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Middle East & North Africa
Verify Customers In Every MENA Market On One Integration
One configurable integration applies the right regulator's rules at entry, with in-region data residency and Arabic document and name coverage built in. The result is KYC, KYB and AML that clears the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt without a rebuild for each one.
The MENA problem
One FATF Mandate. Ten National Rulebooks.
What's genuinely harmonized
- Fragmented regulators. The UAE alone runs a federal authority, two free zones and five crypto regulators.
- No passporting. Every market is licensed and onboarded separately.
- 200+ nationalities. Arabic and Latin documents in one onboarding queue.
What still diverges
- A moving FATF map. Kuwait added 2026, Lebanon 2024, UAE removed 2024.
- Data residency. Saudi PDPL and UAE free-zone laws gate procurement.
Three Forces, Not One Rulebook
FATF pressure, region-wide
Grey-list risk forced UBO transparency, DNFBP rules and hard enforcement. The UAE suspended 32 gold refineries over 256 AML violations in 2024.
State digital ID and localisation
Government eID sets a high bar. UAE Pass alone passed 11M users, while Saudi PDPL and UAE free-zone laws require in-region handling.
Virtual-asset leadership
The UAE is a licensed VASP hub. VARA has issued 50 licences, while Saudi, Kuwait and Egypt restrict crypto. Positioned market by market.
Two Proofs Win MENA. A Third Sets It Apart.
Data residency
In-region MENA processing, configurable retention per jurisdiction, and an on-premise option for Saudi PDPL and UAE free-zone laws.
Arabic coverage
Arabic OCR, right-to-left documents, and name-matching tuned for Arabic transliteration, across 150+ languages and scripts.
VASP-ready
KYC, Travel-Rule onboarding and transaction-context screening for licensed virtual-asset platforms in VARA and ADGM.
Market by market
How Requirements Differ Across MENA
In production
One Flow. Every Market
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STEP 01
Enter
Country and risk rules select the checks each applicant needs, per market.
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STEP 02
Verify
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STEP 03
Business
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STEP 04
Screen
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STEP 05
Decide
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STEP 06
Monitor
Fraud & financial crime
The MENA fraud surface, mapped to capability
Document Fraud
200+ nationalities, Arabic and Latin documents. Document verification, Arabic OCR.
Money Mules
Gulf corridors, Dubai-linked recruiter rings. Identity, liveness, ongoing monitoring.
Trade-Based Laundering
Dubai gold and trade hub, DNFBP enforcement. KYB, UBO, sanctions screening.
Sanctions Evasion
Iran and Syria proximity, re-export risk. Real-time sanctions and adverse media.
Arabic Name Evasion
One name, many romanised spellings. Transliteration name-matching.
Deepfake And Injection
Rising fastest across onboarding. Liveness, injection-attack defence.
BNPL First-Party
Tabby 15M+, Tamara 20M+ users. Identity assurance, thin-file checks.
Industry-Specific Solutions
Built For Your Business
CDD, EDD & Sanctions Screening
Run customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence and sanctions screening for banks operating under GCC and MENA AML rulebooks.
Compliance Officer
Meet FATF, UBO, sanctions and data rules per market with jurisdiction-aware workflows and audit-ready evidence.
Head of Product
Eliminate market-specific friction with a configurable engine that scales to 240+ regions actively processed, using localised pass-rate data to optimise UX before you even go live.
Head of Engineering
Stop managing vendor sprawl and start building. Deploy one REST API for the entire user lifecycle, backed by enterprise-grade SLAs and comprehensive SDK coverage.
Fraud Analyst
Slash manual review times with a unified Fraud Hub that surfaces the reason behind every flag before your team even opens the case.
Regional FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Shufti compliant with MENA data-protection laws?
Shufti's data-processing architecture is built around the region's data-protection regimes — including Saudi PDPL, the UAE's PDPL and free-zone laws, and Egypt's PDPL — with lawful-basis processing and explicit-consent handling for biometric data. Confirm the specific processing terms for your use case with your Shufti compliance contact.
Does Shufti support national digital-ID schemes like UAE Pass?
Yes. Shufti's identity verification bridges the region's government eID schemes — UAE Pass alone has passed 11M users — and falls back to document, biometric and NFC verification in markets where a national eID is not yet available. Ask your Shufti contact for the current per-market status.
Are all MENA markets treated the same?
No. There is one FATF mandate but ten national rulebooks. Each market is licensed and onboarded separately — the UAE alone runs a federal authority, two free zones and five crypto regulators — and grey-listed markets such as Kuwait trigger enhanced due diligence. Shufti applies the right regulator's rules per market from one integration.
Which MENA countries does Shufti support?
Coverage spans the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Jordan and Morocco as part of Shufti's broader 240+ country and territory coverage. See the market-by-market matrix above for regulator and requirement detail per country.
Does Shufti support VASP and virtual-asset businesses in MENA?
Yes. Shufti supports KYC, Travel-Rule onboarding and transaction-context screening for licensed virtual-asset platforms, including those regulated by VARA and ADGM. Confirm Travel Rule data-capture requirements for your specific transfer flows with your Shufti contact.
How does Shufti handle data residency in MENA?
Shufti offers in-region MENA processing alongside an on-premise deployment option for enterprises with strict Saudi PDPL or UAE free-zone residency requirements. Retention is configurable per client and jurisdiction.
Onboard across MENA without rebuilding for every market
Ten national rulebooks, one integration, and data residency set per market, backed by ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type 2 and independent liveness validation.