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Scale Identity Verification and KYC Operations in Botswana
Verify citizens and residents through Omang checks, Botswana ePassport NFC and 10,000+ foreign ID document types, run KYB on CIPA-registered companies and their owners, and monitor transactions and sanctions lists. One platform runs compliance and fraud prevention across the full customer lifecycle for BoB- and NBFIRA-supervised firms.
Operational Performance for Botswana KYC
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Document Recognition
Botswana IDV/KYC Challenges
Certified ID Copies Fill the Gap Where Database Access Ends
KYC in Botswana runs on uneven database access. The 2025 national risk assessment found mainly commercial banks can query the national identity database, leaving other firms with certified ID copies that are easier to fake. Shufti checks the Omang itself and matches its holder with a live selfie.
Borrowed and Falsified Documents Drive Lending Fraud
Micro lenders report fraudsters taking out loans with documents obtained from unsuspecting customers, and with falsified papers, according to the national risk assessment. Shufti tests every document for tampering and confirms with liveness that the applicant is the person pictured on it, so a borrowed ID cannot secure credit.
Mobile Money Scams Move Funds Faster Than Manual Reviews
Social engineering scams run mostly through mobile money, the national risk assessment found, and the Bank of Botswana's 2025 supervision report flags money mule networks riding on instant payments. Shufti monitors transactions in real time and flags mule patterns before the funds leave the wallet.
Thin Case Files Weaken goAML Reports
A suspicious transaction report must reach the Financial Intelligence Agency within five working days of the suspicion arising, so missing evidence costs time firms do not have. Shufti's case management assembles report-ready bundles for goAML filing as each alert is investigated, so no report waits on a missing record.
Documents and Languages
Individual Documents Shufti Verifies in Botswana
Shufti verifies 9 Botswana document types plus passports and ID cards from other countries. The cards below cover the core documents Botswana onboarding relies on, with the full list on the supported documents page.
View All Supported DocumentsOmang National Identity Card
The Department of Civil and National Registration issues the Omang to every citizen aged 16 or over under the National Registration Act, valid for ten years. Shufti checks its security features, matches a live selfie with biometric liveness and confirms Omang details through your institution's authorised database access.
Residence and Work Permits
Foreign residents hold residence permits issued by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship and work permits issued by the Department of Labour and Social Security. Shufti verifies each permit alongside the holder's passport, matches a live selfie and flags a permit that has expired or names someone else.
Botswana ePassport
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship issues chip-enabled ePassports to citizens. Shufti reads the chip over NFC and applies nine forensic detection layers, from MRZ checksum validation to hologram analysis, so a cloned or altered passport fails before onboarding.
Foreign Passports and National ID Cards
Shufti actively processes 10,000+ ID document types from 240+ countries and territories, and its zero-shot AI learns new document formats in minutes. The 2022 census counted more than 136,000 non-citizens living in Botswana, most of them from Zimbabwe, and they onboard with these documents.
Botswana Driving Licence
Botswana issues driving licences as photo cards under the Road Traffic Act. Shufti checks each licence's authenticity and expiry and matches the holder to a live selfie, which helps ride-hailing, delivery and car rental platforms onboard drivers and confirm the person behind the wheel.
Proof of Address
Regulation 15 of the Financial Intelligence Regulations lets firms onboarding a customer without contact in person ask for recent council rates or a utility bill. Shufti verifies Botswana Power Corporation and Water Utilities Corporation bills, rates notices and bank statements in one step with the ID.
Entity Identity
Certificate of Incorporation and CIPA Register Record
CIPA registers companies under the Companies Act through its Online Business Registration System, where the company register is public and searchable. Shufti's live registry call confirms each certificate against the CIPA record, so a deregistered or misnamed company fails at the first check.
Business Name Certificate and Trade Licence
Sole traders and partnerships register a business name with CIPA, and councils issue trade licences under the Trade Act. Shufti reads both documents, checks that names and dates match the CIPA record and flags an expired or altered licence before onboarding.
