KYC Reimagined
Know Who
You’re Doing Business With
How can you tell if your customer is who they claim to be? With biometric authentication, you can.
Know your customer
From Bottleneck to Breakthrough
Traditional Know Your Customer (KYC) processes? Slow. Cumbersome. Full of gaps that fraudsters love to exploit. As these challenges mount, it’s clear: KYC needs a resolution, not just a refresh.
We get it. You re not just ticking compliance boxes you re in a high stakes balancing act. Building trust. Streamlining operations. Staying compliant. All while playing an endless game of cat-and-mouse with fraudsters and keeping pace with customer expectations. Oh, and did we mention tightening budgets and the uphill battle of digital transformation?
KYC Approach
Let’s Rewrite The Rules, Together
Enter Secure Citizen. We’re not here to offer another band-aid solution. We re here to flip the script on KYC.
Imagine verification that’s a seamless part of your customer journey. Security that enhances user experience, not hinders it. Compliance that fuels growth, not frustration.
With Secure Citizen, you re not just meeting standards you re setting them. Ready to turn your KYC from a liability into your secret weapon?
Welcome to your new extended KYC team. Let’s rewrite the rules together.
KYC, IT’S AS EASY AS 1,2,3
It’s not just a regulatory hurdle, it’s a strategic advantage
Our comprehensive solution transforms this requirement into a competitive edge, streamlining processes and building trust with every interaction.
Accuracy in Every Verification
Trust our precise and reliable solutions to combat fraud effectively.
Multi channel Capability
Know your customers at every touchpoint: Smartphone, Online, Kiosk, USSM & More.
Seamless Integration
Access a range of traditional and future proof solutions through our powerful APIs.
Complete KYC Coverage
Leverage both traditional IM verification and futureproof verifiable credentials to meet all your KYC needs.
Proven Foundations
Our Trusted KYC Solutions
We offer the following KYC solutions:
- ID Verification: Confirm South African citizenship or permanent residency status against Home Affairs and SAFPS fraudster database.
- Remote Enrolment: Enable customers to complete identity checks remotely via a user-friendly interface.
- Proof of Address: Verify and validate customer residential addresses.
- PEP & Sanctions Screening: Identify Politically Exposed Persons and check against sanctions lists.
- AML Checks: Assess transaction risk for potential money laundering or illicit financing.
Additional Benefits:
- Cache facilities: Enjoy SAFPS Verification when Home Affairs is
unavailable. - Omni-channel Integration: Seamlessly verify identities through our app, your website, USSM, kiosks and more.
- Compliance-Friendly: Fully automated solution with audit trail, facilitating the RICA & FICA process.
- POPIA Compliant: Ensuring data protection and privacy in line with South African regulations.
Additional benefits
Beyond Ordinary KYC
At Secure Citizen, we re revolutionising KYC with advanced, reliable, and user-friendly solutions. Here’s how we make a difference:
- Future-Ready: Exclusive upgrade path to digital credentials.
- Seamless Integration: Our API works for businesses of all sizes, from startups to large enterprises.
- Accessibility for All: Whether through digital IM wallet or USSM, we keep KYC accessible for everyone.
- Affordable: We offer cost-effective fraud prevention, making robust KYC accessible to all businesses.
- Extensive Database: With access to SAs largest verified database of 8 million citizens, we provide unparalleled coverage.
- Management Portal: Manage and oversee your KYC ecosystem with our intuitive and simple dashboards.
Choose Secure Citizen for KYC that’s secure, efficient, and tailored to your needs.
READY TO breakthrough?
KYC Powered by Digital Credentials
Real KYC solutions for today’s business challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities
Proof Of
Identity
Verify IDs (passports, driver's licences, IDs) for quicker onboarding and streamlined KYC compliance.
Proof of
Account
Secure Store or Bank Account Identity Verification.
Employee Verification
Effortless team authentication for access control and streamlined, secure workflows.
Educational
Qualification
Eliminate paperwork & instantly verify employee skills, degrees, diplomas and certificates from educational institutions.
Proof of
Age
Simplify age verification with secure VCs that confirm age without compromising privacy.
Proof Of
Address
Say goodbye to slow address checks. Credentials provide instant residency verification for a smoother experience.
