Stay compliant and onboard customers faster in Seychelles

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

Seychelles Overview

As a member state of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG), Seychelles has implemented KYC/AML regulations in line with international standards.

Regulatory Overview

KYC/AML regulations

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

  • Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS),
  • Seychelles Financial Intelligence Unit (SFIU)

The primary legislation governing KYC/AML  in Seychelles is the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act, 2020.

Data protection regulations

Seychelles’ data protection law is enforced via Data Protection Act 2002 (Act 9 of 2003) ('the Act')

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 Seychelles

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

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Documents we verify in Seychelles

Seychelles National Identity Card
The national ID card issued by Immigration and Civil Status Seychelles - is the primary KYC document in Seychelles.
Seychelles Passport
Passports issued by Immigration and Civil Service Department, Seychelles Police - may not be popular but are an acceptable kyc document.
Seychelles Driver’s License
Drivers licenses issued by Seychelles Licensing Authority (SLA) - can be used to verify the holder’s identity.
Verify Seychellois 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