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Stay compliant and onboard customers faster in Egypt

With Smile ID, you can quickly verify identities and stay compliant with KYC, AML and data protection regulations in Egypt.

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Country overview

Egypt is a member of the Financial Action Task Force (FAFT) and the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF). Businesses looking to digitally onboard and verify customers in Egypt are expected to adhere to local and international KYC/AML regulations.

Regulatory Overview

KYC/AML regulations

AML/KYC regulations in Egypt are enforced by a number of regulators including the
- Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), and
- Egyptian Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA)

The primary legislation governing KYC/AML in Egypt is the Anti-Money Laundering Law No. 80 of 2002 and its executive regulations.

Data protection regulations

Personal data in Egypt is protected by the Personal Data Protection Law No. 151 of 2020 which is enforced by the Personal Data Protection Center (PDPC)

Financial institutions are required to obtain the consent of their customers before collecting and using their personal data.

Accurately verify users in Egypt

Stay compliant, prevent fraud and streamline your user verification process for customers across Africa with Smile ID. Verify users with confidence with:

General - The most extensive ID coverage on the continent

General - A solution that is compatible with any device

General - 99.8% recognition accuracy for faces of all skin tones

Documents we verify in Egypt

Egyptian Driver’s License

The driver’s license is issued by the Ministry of Interior to citizens who can own or operate a motor vehicle. It is often used as a secondary form of ID for KYC purposes.

Egyptian National Identity Card

Recently revised in 2014, all Egyptian citizens aged 16 and above are required by the Egyptian Ministry of Interior to have a valid national ID card.

Egyptian Passport

Revised in 2015, the Egyptian passport is another popular form of ID among citizens. It is widely used for KYC/AML purposes.

Egyptian Resident Card

The Egyptian Resident Card is issued by the Ministry of Interior to Non-Egyptian residents who have been granted legal residency in the country.

Verify Egyptians 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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