ID-Pal has announced a significant expansion of its global compliance and identity verification platform with the acquisition of Know Your Business specialist NorthRow. The deal strengthens ID-Pal’s ability to provide a unified solution for Know Your Customer, Know Your Business, and Anti-Money Laundering requirements for organisations across Europe, the UK, and the U.S.
Founded in 2016, ID-Pal has built a wide-ranging AI-powered offering covering more than 250 jurisdictions, supporting over 16,000 document types, and integrating with more than 400 trusted data sources. The acquisition introduces native, end-to-end KYB capabilities to the platform, enabling firms to verify business entities and continuously monitor structural or ownership changes through a consolidated risk view.
The addition of NorthRow’s technology enhances ID-Pal’s long-term plan to deliver scalable solutions for evolving compliance challenges. The combined platform is designed to help organisations manage increasing regulatory complexity, adapt to global changes, and leverage real-time intelligence on company profiles, director data, and financial health.
The deal also brings several major NorthRow customers into ID-Pal’s portfolio, including Caxton, Equifax, and Hargreaves Lansdown. They join an established client base that includes government bodies such as the Irish Department of Justice and major enterprises such as Blackhawk Network, Zurich International, Mercer, U.S. Bank, Elavon, and Salesforce. NorthRow’s services will continue to operate without disruption as both companies move toward a more integrated roadmap that unifies their platforms and strengthens the overall client experience.
The acquisition comes at a moment when regulatory demands in the UK and the U.S. are increasing. Recent reforms, including the UK’s enhanced verification requirements and the U.S. Corporate Transparency Act, are pushing firms to adopt continuous monitoring of KYC, AML, and KYB risks. The expanded ID-Pal offering aims to help organisations onboard customers with greater confidence, reduce exposure to sanctions risk, and improve vendor onboarding processes.
KEY QUOTES
“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.”
Colum Lyons, Founder and CEO, ID-Pal
“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.”
Alana Parsons, Chief Operations Officer, Caxton
