Stay compliant and onboard customers faster in Mauritius
Country overview
Country overview
Mauritius is a member of both the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) AND East and Southern African Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG) and has made strides towards bringing its KYC/AML regulations to a global standard.
Regulatory overview
Regulatory overview
KYC/AML regulations
AML/KYC regulations in Algeria are enforced by a number of regulators including the
- Bank of Algeria (Banque d'Algérie),
- Financial Intelligence Processing Unit (CTRF)
The primary KYC/AML regulation in Algeria is the Law on the Prevention and Fight against Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism.
Data protection regulations
Data rights in Algeria are protected by Law No. 18-07 of 25 Ramadhan 1439 Relating to the Protection of Individuals in the Processing of Personal Data. However, the country does not have an active data protection authority.
Regardless, data controllers and processors in the country are advised to keep up with global data processing standards to avoid future regulatory challenges
Accurately verify users in Mauritius
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 Mauritius
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.
Mauritian National ID
The National Identity Card Unit issues national ID cards to all citizens above 18 years that can be used as KYC documents.
Mauritian Passport
The Passport and Immigration Office issues passports that are also acceptable as a KYC document for verifying the holder’s identity.
Verify Mauritius 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.
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