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Insights on business identity, registry data, and cross-border trust.
The State of Business Identity Data in Europe 2026
Europe has 27 member states, 30+ business registries, zero standard. Inside the 2026 state of business identity data — fragmentation, demand, response.
The Real Cost of Cross-Border KYB in Europe Isn't the Fee
Verifying a German GmbH from Spain in 2026 costs nothing and takes seconds. Across five European country pairs, language is the friction — not the fee.
VAT in the Digital Age Standardised Everything — Except Who You're Invoicing
ViDA mandates real-time cross-border B2B e-invoicing by 2030. The fiscal layer is harmonised. The identity layer is not. What that gap looks like in practice.
D&B, Moody's, S&P: Inside the Company Information Oligopoly
Moody's, S&P Global and Dun & Bradstreet now own the company information market. Why $50B in M&A and a decade of open data didn't lower prices.
eIDAS 2.0 Across EU-27: Implementation Status Eight Months Before the Deadline
Eight months before the 2026-12-24 EUDI Wallet deadline, EU-27 Member States split into three readiness tiers. Status, Implementing Acts, business-identity angle.
The Identifier Chaos: Europe's 27+ Business ID Formats
EU-27 runs 27+ different business identifier systems. A look at the formats, the EUID attempt, and Directive 2025/25 — Europe's next wave of harmonisation.
The Economics of BEC: Why the Reported Loss Is a Floor, Not a Figure
The FBI reported $2.77B in BEC losses for 2024. Three independent data flows suggest the real number is 10–15x higher. The arithmetic, and why it matters.