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Stay compliant and onboard customers faster in Equatorial Guinea

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

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Equatorial Guinea Overvew

Equatorial Guinea is a member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and Groupe d’Action contre le Blanchiment d’argent en Afrique Centrale (GABAC), Companies looking to digitally onboard customers and verify identities in Equatorial Guinea are expected to adhere to local and international KYC regulations.

Regulatory Overview

KYC/AML regulations

AML/KYC regulations in Equatorial Guinea are enforced by the
- National Bank of Equatorial Guinea (BANGE)
- Bank of Central African states.

The primary KYC regulation in Equatorial Guinea is the Law Against Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing which was enacted in 2017

Data protection regulations

Although Equatorial Guinea doesn’t yet have an operational data protection agency, the data rights of its citizens and residents are enshrined in the Protection of Personal Data law which was created in 2016.

Data processors are required by law to obtain the consent of customers before processing their data. Processors are expected to secure customers' data and customers also retain the right to request the deletion of their data at any point.

Accurately verify users in Equatorial Guinea

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 - 99.8% recognition accuracy for faces of all skin tones

General - A solution that is compatible with any device

Documents we verify in Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea National Identity Card

National Identity cards issued by the Centro Nacional de Emision de Documentos Oficiales (CNEDOGE) are the most common identification document in the country.

Equatorial Guinea Passport

Passports issued by the Centro Nacional de Emision de Documentos Oficiales are an acceptable KYC document for Equatorial Guineans.

Equatorial Guinea Driver’s License

Equatorial Guinean driver's licenses are a valid KYC document for identifying the document holder.

Equatorial Guinea Resident Card

Resident cards for non-citizens living Equatorial Guinea can be used to verify their identities

Verify Equatorial Guineans 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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