Our Blog

Why KYC Know your customer matters?
Due diligence8 min read

Why KYC Know your customer matters?

KYC (Know Your Customer) is the process carried out by companies to verify their clients' identities in compliance with the legal requirements, current laws, and regulations, such as eIDAS, GDPR, and AML. Due to the extensive use of new and developing technologies, it is crucial to define standards that can help fight online fraud.
What does KYB mean in business?
Due diligence7 min read

What does KYB mean in business?

KYB Know your business is the process of verifying the legitimacy of any business you work with, potentially involving stakeholder organizations with which you form a relationship
Boost Your Sales Engagement With Chrome LinkedIn Extension
Due diligence8 min read

Boost Your Sales Engagement With Chrome LinkedIn Extension

Boost your Sales Engagement using Global Database free Chrome Extension for easily accessing contact data. Automate your enrichment process using Global Database free Chrome extension and find all the contacts you are searching for
Customer Screening: A Guide to Understanding Company Accounts
Due diligence7 min read

Customer Screening: A Guide to Understanding Company Accounts

When it comes to protecting your business, ensuring that you have confidence in your transactions is essential. Whether you're taking on a new high-value client, entering into a long-term contract or trying to qualify potential leads, getting hold of another company's financial history can be a huge help in determining if you are facing any possible risks.
Business Intelligence vs. Business Analytics: Which to Choose?
Due diligence16 min read

Business Intelligence vs. Business Analytics: Which to Choose?

Business intelligence is based primarily around the past and leading up to the current performance of a company, while business analytics is more involved in making predictions about its future, as well as digging deeper and answering 'why'.
GDPR, Data Privacy and B2B Marketing: Rules vs Success
Due diligence14 min read

GDPR, Data Privacy and B2B Marketing: Rules vs Success

Tech giant’s adrenaline rush of mining more & more data has pushed their value so high that it is not far fetched to call data the oil of the digital world. The irony lies in that data-driven people, experts at extracting meaning out of numbers, experience adversity in proper personal data management put forward by GDPR.
A Guide to the Biggest Factors That Impact Your Business Credit Score
Due diligence7 min read

A Guide to the Biggest Factors That Impact Your Business Credit Score

Your business' credit score holds the key to the success of your finances for a number of reasons, and is ultimately a positive or negative reflection of your company. In contrast to your personal credit file, business credit reports are available to anyone who inquires about it - including potential lenders, investors, suppliers, customers and competitors.
Companies House vs Global Database: How do They Compare for B2B Data?
Due diligence17 min read

Companies House vs Global Database: How do They Compare for B2B Data?

Companies House may be a good place to start if you're looking for very simple business data, or just checking whether a company is actually registered in the UK. However, in order to build a full overview of your prospects, a more in-depth solution such as that which Global Database provides is needed.
How to Build and Maintain Strong Business Credit
Due diligence8 min read

How to Build and Maintain Strong Business Credit

Having a good credit score can ultimately be the difference between success and failure for your business. Given that these reports are available to anyone who wants to see them, including potential lenders and suppliers, it is vital that you are aware of the information that yours currently contains.
Social Data: The Future of Online Fraud Prevention?
Due diligence5 min read

Social Data: The Future of Online Fraud Prevention?

With over 52 percent of US consumers purchasing products online, it's vital to provide more room for sales improvement and to reduce online fraud
The Importance of Performing Due Diligence Checks on Your Customers
Due diligence7 min read

The Importance of Performing Due Diligence Checks on Your Customers

When it comes to new business transactions, it is important that you have confidence in your customers - particularly if there are large sums of money involved and/or your potential clients are not well known. Performing due diligence checks on customers is common-place in the financial sector, where such background checks are not only logical but grounded in legislation
What is a Business Credit Score?
Due diligence7 min read

What is a Business Credit Score?

Monitoring your business' credit score should be a regular practice for all companies, regardless of industry or size. Given that these reports are available to anyone who wants to see them, including potential lenders and suppliers, it is vital that you are aware of the information that yours currently contains.