Our story
Keesing Technologies was founded in 1911 when Isaäc Keesing established a publishing house in Amsterdam by the name of Keesing Systems. The rest, as they say, is history.

1911
Isaäc Keesing founded Keesing systems

1923
Keesing collaborates with Interpol on the publishing of Keesing Counterfeits & Forgeries

1947
Keesing opens new offices abroad

1985
Keesing publishes the world’s first full-coloured publication on counterfeit documents

1990
ID verification products are introduced to the Keesing line

1995
Keesing begins collaborating with banks to prevent fraud

1999
The world’s most comprehensive ID document and banknote reference database, Keesing DocumentChecker, is made available online

2003
The first issue of the Keesing Journal of Documents & Identity is published

2006
AuthentiScan, an automated, digital ID verification solution is introduced

2011
Full integration of ID document verification within customer’s operating systems

2012
Keesing expands to North America and begins offering identity verification e-learning and workshops

2015
The Keesing ID Academy, a global knowledge and education centre, is established

2018
Biometric verification functions are added to AuthentiScan
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