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Instant AML and KYC compliance solution for Botswana

Smile ID empowers businesses to achieve seamless AML and KYC compliance with its identity verification solution in Botswana. Instantly verify customer identities and onboard users to comply with KYC, AML, and data protection regulations in Botswana.

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Botswana Overiew

With Smile Identity, you can quickly verify identities and stay compliant with digital KYC and data regulations in Botswana. We handle onboarding and compliance in 52 African countries so that you can focus on other important things.

Regulatory Overview

KYC/AML regulations

AML/KYC regulations in Botswana are enforced by a number of regulators including the

Bank of Botswana
Comissão de Mercado de Capitais (CMC),
Instituto de Supervisão de Seguros (ISS)

The primary KYC/AML regulation in Botswana is the Anti-Money Laundering Act which was enacted in 2019.

Choose Smile ID, your compliance partner for AML/KYC regulations in Botswana!

Data protection regulations

Botswana has in recent years taken steps to secure personal data with the Data Protection Act which was enacted in 2018. The Data Protection Authority (DPA) enforces these laws in the country.

Data controllers and processors must obtain customers’ consent before processing and transferring personal data.

Accurately authenticate and onboard users in Botswana

Scale your business in Botswana with Smile ID. We enable fast-growing businesses to stay compliant, prevent fraud, and streamline their user verification process easily. Verify Batswana users and prevent fraud with confidence:

Botswana - Verify up to 5 ID Types including National IDs, Resident permits, Passports, etc.

Botswana - De-biased models with a 99.8% accuracy for all African skin tones

Botswana - Image capture SDKs optimised for low bandwidth and all software versions as low as Android 5.0.

Botswana - Global AML Check against over 1100 global sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media watchlists.

Botswana - Enterprise-level security standard with ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 1 & 2 certifications.

Accurately verify up to 5 ID types in Botswana

Botswana National Identity Card

The Botswana National Identity Card is a critical identification document issued to citizens of Botswana. This category includes various forms of ID such as National IDs, Consular IDs, and Diplomat IDs, which are essential for verifying identity within the country and abroad.

Botswana Drivers License

The Botswana Drivers License is an important document for individuals authorized to drive within the country. It serves as proof of identity and legal driving status, ensuring that only qualified individuals operate vehicles on public roads.

Botswana Passport

The Botswana Passport is an internationally recognized travel document issued to citizens of Botswana. It allows for international travel and serves as proof of identity and nationality, ensuring safe and legal movement across borders.

Botswana Resident ID

Botswana Resident IDs, including residency permits and residency cards, are issued to foreign nationals residing in Botswana. These documents are crucial for legal residency and accessing services within the country, ensuring compliance with immigration laws.

Botswana Travel Documents

Botswana Travel Documents encompass border crossing documents, refugee documents, and visas. These documents are vital for regulating the movement of individuals across borders, ensuring legal and safe travel, and providing necessary identification for various purposes.

Verify Users in Botswana 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.

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Scan your document

Our image capture tools guide users to take clear photos even with older devices.

Smile for a selfie

Ensure the real user is behind the camera with a smile to test for liveness.

Get real-time results

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

Comprehensive Identity verification
(KYC/AML) solution in one place

Choose the best method to verify and onboard your customers efficiently.

Document Verification: Verify over 8500 documents across 220 countries globally, including Angola, with a 96% OCR accuracy.

Enhance your security with advanced authentication solutions.

Smartselfie Authentication: Protect your system with our AI-powered SmartSelfie Authentication solution, boasting a 99.8% accuracy rate for African faces. Integrate this into your multi-factor authentication system for accurate identity verification during access attempts.

Access all the tools you need to stop fraud in one place.

AML Check: Run AML checks on users against against 1100+ global and African sanctions, PEP, and adverse media lists.

Duplicate Account Prevention: Prevent duplicate account fraud with real-time scanning of previously registered faces during onboarding using our Smile Secure product.

Integration options

Seamlessly integrate our solutions via API or no-code option with your existing infrastructure to automate compliance.

Smile Links: A flexible, no-code option for creating customised user verification flows

SDKs: Available for iOS, Android, Hosted Web, Flutter, and React Native

Server-to-server libraries: Support for Ruby, Java, PHP, Python, and Node.js

REST API: Robust and flexible integration for efficient compliance automation

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