Stay compliant and onboard customers faster in Mauritius

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

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

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.