AMSTERDAM. January 9, 2026 – Fourthline, Europe's leading identity services provider, has been recognized with two prestigious XCelent Awards in Celent's January 2026 report ‘Know Your Customer Systems: Identity Verification Platforms.’ Fourthline was named a ‘Luminary’, Celent’s highest ranking in the report and received the XCelent Breadth of Functionality Award and the XCelent Advanced Technology Award, in Celent’s Technology Capabilities Matrix for KYC-IDV platforms.
The recognition underscores Fourthline's position as a technology leader in the identity verification space. Celent's report evaluated vendors across multiple functionalities and domains, ultimately placing solutions into five distinct categories based on comprehensive market assessment.
Neil Katkov, a director in Celent’s Risk group highlighted what sets Fourthline apart: “Fourthline provides an integrated platform that runs on their own machine-learning models and trained on domain-specific data. This lets them automate most decisions while maintaining high fraud detection accuracy. Instead of stitching together third-party tools, they bring document checks, biometrics, liveness, and behavioural signals into a single stack that can adapt as risk evolves.”
Krik Gunning, Co-Founder and CEO of Fourthline, commented: "These awards validate our commitment to building proprietary technology from the ground up. We've invested in developing our own AI models trained on real-world data. This approach gives our business partners the automation and accuracy they need to scale globally while maintaining bank-grade security. We're honored that Celent recognizes both our technological innovation and the breadth of our platform."
Fourthline's integrated approach enables financial institutions to access identity verification, biometric authentication, AML screening, and compliance tools through a single API, eliminating the complexity of managing multiple point solutions.
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About Fourthline Fourthline is Europe's leading identity services provider, powering compliance solutions through proprietary AI technology. Founded in Amsterdam in 2017, the company's market dominance is reflected in its elite client roster including customers such as: Revolut, N26, Trade Republic, FlatexDeGiro, Qonto, Rabobank, Nationale-Nederlanden Bank (NN) and Triodos Bank. Through a single API integration, Fourthline enables financial institutions to maintain consistent compliance standards while supporting ambitious global expansion. For more information: www.fourthline.com