Vetted
Gaming
Verify age for gaming, e-commerce or inappropriate content.
Responsible
Gambling
Verify age, identity, and funds to ensure legal compliance, secure payouts, and prevent fraud.
Secure Citizen Solutions
Streamline KYC, Your Way
KYC processes need to be accessible for all, including vendor onboarding. Businesses can integrate with us easily via our APIs, and customers or vendors can be verified through our app, USSM, your website, kiosks, or tills. From tech-savvy urbanites to rural elders, our solution ensures secure and compliant KYC for all, bridging the digital divide in identity verification. Simplify KYC and vendor onboarding your way.
Secure Citizen SOLUTIONS
Verification
Solutions
Know Your Customers with our proven solutions. From Biometric Authentication to Identity Verification, our powerful APIs seamlessly integrate these features into your KYC and vendor onboarding systems.
Secure Citizen SOLUTIONS
Digital
Credentials
Empower your organisation with blockchain backed digital credentials. They re instant, tamper-proof and designed to streamline KYC processes, enhance vendor onboarding, and build trust in a digital world.
Your Top Questions Answered
FAQs
Verifiable Credentials are digital, cryptographically secure, and privacy-preserving documents that represent an individual's identity attributes, qualifications, or achievements. They are issued by trusted authorities, such as governments, educational institutions, or employers, and are stored in a digital wallet controlled by the individual.
Verifiable Credentials work by leveraging blockchain technology and decentralised identifiers (DIDs) to create tamper-evident, verifiable, and interoperable credentials. When an individual presents a credential to a verifier, such as a business or service provider, the verifier can cryptographically validate the authenticity and integrity of the credential without the need to contact the issuer directly.
This enables secure, efficient, and privacy-preserving identity verification, reducing the risk of fraud and data breaches while empowering individuals with control over their personal information. Verifiable Credentials are the foundation of self-sovereign identity solutions, enabling a more secure, transparent, and user-centric approach to identity management in the digital age.
The adoption rate of verifiable credentials is gaining significant momentum globally across various sectors:
- Innovation Leaders: Countries like Singapore and Bhutan have successfully implemented Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), setting a high standard for ID management by empowering individuals with direct control over their identities.
- EU's Digital Directive: The EU's eIDAS regulation mandates all member states to provide citizens with a digital identity wallet, enhancing digital interactions and bolstering security for electronic transactions.
- Emerging Participants: Nations such as Canada, Morocco, and the Philippines are actively embracing this innovative approach to identity verification, indicating a growing global interest.
- State-Level Progression: Regions like California and Utah are pioneering the issuance of key documents, including birth and marriage certificates, as well as age verification, through verifiable credentials.
- Corporate Adoption: Corporations like LinkedIn are integrating verifiable credentials for workplace verifications, reflecting increasing corporate trust and utilisation of this technology.
Verifiable Credentials are subject to a multi-layered regulatory and governance framework:
- International standards: Organisations like the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) establish and maintain standards for credentials.
- National laws: They must comply with country-specific digital identity and data protection regulations.
- Sector-specific regulations: Certain industries may have additional rules governing the issuance and use of digital credentials.
- Data protection compliance: Digital credentials must adhere to laws such as GDPR and POPIA to ensure secure handling of personal data and maintain privacy.
- Trusted sources: Governing bodies regulate common credential types (e.g., ID, Proof of Address) to ensure they are only issued and shared by authorised entities.
This comprehensive approach to regulation and governance helps ensure the integrity, security, and legal compliance of digital Credentials across various use cases and jurisdictions.
Verifiable Credentials (VCs) offer a significantly higher level of security compared to traditional methods. They utilise advanced encryption and blockchain technology, making them highly resistant to fraud and tampering. Key security features include:
- Decentralised nature: VCs use decentralised identifiers (DIDs) and blockchain for secure, immutable record-keeping.
- Tamper-proof design: Strong cryptographic techniques ensure credentials cannot be altered or forged.
- Multi-party security: To compromise the system, an attacker would need to breach the issuer, verifier, and holder simultaneously.
- Verifiability: The blockchain-based structure allows for easy verification of credential authenticity.
Still have a questions?
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