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Verify citizens and residents through Digitale ID, Central Population Administration checks, passport NFC and 10,000+ foreign ID document types, run KYB on KKF-registered businesses and their real owners, and monitor transactions and sanctions lists. One platform runs compliance and fraud prevention across the full customer lifecycle for CBvS- and FIUS-supervised firms.

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THE SURINAME VERIFICATION GAP

Suriname IDV/KYC Challenges

Remote Onboarding Without Liveness Means Capped Accounts

Remote Onboarding Without Liveness Means Capped Accounts

KYC in Suriname changed with the 2024 CBvS AML/CTF directive, which tells banks and money transfer offices without biometric and liveness detection to cap transaction numbers and volumes until the customer appears in person. Shufti's iBeta Level 3 liveness gives remote onboarding that biometric control.

Suriname Has No Beneficial Ownership Register to Check Against

Suriname Has No Beneficial Ownership Register to Check Against

Article 7 of the WMTF makes each firm identify the beneficial owners of its corporate clients, yet Suriname keeps no beneficial ownership register, and CFATF still rated Recommendations 24 and 25 non-compliant in October 2025. Shufti maps ownership from deeds, share registers and declarations.

Gold Trading Carries a High Money Laundering Threat

Gold Trading Carries a High Money Laundering Threat

Suriname's second National Risk Assessment rates illegal gold mining and trading a high threat and finds that gold buying houses lack compliance programmes. Shufti applies enhanced due diligence to gold-linked customers and monitors their accounts against the trade they declared at onboarding.

Unusual Transaction Reports Must Reach FIU Suriname Without Delay

Unusual Transaction Reports Must Reach FIU Suriname Without Delay

Article 29 of the WMTF requires firms to report an unusual transaction to FIU Suriname without delay once its nature is known, and a thin case file slows that report down. Shufti's case management builds report-ready bundles as each alert fires.

Documents and Languages

Individual Documents Shufti Verifies in Suriname

Shufti verifies 3+ Surinamese identity documents plus passports and ID cards from other countries. The cards below cover the core documents Surinamese onboarding relies on, with the full list on the supported documents page.

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Digitale ID

Digitale ID, the government's online authenticator, gives citizens one secure login for government and other services, set up with a document photo, a liveness check and two-factor authentication. Where your firm is connected to Digitale ID, Shufti records each authentication result in the case file.

Digitale ID

Surinamese ID Card (ID-kaart)

Issued by the Directoraat Burgerzaken under the Id-kaartenwet 2018, the card carries an MRZ and an eight-character ID number. Shufti validates the MRZ checksum and security features, matches the holder through liveness and confirms the details against the Central Population Administration through your firm's e-loket access.

Surinamese ID Card (ID-kaart)

Surinamese Passport

Passports issued under the Wet Reisdocumenten since April 2025 store the holder's facial image and fingerprints on a chip. Shufti reads it by NFC and runs nine forensic detection layers, from MRZ checksum validation to hologram analysis, so a cloned or altered passport fails before onboarding.

Surinamese Passport

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. Foreign workers, investors and non-resident account holders onboard with the passport or ID card their own country issued.

Foreign Passports and National ID Cards

Surinamese Driving Licence

Korps Politie Suriname issues the licence, and electronic e-rijbewijs cards have been issued since 2021. Shufti checks authenticity, expiry and the photo against a live selfie, which makes the licence a dependable second document for lenders and money transfer offices.

Surinamese Driving Licence

Proof of Address

EBS electricity bills, SWM water bills and Telesur statements are the address evidence most Surinamese customers hold. Shufti reads the address and matches it to the ID in the same step, so customers upload once and move on.

Proof of Address
Digitale ID Surinamese ID Card (ID-kaart) Surinamese Passport Foreign Passports and National ID Cards Surinamese Driving Licence Proof of Address Digitale ID
KKF Trade Register Extract Deed of Incorporation and Articles Sector Licences Business Address Proof KKF Trade Register Extract

Entity Identity

KKF Trade Register Extract

The Kamer van Koophandel en Fabrieken keeps the trade register under the Handelsregisterwet of December 2024. Shufti reads the extract's registration number, legal form, directors and representation rights and checks them against live register data at every review.

