Stay compliant and onboard customers faster in Guinea-Bissau

With Smile ID, you can quickly verify identities and stay compliant with digital KYC and data regulations in Guinea-Bissau.

Country overview

As a member state of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Intergovernmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), Guinea-Bissau has implemented KYC/AML regulations in line with international standards.

Regulatory overview

KYC/AML regulations

AML/KYC regulations in Guinea-Bissau are enforced by a number of regulators including the

Banque Centrale des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (BCEAO),
Guinea-Bissau Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU).

The primary legislation governing KYC/AML in Guinea-Bissau is the WAEMU Uniform Law 2016-008.

Data protection regulations

Guinea-Bissau enforces their data protection laws via the law governing the statistical system in Guinea-Bissau (Law No. 1/91 of March 25, 1991)

Institutions are required to obtain users’ consent before processing and transferring personal data. Users are entitled to the erasure of their personal data upon request.

Accurately verify users in Guinea-Bissau

Stay compliant, prevent fraud and streamline your user verification process for customers across Africa with Smile ID. Verify users with confidence with:

The most extensive ID coverage on the continent

99.8% recognition accuracy for faces of all skin tones

A solution that is compatible with any device

Documents we verify in Guinea-Bissau

Give users the flexibility to verify their identity using any of the following ID documents. All we need is a document photo and a selfie.

Guinea-Bissau National Identity Card

The national ID card issued by the National Police Directorate under the Ministry of Security and Civil Protection is the primary KYC document in Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea-Bissau ECOWAS ID

The ECOWAS ID can be used to verify the identity of citizens of ECOWAS member countries. This includes the residents of Guinea-Bissau.

Guinea-Bissau Passport

Passports issued by Ministerio Dos Negocios Estrangeiros may not be as common but are acceptable KYC documents.

Guinea-Bissau Driver’s License

Drivers licenses are issued to legal residents in Guinea Bissau. The document establishes the holder's identity but is not evidence of the holder's nationality.

Verify Bissau-Guineans using ID documents

Verifying users with ID documents and biometric face matching is one of the most reliable ways to determine a user's true identity. Our ID document verification solution checks that an ID document is authentic, accurately transcribes the text on the document and compares a user-submitted selfie to the document image.

Transcribes document text with 96% accuracy

Checks for accurate format

Identifies tampered and forged documents

Verifies security features

Scan your document

Our image capture tool guides users to take clear photos even with older devices.

Smile for a selfie

We ensure a real user is behind the camera by asking them to smile to test for liveness.

Get real-time results

In a few seconds, we will confirm the document is authentic and belongs to the user.