THE RELATIONSHIP
Where Global Database fits
The two controls answer different questions: KYC establishes who the person is; company verification establishes which business they represent.
THE IDENTITY GAP
Why name-only checks fail.
Verifying an individual does not confirm that a claimed company exists, that the VAT number belongs to it or that the person selected the correct legal entity.
THE VAT VERIFICATION ROLE
Establish the company before the wider decision.
VAT verification bridges the person-to-business handoff by resolving the submitted tax identifier to a legal company record before the onboarding flow continues.
THE WORKFLOW
Four steps from input to evidence.
- 01
Verify the person
Complete the relevant individual identity checks in the KYC workflow.
- 02
Collect the business
Ask for the company name, country and VAT, EIN or registration number.
- 03
Resolve the company
Match the submitted business details to the registry-backed company record.
- 04
Join the decisions
Pass both outcomes into the onboarding policy while keeping KYC and KYB evidence distinct.
WHAT THE EVIDENCE SUPPORTS
Complementary KYC and KYB controls
Global Database’s public guidance describes Persona and Global Database as a common pairing for individual identity and deeper registry-based KYB.
Read the Global Database KYC and KYB comparisonNo Persona-specific VATFind deployment result or performance metric is claimed on this page.