SolutionsPhone Number Verification

Lower user friction with phone number verification

Smile ID's Phone Number Verification solution enables businesses to verify customer identities using phone numbers, ensuring basic KYC compliance in South Africa, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.

Trusted users from the start

Easily search government records

Search government databases using only a phone number. The results will indicate if the information submitted matches what the government has in its database.

Seamless user experience

With only two easy-to-remember inputs (name and phone number) needed from the user, phone verification is an extremely low-friction verification option.

Tier 1 compliance

Verifying with a phone number is fully compliant for low-level account openings.

Account openings made easy

Step 1: Collect user details

Collect the customer phone number and optional fields such as names, gender, and personal identity number through your onboarding form.

Step 2: Submit information via API

Step 3: Get real-time results

Flexible and user friendly verification solution

Lightning fast response

Find reliable user information in under 2s.

Flexible onboarding options

Provide users with another option to complete their KYC using their phone number.

KYC information from reliable sources

Search personal information with API connections to government sources.

Extensive coverage

Covering over 330 million phone number records across Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda and Nigeria combined.

Our Solutions

Products to help you with Phone Number Verification

Basic KYC

Match personal information against official government records.

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Enhanced KYC

Retrieve personal information from official government records.

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Ready to get started?

We are equipped to help you level up your KYC/AML compliance stack. Our team is ready to understand your needs, answer questions, and set up your account.