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Germany’s SCHUFA announces strategic partnership with GB Group to offer UK businesses instant identity verification for 65 million German citizens
April 2009 by Marc Jacob
GB Group, the provider of identity management solutions, and SCHUFA, Germany’s largest credit reference agency, have announced a strategic partnership to offer GB clients an unrivalled identity verification capability for the German market. The SCHUFA service which has been embedded into GB’s international e-IDV service, ID3 Check, offers access to 65 million German citizens and will offer organisations a much more robust means of verifying German nationals’ identity than has been hitherto possible. This new level of ID verification will be of particular relevance to businesses that wish to trade online or that wish to offer age-restricted products to German citizens.
The anonymity of the Web demands a very specific approach to identity verification. Deciding if the potential customer is genuine or is over the required age limit is often difficult and fraud can be easily perpetrated simply by providing a false name or address. This new partnership between SCHUFA and GB Group means that the market’s identity verification technology can now be applied within Germany, offering UK businesses the opportunity to take on new German customers secure in the knowledge that their anti-fraud and social responsibility measures are as robust as those in place for UK customers.
For SCHUFA the partnership with GB Group marks an important step towards becoming a truly international concern.
