B2B fintech QV Systems has integrated the DAVIS API (Application Programming Interface) from Licence Check into its Accelerate SaaS platform, enabling its clients to carry out real-time, accurate and fully automated driver licence checking.

QV Systems founder and CEO Daniel Layne

It’s already being deployed by EV charging specialist Gridserve, which is using the application to check the licences of drivers who apply for a test-drive experience in one of the electric cars it has available for testing though its leasing arm.

QV Systems founder and CEO Daniel Layne, said that Gridserve needed a licence checking solution for the test drive experience side of its business and that, following the request, a market review showed that the DAVIS API offered the best option.

“We had been aware of Licence Check for a number of years and its leading position in the licence checking arena. When Gridserve approached us to provide a digital, real-time way of checking driving licences for those drivers who wanted to experience a test drive in an EV, it seemed an obvious solution and the perfect fit for us.

“The DAVIS API offers a comprehensive and impressive array of functionality and the team at Derby were very quick, supportive and helpful, which made the integration very straightforward and a great experience all round,” Layne added.

QV Systems has now integrated the DAVIS API within its Accelerate Enterprise cloud-native platform to enable all clients to access the same licence checking service through DAVIS. The business operates primarily in the automotive and asset finance arenas and counts several well-known names in fleet, leasing and asset finance, including Zenith Leasing, MotoNovo Finance and Synergy Car Leasing, amongst its 56-strong corporate client base.

The tie-up comes after Derby-based Licence Check, part of the Ebbon Group’s recently announced Ebbon Compliance division, became UK’s leading provider of licence checking services earlier this year, as confirmed in official figures.

Licence Check developed the DAVIS API to allow clients to access their data held within the DAVIS platform and integrate its seamlessly into their back-office systems. Currently, around 50 businesses use the service.

Managing director Keith Allen said: “We are delighted that QV Systems has been able to provide access to real-time, digital licence checking for its clients through the DAVIS API, which allows them to access the full licence-checking functionality that DAVIS provides and which is intended to empower businesses to manage occupational road risk from a single platform.”