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Stay compliant and onboard customers faster in Tunisia

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

Tunisia Overview

Tunisia 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 Tunisia are expected to adhere to local and international KYC/AML regulations.

Regulatory Overview

KYC/AML regulations

AML/KYC regulations in Tunisia are enforced by a number of regulators including the
- Banque Centrale de Tunisie (BCT),
- Conseil du Marché Financier (CMF)

The primary legislation governing KYC/AML in Tunisia is the Law relating to the against terrorism and the suppression of money laundering.

Data protection regulations

The National Authority for the Protection of Personal Data (INPDP) enforces the country’s data protection laws encoded in the Law on the Protection of Personal Data.

Tunisia’s data protection laws are modeled closely after the EU’s GDPR and are one of the most advanced on the continent. It protect individuals’ right to access of personal data as well as its processing.

Accurately verify users in Tunisia

Stay compliant, prevent fraud and streamline your user verification process for your customers in Tunisia and across other African countries 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 Tunisia

Tunisian National Identity Card

National ID cards issued by the Tunisian Ministry of Interior are mandatory for citizens and residents over the age of 18. This is the most widely acceptable KYC document in the country

Tunisian Passport

Passports issued by the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs are acceptable documents for KYC processes.

Tunisian Driver’s License

Driver Licenses in Tunisia are issued by the Ministry of Equipment, Housing, and Infrastructure and can be used to verify the holder’s identity.

Tunisian Resident Card

Non-Tunisian citizens resident in the country are expected to carry a resident card from the Ministry of Interior. This card can be used to verify their identities.

Verify Tunisians 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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