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Stay compliant and onboard customers faster in Senegal

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

Country overview

As a member state of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA), Senegal has implemented KYC/AML regulations in line with international standards.

Regulatory Overview

KYC/AML regulations

AML/KYC regulations in Senegal are enforced by a number of regulators including the
- Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (BCEAO)
- Cellule Nationale de Traitement des Informations Financières (CENTIF),,
- Ministère de l’Economie, du Plan et de la Coopération.

The primary legislation governing KYC/AML in Senegal is the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act.

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Data protection regulations

The Senegalese data protection authority (CDP) enforces the country’s data protection laws via the law Concerning Personal Data Protection

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 Senegal

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 Senegal

Senegal National Identity Card

The national ID card issued by the National Agency for Statistics and Demography (Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie, ANSD) is the primary KYC document in Senegal.

Senegal Voter ID card

Voter cards issued by the Senegalses Electoral Commission (Commission Electorale Nationale Autonome, CENA) can also be accepted as a KYC document.

Senegal Passport

The Senegalese Department of Foreigners and Travel Documents Police (Direction de la Police des Etrangers et des Titres de Voyages, DPETV) issues passports that can be used to verify the holder’s identity in Senegal.

Senegal Driver’s License

Drivers licenses issued by the Senegalese National Agency for Driving and Vehicle Control (Agence Nationale de la Sécurité Routière, ANASER) can also be used to verify the holder’s identity.

Senegal - ECOWAS ID

The Economic Community of West African State issues ID cards to citizens of member states. This ID type is more common with Ecowas non-citizens resident in Senegal

Verify users in Senegal 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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