Checked once, then watched at every login

Your document and face are checked once, when you open the account. After that, every login is checked quietly.

1Document and face checks ↓Checking the ID document and the face when a newaccount is opened.IDfyAiPriseHyperVergeSignzyJumio Corp.VIDA Digital IdentitySocureYotiOnGrid2Bot and fraud detection ↓Checking at every login and payment that the useris a real person, and the right one.SHIELDArkose LabsBureauPing Identityat every laterlogin1Document and face checks ↓Checking the ID document and the face whena new account is opened.IDfyAiPriseHyperVergeSignzyJumio Corp.VIDA Digital IdentitySocureYotiOnGrid2Bot and fraud detection ↓Checking at every login and payment thatthe user is a real person, and the rightone.SHIELDArkose LabsBureauPing Identity

Box 1 is the check when the account is opened. Box 2 is the check at every later login and payment, which looks at the device and the behaviour, not at a document. Tap a title in the diagram to jump to its companies.

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Document and face checks 9 companies

When you open an account, the software checks that your ID document is genuine, that your face matches its photo, and that a live person is in front of the camera, not a photo or a video. It then checks your name against official lists. Indian companies grew up running these checks for banks and fintechs.

Verification companies

Companies that run the document, face and liveness checks.

IDfy logoIDfyIDfy, from Mumbai, is the largest of the Indian verification companies. It uses the same platform to check customers for banks and employees for employers.Mumbai · BengaluruHiring now
AiPrise logoAiPriseAiPrise checks businesses as well as people: whether a business is real, and who owns it. This is called know your business, or KYB. It runs the review with AI agents.Bengaluru
HyperVerge logoHyperVergeHyperVerge, in Bengaluru, built the AI models that match faces and check that a live person is in front of the camera. They work on a cheap phone over a weak connection.Bengaluru
Signzy logoSignzySignzy checks customers and detects fraud for banks and other financial companies, including faces and videos faked with AI.
Jumio Corp. logoJumio Corp.Jumio is one of the companies that invented checking identity with a document photo and a selfie.
VIDA Digital Identity logoVIDA Digital IdentityVIDA, from Indonesia, adds a digital signature certificate to a verified identity, so the person who was checked can also sign documents.

Risk scores and age checks

Scoring how risky an identity is, or estimating a person's age.

Socure logoSocureSocure scores how risky an identity is, using a shared pool of American data.
Yoti logoYotiYoti, from London, estimates a person's age from their face without finding out who they are. Websites use it to meet age-check laws without collecting ID documents.

Checking job candidates

The same checks, for employers.

OnGrid logoOnGridOnGrid runs the same document and face checks for employers checking job candidates, instead of for banks checking customers.See alsoBackground screening and verification providers
The tech, explainedIdentity verification (IDV)Know your business (KYB)Sanctions and PEP screeningDeepfake detection↗ Social media
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Bot and fraud detection 4 companies

Months later, a login with the right password still has to behave like you. This software looks at the device, the rhythm of your typing and touching, and the network you connect from, and decides whether it is you, a fraudster or a bot.

SHIELD logoSHIELDSHIELD, from Singapore, gives every phone and browser a lasting identity, so a fraudster who is blocked cannot simply start again with a new account.Bengaluru
Arkose Labs logoArkose LabsArkose Labs specialises in bots. It tells automated attacks apart from people and makes each attack too expensive to run, so that a sign-up page is not flooded with fake accounts. It has engineering in Pune.Pune
Bureau logoBureauBureau was founded in San Francisco, and its engineering is in Bengaluru. It combines identity checks, the device and behaviour into one risk score. Its buyers are banks fighting fraud.
Ping Identity logoSecuredTouch (Ping Identity) logoPing IdentityIncludes SecuredTouchPing Identity is here for SecuredTouch, a company it bought, which tells a person from a bot by how the screen is touched. The Bengaluru engineering behind it is Ping's.BengaluruSee alsoIdentity and access management (IAM)
The tech, explainedDevice fingerprintingBehavioural biometricsSynthetic identity fraud detectionBot management↗ Enterprise cybersecurity
How it all worksKnow your customer (KYC)Checked once at sign-up, watched at every login.
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What's changing

Faces can now be faked.

AI can now make a face, or a video of a face, that looks real enough to fool a camera check. So verification companies are adding checks that the face in front of the camera belongs to a live person and is not a fake made with AI.

Read moreDeepfake detection↗ Social mediaIdentity verification (IDV)
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