via API. Overlaps with W2's SIS Plus, SPF Plus, PEPDesk, and Watchlist Check products and shares the same regulated customer segments.
• Veriff: Identity verification provider offering document authentication, biometric matching, and KYC/AML via API to regulated industries including financial services and gambling. Overlaps directly with W2's bundle-based orchestration model.
• Trulioo: Global identity verification platform with broad country coverage and a single API for KYC, AML, and business verification. Directly comparable global coverage (195+ countries), KYB focus, and enterprise API GTM.

Broad incumbents

• Mitek Systems: Long-standing digital identity and fraud prevention vendor offering mobile document verification and biometric authentication to financial institutions. Broader portfolio but materially overlaps W2's document verification and IDV offerings.
• Refinitiv World-Check: Premier sanctions, PEP, and adverse media screening database used by global banks and corporates. Overlaps with W2's Watchlist, SIS Plus, SPF Plus, and PEPDesk services and represents the incumbent benchmark for AML screening data.
• LexisNexis Risk Solutions: Large-scale data and analytics provider offering identity verification, KYC, AML, and beneficial ownership data to global financial institutions. Competes with W2 on KYB data breadth and global coverage as an incumbent aggregator.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/w2-global-data
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors6 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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