Compare a customer selfie with a trusted reference through Face Match, then add Passive Liveness when your risk rules also require a live-presence signal. Each check returns its own result.
Biometric verification
Add face-based confidence to every digital journey.
Combine Face Match and Passive Liveness when your onboarding flow needs image comparison and a live-presence signal.
Biometric verification uses physical characteristics such as facial features as a comparison signal. Face Match assesses whether two images appear to show the same person; it does not validate the source document or prove live presence on its own.
Accountable institutions choose identity-verification measures according to their money-laundering and terrorist-financing risk and document those controls in their RMCP. FICA does not prescribe Face Match or liveness as a named method.
VerifyNow Face Match compares a selfie with a Home Affairs photo or another reference image and returns a decision, score and warnings. Passive Liveness is a separate check that assesses whether one face photo appears to show a live, present person.
Choose the right level of biometric verification for your compliance needs
Compare a user selfie against the official Home Affairs ID photo on record as a higher-assurance reference option for biometric KYC.
Best for: High-security KYC, banking, financial services
Try Face Match (Home Affairs)Compare a user selfie against any reference photo you provide, such as an ID document scan, employee badge, or passport photo.
Best for: Employee verification, access control, general identity checks
Try Face Match (Standard)Combined face matching with Home Affairs ID number verification. Confirm the selfie matches the ID photo and the ID number is valid — in one step.
Best for: Complete identity verification, onboarding flows
Try Face Match + ID VerificationFor the side-by-side match card, confidence score breakdown, and live sample report:
See a sample face match result →The same sample report that runs in your dashboard before you've even signed up.
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A simple, secure process from selfie capture to verified identity
The user takes a selfie using their device camera during your onboarding flow.
Upload the selfie along with an ID number or reference image in the VerifyNow dashboard.
The service compares facial features against the selected reference. Passive Liveness adds a separate live-presence signal.
Receive a match/no-match result with confidence score, demographics, and fraud warnings.
Biometric verification for every regulated industry in South Africa
Use Face Match and, where risk requires it, Passive Liveness as controls inside a documented FICA onboarding workflow.
Add a face-match signal to policyholder identity reviews for claims and applications.
Support subscriber identity review during a documented RICA onboarding process.
Verify buyer, seller, and tenant identities during property transactions to satisfy FICA obligations for estate agents.
Confirm candidate identities during hiring, verify employees for access control, and maintain auditable identity records.
Deliver secure digital services with biometric verification that ties citizens to their official Home Affairs records.
Enterprise-grade biometric technology built for the South African market
Biometric processing still requires a valid legal basis or exception, purpose limitation, security safeguards and an appropriate retention policy.
Review the returned status and confidence score when the biometric check completes.
Use Passive Liveness for a live-presence signal. Face Match remains a separate comparison between the submitted face and a reference image.
The selected Home Affairs photo workflow uses the official record photo as the reference image.
Credit-based pricing with no monthly fees. Only pay for the verifications you actually perform.
From startups running 10 verifications a month to enterprises running thousands daily — the platform scales with you.
Pay only for what you use. No monthly fees or commitments.
See the latest cost for each biometric verification option.
View current pricingUse Face Match and Passive Liveness as separate verification signals