Company Constitution
The constitution a company files with CIPA sets out its shares, directors' powers and signing rules. Shufti's AI-OCR extracts ownership, capital and signing authority and flags GAN-generated or edited pages before your reviewers see them.
Business Address Proof
CIPA records each company's registered office and postal address. Shufti cross-checks a lease or utility bill in the company name against that registered office, so a borrowed address cannot pass as an operating office.
Tax Identity
BURS Taxpayer Registration and Tax Clearance Certificate
BURS registers taxpayers under the Tax Administration Act 2026 and issues tax clearance certificates under section 62 once a business has no outstanding tax returns or liability. Shufti extracts the taxpayer number and company name from each certificate and cross-checks both against the CIPA record.
VAT Registration Certificate
Under the Value Added Tax Act 2026, in force from 1 July 2026, businesses register for VAT once taxable supplies pass the P1,000,000 threshold. Shufti reads the VAT certificate and matches the registered name and number to the company file.
Foreign Tax Registrations and FATCA/CRS Self-Certification
Foreign parent companies and shareholders are verified with their home-country tax registrations. Shufti collects FATCA and CRS self-certifications in the same flow, checks them against the ownership chart and keeps everything in the company's case file.
Ownership and Control
CIPA Beneficial Ownership Register
Companies declare everyone who owns or controls 10% or more to CIPA and report changes within 10 days under section 186A of the Companies Act. Those details are hidden from public search, so Shufti extracts owners from company declarations and screens each one before approval.
Shareholder Register and Ownership Chart
Holding companies and trusts can sit between a Botswana business and the people who control it, which is why CIPA's 2026 guidelines count indirect holdings toward the 10% test. Shufti maps holdings through every intermediate company and screens each owner against UN lists and PEP data.
Directors, Managers and Authorised Signatories
Regulation 7 of the Financial Intelligence Regulations requires firms to identify a company's manager and everyone authorised to act for it. Shufti verifies each director and signatory's ID, screens them and alerts your team when the board or signing authority changes.
Languages We Cover
English and Expat Document Parsing
English is Botswana's official language and Setswana its national language, while foreign residents bring documents from neighbouring countries and beyond. Shufti's OCR reads 150+ languages and scripts at 99.7% accuracy and averages 93% against Google Vision's 78.4% on its published benchmark. Zero-shot document intelligence extracts data from layouts it has never seen.
Setswana and English Name Matching
A customer's name can appear with different spellings, spacing or word order across the Omang, passport and CIPA records. Native phonetic models for 80+ languages match these variants in sanctions and PEP screening, so a respelled or reordered name never hides a listed person.
Cross-Document Consistency Checks
Names, dates of birth and Omang or passport numbers are reconciled across the Omang, passport, driving licence, CIPA record and declared beneficial owners. Shufti flags every mismatch for review, so a changed date of birth or a swapped surname cannot pass unnoticed.
Independent Validation
Shufti's Recognition Across Independent Evaluations
Ranked Exceptional in the Liminal Index 2026 for age estimation
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Regulatory Update
Every Verification Route Botswana Firms Rely On, in One Platform
Regulation 14 of the Financial Intelligence Regulations lets firms verify customers against an Omang, a passport or other reliable data, and the Bank of Botswana's 2026 Guideline on Simplified Due Diligence expects remote onboarding to meet identity proofing, authentication and liveness standards. Shufti supports these routes, plus chip, document and video routes for non-residents and customers without an Omang.
National Identity Database Check
LiveOmang details are confirmed against the national identity database through your institution's authorised access, where your firm holds it. Shufti stores each result in the case file next to the document and selfie checks, so reviewers see every source in one place.
NFC Chip Verification
LiveShufti reads the chip in Botswana ePassports and most foreign biometric passports, then matches a live selfie to the chip photo. Altered chip data fails its signature check, giving foreign residents and passport holders a high-assurance route.
