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Home > Top Stories > HOLVI CHOOSES GBGROUP TO GET TO THE HEART OF ITS CUSTOMERS

HOLVI CHOOSES GBGROUP TO GET TO THE HEART OF ITS CUSTOMERS

Published by Gbaf News

Posted on April 10, 2015

3 min read

Last updated: January 22, 2026

Holvi mobile banking interface screenshot showcasing features for SMEs - Global Banking & Finance Review — Screenshot of the Holvi mobile banking app, illustrating its user-friendly interface designed for SMEs. This image highlights Holvi's innovative banking solutions aimed at enhancing customer experience and streamlining financial processes for entrepreneurs and sole traders.

GBGroup, the global leader in identity intelligence, has announced its collaboration with Holvi, the Finnish company redefining European banking, with the aim to verify and understand its customers to help grow their businesses.

Holvi, an online one-stop-shop banking service for entrepreneurs, combines current accounts with tools to provide a full, digital banking experience for SMEs and sole traders. The company allows customers to easily manage projects and the back office in an embedded online platform. Fully regulated and operational in 30 countries, Holvi serves some 20 million entrepreneurs, freelancers, project workers and sole traders who up to now have struggled with banking services that don’t suit their needs.

Holvi mobile screenshot

Holvi mobile screenshot

“Current banking systems aren’t designed for sole traders; and it can take months for them to open an account, in which time they may have lost out on precious revenue or securing new business. Holvi sets out to take the administrative pain away for small companies – providing easy to use, efficient and synchronised banking services,” said Luis Calleja Rodriguez, Chief Compliance Officer at Holvi.

“GBGroup helps us provide a real banking experience for SMEs and sole-traders,” continued Rodriguez. “Working with GBGroup allows our clients to open an account in under a minute, and they don’t need to provide data or paper-documents; taking out the stress of the traditional banking system. The speed makes onboarding new customers incredibly easy, allowing both us, and our customers, to focus on business growth.”

Holvi, which is Finnish for ‘vault’, gives customers the security of a bank with the tools of the modern, digital world to streamline their financial and accounting processes; saving them time, eliminating banking stress and allowing them to focus on their most important objective – winning new businesses and increasing income. In fact, Holvi’s customers save 5-7 hours on average each month as a result of using the service.

Holvi user interface

Holvi user interface

“We’re dedicated to expanding our business across Europe in an organic manner. We want to truly understand and get to the very heart of every single one of our customers,” continued Rodriguez. “GBGroup’s insight allows us to understand each of our clients personally, meaning we can ensure we’re providing them with the exact services they need.”

GBGroup started working with Holvi nine months ago to verify the documents of their new customers to prove they are valid and fully compliant on a pan-European level. GBGroup has allowed Holvi to check, verify and authenticate customers across the UK, Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden and Denmark; making their European expansion smoother, more efficient and scalable than using legacy systems.

Glenn Porter, General Manager International Identity Verification, GBGroup comments, “We’re incredibly proud to be partnered with Holvi, they’re a truly exciting company that’s challenging an entire industry. Their disruptive approach is empowering small businesses across Europe and giving them the tools they need to really make an impact. Our identity intelligence solutions are helping companies exploit their digital resources and expand at a faster rate than previously possible. Also, our Matchcode and DecTech solutions provide international data capture, validation and real-time credit checking whilst detecting and preventing transactional fraud. In this sense our partnership feels like the perfect marriage.”