VerifyNowVerify every beneficiary, grantee and vendor
Identity, sanctions, payout-account and CIPC checks for South African government agencies, NGOs, donor organisations and grant administrators — POPIA and PFMA-aligned, available over API or dashboard.
In short: what VerifyNow does for government and NGOs
A defensible beneficiary, grantee and vendor workflow for South African public entities and NGOs combines Home Affairs SA ID verification (with duplicate detection across the programme), bank account verification on payout accounts, AML/PEP/sanctions screening of grantees, vendors and executives against UN, OFAC, EU and UK lists, CIPC company & director verification for supply-chain due diligence, and consumer trace for field audits. Public entities are bound by the PFMA and its supply-chain regulations; NGOs within FICA Schedule 1 inherit FICA obligations.
VerifyNow’s scope: Home Affairs SA ID verification, bank account verification (AVS), AML/PEP/sanctions screening, CIPC company & director verification, consumer trace, document authentication, and face match / liveness — all under POPIA-compliant consent with a full audit trail. VerifyNow does not issue credit bureau reports or SAPS criminal record clearances; where a donor or funder requires either, they are sourced from a registered credit bureau or SAPS (or an authorised provider) alongside VerifyNow’s checks.
Services built for public-benefit programmes
Five real services that map to beneficiary onboarding, grant approval, vendor due diligence and annual audit cycles.
SA ID Verification
Confirm each beneficiary is a valid, living South African ID holder — and surface duplicates across your programme.
Bank Account Verification (AVS)
Check that the payout bank account is held by the beneficiary before a stipend, grant or payroll run leaves the fund.
AML / PEP / Sanctions
Screen grantees, vendors and executives against international sanctions lists (UN, OFAC, EU, UK) plus PEP and adverse-media sources.
CIPC Company Match
Confirm a vendor is a registered South African company and pull its directors for supply-chain due diligence.
Consumer Trace
Re-establish contact with a beneficiary whose address or phone number is out of date during field audits.
How agencies and NGOs use VerifyNow
Four concrete flows that public-sector and donor-funded programmes run against our API every day.
Beneficiary onboarding
- Field team or online form captures the beneficiary’s ID and payout bank account.
- SA ID Verification confirms the ID is valid and living, and flags duplicates across the programme.
- Bank AVS confirms the account is held by that same ID number and branch.
- Beneficiary is activated; evidence is stored against their record.
Grant approval and funder due diligence
- Grant application is received from an individual or organisation.
- SA ID Verification on the applicant and named principals.
- AML / PEP / Sanctions screening against UN, OFAC, EU and UK lists.
- Hits are routed to a reviewer; clear candidates move straight to approval.
Vendor and supplier due diligence
- Supply-chain team captures a prospective vendor’s registration number.
- CIPC Company Match confirms the company exists and returns its directors.
- AML / PEP / Sanctions screens the company and each director.
- Cleared vendors enter the approved-supplier list under PFMA SCM rules.
Annual beneficiary audit
- Batch-submit the beneficiary roll via the API at the start of the audit cycle.
- SA ID Verification flags deceased, duplicate or invalid records.
- Bank AVS re-confirms payout accounts still belong to the beneficiary.
- Exceptions are routed to caseworkers; the rest pass through without manual effort.
Public-sector frameworks we help with
POPIA governs how you process beneficiary, grantee and vendor personal information. Our verification services are built to return only the fields required for a decision (valid / invalid, matched / unmatched, on / off a sanctions list) and every lookup is logged against a transaction ID for your audit trail.
Public entities are bound by the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), its supply-chain management regulations and related National Treasury instructions, which require documented vendor due diligence and prevention of irregular expenditure. CIPC Company Match plus AML / PEP / Sanctions give you a defensible vendor-vetting file for each award on record.
For donor-funded and sanctions-sensitive programmes, our AML / PEP / Sanctions screening covers UN, OFAC, EU and UK lists — which is what most international funding bodies require before disbursement. NGOs that fall within FICA Schedule 1 (for example trust-property handlers) can use the same tooling to satisfy their FICA customer due-diligence obligations.
Government and NGO questions
Can I screen beneficiaries and grantees against sanctions lists?
Yes. Our AML / PEP / Sanctions service screens individuals and entities against international sanctions lists (including UN, OFAC, EU and UK) as well as politically exposed persons and adverse-media data. Donor and funding bodies commonly require this check before grant disbursement, and it can be run at onboarding and on a recurring rescreen schedule.
How do I prevent duplicate or ghost-beneficiary payroll fraud?
The most effective combination is SA ID Verification plus Bank Account Verification. SA ID confirms the beneficiary is a real, living person with a valid 13-digit ID, and surfaces duplicates across your programme when you run a batch. Bank AVS confirms the payout account is held in that same ID’s name — which catches the classic ghost-beneficiary pattern where one account receives payments for many identities.
Does this integrate with our grant-management or case-management system?
Yes. Every verification is available over a REST API, so your grant-management, beneficiary-registration or case-management platform can call SA ID, Bank AVS, AML/PEP and CIPC checks in-flow and store the reference in the beneficiary record. There is also a dashboard if some of your caseworkers prefer a manual lookup.
Can you handle bulk beneficiary onboarding and annual audits?
Yes — the API accepts batch submissions, which is how most NGOs and grant administrators run annual audits, stipend-cycle rescreens, and large onboarding drives. You can submit a list of ID numbers and bank accounts and get back a structured result set for each, with a transaction reference for your audit trail.
Which frameworks are relevant to government and NGO verification?
Public entities are bound by the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and its supply-chain regulations, and everyone processing personal information is bound by POPIA. NGOs that fall within FICA Schedule 1 (for example as accountable institutions handling trust property) also inherit FICA obligations. Donor-funded programmes typically inherit sanctions-screening obligations from the funder.
Harden every disbursement
Stand up beneficiary, grantee and vendor verification in days — with POPIA, PFMA and sanctions obligations baked in.