Document and Face Biometric
LiveShufti authenticates the Omang, a residence permit or a passport and matches a live selfie to its photo with iBeta Level 3 liveness, covering the liveness standard the Bank of Botswana's guideline sets for remote onboarding. Most customers outside database access verify this way.
Video Identification
LiveAgent-led video sessions, run in the language your customers use, pair document checks with face matching and record the full session, consent included, as evidence. Firms reserve them for high-risk customers, corporate signatories and cases that need a human reviewer.
Fraud Prevention Across the Botswana Customer Journey
Reduce fraud losses and protect customer trust across onboarding, account access, and payments. Shufti connects identity, behavioral, device, network, and transaction intelligence to help Botswana businesses act on risk while keeping legitimate customers moving.
Governance & Controls
Audit-Ready Decisions, Lower Operational Drag
Fewer Avoidable Re-submissions
Capture guidance for Omang cards, permits and passports cuts glare, blur and cropped edges before files reach your review queue.
Cleaner Audit Trails
Shufti's case management records sources, results, timestamps, evidence, analyst notes and decision history, packaged as report-ready bundles for STR filing through goAML.
One Workflow, One Back Office
Unify KYC, KYB, AML screening and transaction monitoring in one case file. Perpetual KYC/KYB tracks ownership, director and transaction changes across the full compliance lifecycle.
Omang-First Flow Design
Citizens verify with the Omang first, plus a database check where your firm has access, and foreign residents move to passport checks in the same flow.
Shufti's IDV/KYC Solutions for Botswana
KYC Solutions
Identity verification in Botswana has to serve Omang holders, foreign residents with permits and passports, and refugees with their own identity cards. One Shufti flow routes each by risk, so nobody faces checks they don't need.
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Face Verification
A stolen Omang still carries a real photo, so the face match decides who holds it. Shufti's face matching delivers a 99.5% first-try pass rate, and DHS RIVR 2025 testing measured a false match rate below 0.001.
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Age Verification
Casinos, betting platforms and sellers of age-restricted products must keep minors out without slowing adults down. Shufti estimates age from a selfie in under 5 seconds and falls back to the date of birth on the Omang or passport when needed.
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Bank Account Verification
Loan payouts, refunds and salaries sent to a mistyped account are hard to recover. Shufti validates the account details a customer enters and matches the account holder's name in real time, so payments go to the person who applied.
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Address Verification
Utility bills, council rates notices and bank statements arrive as phone photos, scans and PDFs of uneven quality. Shufti reads each one with layout-aware extraction and fuzzy matching, reaching a 99.3% pass rate, so genuine addresses clear without manual retyping.
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Document Verification
Omang cards, permits, passports and company papers arrive in every format and condition. Shufti authenticates each within seconds and catches screenshots, replays, synthetic PVC cards and print-and-scan copies, so forgeries stop at the first check.
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Identity Verification
Separate tools for documents, selfies, chip reads and addresses split one customer across several records. Shufti combines biometric, NFC, document and address checks in one API session, giving compliance teams a single decision and audit trail per customer.
.KYB Solutions
Business verification in Botswana means reconciling the public CIPA record, BURS registrations and the owners each company declares under the 10% test, often across holding layers. Shufti's live registry calls and owner mapping bring those records into a single review.
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Business Verification
A Botswana company is onboarded only once its CIPA registration, tax number, signatories and everyone who owns or controls 10% or more are confirmed. Shufti's live registry call confirms the company record, and declared owners are checked against the shareholder register and declarations the company provides.
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Enhanced Due Diligence
Complex structures, nominee shareholders, cash-intensive businesses and non-face-to-face relationships without proper safeguards raise the evidence bar under regulation 11 of the Financial Intelligence Regulations. Shufti's due diligence forms branch by risk, score every answer and collect source-of-funds evidence before approval.
.AML Screening
A customer who is clean at onboarding can land on a list next week. Shufti's perpetual KYC rescreens customers against 4,000+ watchlists, including UN Security Council lists and Botswana's domestic designations, refreshing every 15 minutes and keeping every alert in one case file.
