Stay compliant and onboard customers faster in Mozambique
Country overview
Country overview
As a member state of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Eastern and Southern Africa
Anti-Money Laundering Group(ESAAMLG), Mozambique has implemented KYC/AML regulations in line with international standards.
Regulatory overview
Regulatory overview
KYC/AML regulations
AML/KYC regulations in Mozambique are enforced by a number of regulators including the
- Central Bank of Mozambique (CBN),
- Gabinete de Informação Financeira de Moçambique (GIFM)
The primary legislation governing KYC/AML in Mozambique is the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Law nº14/2013 of 12 August.
Data protection regulations
Data protection in Mozambique is enforced via The Civil Code (Decree-Law no. 47344), the Penal Code (Law no. 24/2019, the Labour Law (Law no. 23/2007, of August 1), and the Electronic Transactions Law (Law no. 3/2017).
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 Mozambique
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 Mozambique
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.
Mozambique National Identity Card
The national ID card issued by the National Directorate of Civil Identification is the primary KYC document in Mozambique.
Mozambique Voters ID
Voter IDs issued by Comissão Nacional Eleitoral (CNE) are required for voting in elections and can also be used as a KYC document.
Mozambique Passport
Passports issued by Immigration Service Department – Ministry of Interior may not be popular but are an acceptable KYC document
Mozambique Driver’s License
Drivers licenses issued by Ministério dos Transportes e Comunicações can be used to verify the holder’s identity
Verify Mozambicans 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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