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Business AML Screening
Risk in a company often sits with its owners and directors, so AML screening in Botswana has to reach them too. Shufti screens entities, directors and declared beneficial owners against UN lists and domestic designations, and perpetual KYB rescreens them whenever the CIPA record changes.
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Transaction Monitoring
Banks, bureaux de change and mobile money providers move funds in real time, so mule activity stands out only against a baseline. Shufti's library of 500+ pre-built rules covers structuring, smurfing, and mule activity, cuts false positives by 60% and builds report-ready case bundles for the FIA.
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Travel Rule
Section 26 of the Virtual Assets Act 2025 bars licensed VASPs from transferring virtual assets without the required originator and beneficiary information. Shufti connects to major Travel Rule networks through one integration, exchanges IVMS101 data and verifies ownership of unhosted wallets.
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AI Compliance Co-Pilot
One common name can return 140+ screening hits. Shufti's AI Compliance Co-Pilot reviews every hit and gives a confidence score out of 100 with a written reason, while your MLRO keeps the final call.
.Built To Fit Botswana's Compliance Landscape
AML compliance in Botswana starts with the Financial Intelligence Act 2022, the FIA and the National Coordinating Committee on Financial Intelligence, which reach every specified party, while the Bank of Botswana, NBFIRA, CIPA and sector supervisors add rules for the firms and records they oversee. Shufti maps its KYC, KYB, AML screening and transaction monitoring controls to every regime below, so one platform covers each licence your group holds.
Financial Intelligence Act, 2022
Act No. 2 of 2022 took effect on 25 February 2022, repealed the earlier Financial Intelligence Act and was amended in 2025. Section 16 sets customer due diligence, section 19 ongoing due diligence, section 32 a 20-year record retention period and section 38 suspicious transaction reporting.
Financial Intelligence Regulations, 2022
Statutory Instrument No. 14 of 2022 sets a P10,000 threshold for occasional transactions and cash reports and lists the documents and data firms verify against. Regulation 15 covers customers verified without contact in person, and regulation 22 sets five working days for suspicious transaction reports.
Bank of Botswana
The Bank of Botswana licenses banks under the Banking Act 2023, in force since 15 August 2025, and supervises bureaux de change and electronic payment service providers for AML. Its Guideline on Simplified Due Diligence, effective 1 March 2026, sets the evidence for lower-risk accounts and remote onboarding.
Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA)
Continued under section 4 of the Act, the FIA is Botswana's financial intelligence unit and receives, analyses and disseminates financial disclosures. Reporting entities file suspicious transaction and cash reports through its goAML portal, and the FIA supervises specified parties that have no other supervisor.
Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA)
NBFIRA regulates non-bank financial institutions, including insurers, micro lenders and securities firms, and supervises them for AML under Schedule II of the Financial Intelligence Act. It also licenses virtual asset service providers and published a list of seven licensed VASPs in September 2026.
Virtual Assets Act, 2025
Act No. 4 of 2025 repealed the Virtual Assets Act 2022 and keeps NBFIRA as the licensing authority. Section 9 bars unlicensed virtual asset business, section 26 sets the information that must travel with each transfer and section 36 carries penalties of up to P1,000,000 or ten years' imprisonment.
Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA)
CIPA keeps the register of companies on its Online Business Registration System under the Companies Act, along with beneficial ownership data that only competent authorities see. Its Revised Beneficial Ownership Guidelines 2026 set the 10% test, and section 186A gives companies 10 days to report changes.
Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS)
BURS administers the Tax Administration Act 2026 and the Value Added Tax Act 2026, both in force from 1 July 2026. It registers taxpayers, issues tax clearance certificates within 14 days under section 62 of the Tax Administration Act and runs VAT registration.
Financial Intelligence (Implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions) Regulations, 2022
Statutory Instrument No. 13 of 2022 has the Committee circulate UN Security Council listings to supervisors and reporting entities within 16 hours of receipt. Specified parties must then identify and freeze the property of designated persons without delay and within 8 hours, without notifying them first.
Gambling Authority
The Gambling Authority licenses casinos and gaming operators under the Gambling Act 2012 and supervises them for AML under Schedule II of the Financial Intelligence Act. Casinos are specified parties, so they verify players, keep records for 20 years and report suspicious transactions to the FIA.
Department of Civil and National Registration
Under the National Registration Act, the department keeps the national register and issues the Omang through the National Identification System. The 2025 national risk assessment describes this identification infrastructure as independent and reliable, and an amendment enacted in 2025 provides for a unified population register.
National Risk Assessment 2025
Botswana's latest national risk assessment, dated October 2025 and published in April 2026, rates overall money laundering and terrorist financing risk as medium. It finds that most suspected criminal proceeds are channelled through the banking sector and assesses financial inclusion products in a separate module.
ESAAMLG Membership and Evaluation
Botswana is a member of ESAAMLG and left the FATF list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring in October 2021. ESAAMLG's 12th enhanced follow-up report, dated September 2025, re-rated several Recommendations upward, and the next mutual evaluation on-site visit is expected from 2027.
Botswana Data Residency and Deployment
Section 74 of the Data Protection Act 2024 keeps a copy of personal data transferred abroad in Botswana while it is processed, and no major cloud provider runs a region in the country. Shufti offers on-premises deployment in Botswana, air-gapped where needed, with any other hosting location set in the agreement.
Botswana Data Protection Act 2024
In force since 14 January 2025 and overseen by the Information and Data Protection Commission, the Act treats biometric data as sensitive and permits processing only on the grounds in section 30, such as explicit consent. Shufti captures consent in the flow and protects biometric data with encryption and role-based access.
Breach Notification Within 72 Hours
Section 63 requires controllers to notify the Commission of a personal data breach without undue delay and, where feasible, within 72 hours. Shufti logs every access and action on identity records, so your team can see which customers an incident touched and report on time.
Transfers Outside Botswana
Sections 75 and 76 allow transfers abroad on an adequacy decision or with appropriate safeguards in place. Shufti supplies the data flow descriptions, security documentation and contract terms your transfer assessment needs, alongside the in-country copy section 74 requires.
Retention Controls
Section 32 of the Financial Intelligence Act keeps transaction and due diligence records for 20 years, and an investigatory authority can ask for longer. Shufti configures retention per client, licence and record type, treats statutory minimums as floors rather than deletion dates and supports legal holds.
Encryption and Security
Supervisors expect vendors to prove their controls before any customer data moves. Shufti encrypts data in transit and at rest, enforces role-based access and logs every action, with ISO 27001:2022 certification and SOC 2 Type 2 reports ready for vendor assessments.
Automated Decisions and Biometric Data
Section 49 gives individuals the right not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing, with human intervention available where an exception applies. Shufti exposes verification results and supporting details through the API and back office, so support teams can explain outcomes and escalate disputed results.
Scope of Our Role
Shufti processes personal data as your data processor, only on your instructions and under contract, while your firm remains the data controller and keeps its AML duties. Any activity where Shufti acts as an independent controller is identified in its privacy notice.
Data Residency and Privacy Controls in Botswana
Botswana AML Sources That Strengthen Decisions
Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA)
Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA)
Bank of Botswana
Real Estate Advisory Council (REAC)
Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC)
Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA)
Law Society of Botswana
Gambling Authority
Botswana Accountancy Oversight Authority (BAOA)
Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA)
Botswana Unified Revenue Service (BURS)
Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group (ESAAMLG)
International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
World Bank Group
Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units
Turn Botswana Verification Requirements into a Smoother Customer Journey
Share your customer types, risk rules and current onboarding process. A Shufti specialist will show you how to connect identity verification, KYB and ongoing monitoring, reducing operational hand-offs while keeping decision evidence organised for compliance review.
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Open Accounts Remotely With Omang And Liveness Checks
Banks follow the Banking Act 2023 and the Bank of Botswana's simplified due diligence guideline, which treats remote onboarding without liveness as a reason for fuller checks. Shufti pairs Omang and passport checks with liveness, adds a database check through your authorised access and monitors every account.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Shufti support Omang verification, and what happens when customers do not have an Omang?
Yes. The Omang is the core route for citizens, verified with document forensics, a live selfie and a database check where your firm has access. Customers without an Omang, including foreign residents, move to passport and permit verification with liveness in the same flow.
Is an Omang image enough to verify a Botswana customer?
An image alone proves little, since certified copies and forgeries reproduce the printed design, a weakness the 2025 national risk assessment points to. Shufti checks the card's security features and data consistency and matches a live selfie with iBeta Level 3 liveness before approval.
Can Shufti verify foreign documents or identity formats it has not encountered before?
Yes. Shufti's zero-shot AI handles unfamiliar layouts without waiting for a new template. Whether a customer brings a recently redesigned passport or a rare national ID, Shufti checks its security features and data consistency, so new formats do not stall onboarding.
How does Shufti OCR compare with Google OCR for Botswana identity documents?
Shufti reads the fields on Omang cards, passports, permits and company papers at 99.7% accuracy across 150+ languages and scripts. Across the languages on its published benchmark it averages 93% against Google Vision's 78.4%, so fewer Botswana records need manual correction.
How does Shufti verify ownership when a Botswana company has several corporate layers?
Shufti confirms the CIPA record for each company in the chain, maps holdings through every layer and identifies everyone who owns or controls 10% or more under CIPA's 2026 guidelines. Each owner is checked against shareholder registers and company declarations, then screened.
Does Shufti's ongoing monitoring cover more than sanctions screening?
Yes. Section 19 of the Financial Intelligence Act requires ongoing due diligence, including periodic review of customer and beneficial owner records. Shufti rescreens customers, monitors transactions against each profile and flags changes to directors, owners and CIPA details through perpetual KYC/KYB.
How does Shufti keep screening current and handle Botswana name variations?
Watchlists, including UN Security Council lists, refresh every 15 minutes, well inside the 8-hour freezing window in Statutory Instrument No. 13 of 2022. Native phonetic models match respelled and reordered Setswana and English names, so spelling variants cannot hide listed persons.
Can we choose Botswana hosting or run verification inside our own infrastructure?
Yes. Run Shufti on-premises in Botswana or in your own private cloud, air-gapped if required, with any other hosting location agreed in the contract. Either way an in-country copy of personal data stays available, as section 74 of the Data Protection Act 2024 requires for transfers abroad.
What controls help us protect identity and biometric data?
Shufti encrypts data in transit and at rest, limits access by role and logs every action, backed by ISO 27001:2022 certification and SOC 2 Type 2 reports. Biometric data follows the consent and retention rules you set, supporting your sensitive data duties under the Data Protection Act 2024.
Can we configure different retention periods for different Botswana licences?
Yes. Each client, licence and record type gets its own retention rule, so due diligence and transaction files keep the 20 years section 32 of the Financial Intelligence Act requires, and records an investigatory authority asks you to hold stay until released.
What does Shufti provide when our compliance team needs to prepare a goAML report?
Shufti's case file holds the verified identity, screening hits, transaction history, analyst notes and decision trail, exported as a report-ready bundle. Your compliance officer files it with the FIA through goAML within the five working days regulation 22 allows.
Can we add verification checks without rebuilding our onboarding journey?
Yes. With the AI Journey Builder, compliance teams add, remove or reorder checks such as Omang verification, address verification and AML screening for each product, jurisdiction and risk tier. Changes go live without new engineering work, so a new Bank of Botswana guideline reaches customers quickly.
How does Shufti make verification queries easier for our customer support team?
Each decision appears in the back office with its reason, the check that failed and the evidence captured. Support staff can tell a customer whether a blurred Omang, an expired passport or a failed selfie caused the problem and what to resubmit.
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