KKF Trade Register Extract

Deed of Incorporation and Articles

Surinamese companies are formed by notarial deed in Dutch. AI-OCR reads ownership, capital and signing authority from the deed and articles, and flags GAN-generated or edited pages before they reach a reviewer.

Deed of Incorporation and Articles

Sector Licences

Licences for banks, money transfer offices, insurers and online casinos are read and matched to the entity's trade register record, so an expired or borrowed licence surfaces at onboarding rather than at audit.

Sector Licences

Business Address Proof

Leases and utility bills in the company's name are cross-checked against the business address recorded in the KKF trade register, and Shufti flags any mismatch for review before the account opens.

Business Address Proof

Tax Identity

Fiscaal Identificatienummer (FIN)

Every Surinamese taxpayer, company or individual, carries a FIN issued by the Belastingdienst. Shufti extracts the FIN from tax assessments, registration letters and invoices and cross-checks it against the company name in the trade register.

Fiscaal Identificatienummer (FIN)

BTW Registration

Businesses above the BTW turnover threshold register separately for VAT, so a FIN alone does not prove VAT status. Shufti reads BTW registration letters and invoices to confirm whether a business charges BTW before you rely on its invoices.

BTW Registration

Foreign Tax Registrations and FATCA/CRS Self-Certification

Foreign-owned entities and overseas parents are verified with their home-country tax registrations, and FATCA and CRS self-certifications are captured in the same flow and stored in the entity's case file.

Foreign Tax Registrations and FATCA/CRS Self-Certification
Fiscaal Identificatienummer (FIN) BTW Registration Foreign Tax Registrations and FATCA/CRS Self-Certification Fiscaal Identificatienummer (FIN)
Beneficial Ownership Declarations Shareholder Register and Ownership Chart Directors, Managers and Authorised Signatories Beneficial Ownership Declarations

Ownership and Control

Beneficial Ownership Declarations

With no public register to consult, firms gather ownership evidence from the client itself. Shufti collects owner declarations through due diligence forms, extracts each owner from supporting documents and verifies every person who ultimately owns or controls the company.

Beneficial Ownership Declarations

Shareholder Register and Ownership Chart

The trade register names an NV's directors but not its shareholders, so the company's own share register carries ownership. Shufti maps holdings through intermediate companies and screens every owner against sanctions, PEP and adverse media lists.

Shareholder Register and Ownership Chart

Directors, Managers and Authorised Signatories

Each person is identity-verified and screened, and Shufti alerts the case owner when the company's directors or representation rights change in the trade register, so a new signatory is verified before acting for the company.

Directors, Managers and Authorised Signatories

Languages We Cover

Dutch, English and Expat Document Parsing

Surinamese ID cards, passports and company deeds are written in Dutch, while foreign residents bring documents in many other languages and scripts. Shufti's OCR reads 150+ languages and scripts at 99.7% accuracy, so Dutch field names and foreign layouts land in the same structured record. It averages 93% against Google Vision's 78.4% across its published benchmark, and zero-shot document intelligence reads unseen layouts on first sight, without a template.

Dutch, English and Expat Document Parsing

Surinamese Name Matching

Surinamese names come from Hindustani, Maroon, Creole, Javanese, Chinese and Dutch traditions, with prefixes such as van and de and several spellings of one name. Native phonetic models for 80+ languages link every variant before sanctions and PEP screening runs.

Surinamese Name Matching

Cross-Document Consistency Checks

Names, dates of birth and the ID number are reconciled across the ID card, passport, driving licence and KKF records, so one customer cannot hold accounts under two spellings or two dates of birth without the conflict reaching a reviewer.

Cross-Document Consistency Checks
Dutch, English and Expat Document Parsing Surinamese Name Matching Cross-Document Consistency Checks Dutch, English and Expat Document Parsing

Independent Validation

Shufti's Recognition Across Independent Evaluations

Liminal

Ranked Exceptional in the Liminal Index 2026 for age estimation

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Gartner

Differentiated by Gartner on document diversity and country coverage

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iBeta

Certified at iBeta Level 3 PAD with 0% APCER

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KuppingerCole

Broadest global reach in the 2025 KuppingerCole Extended IDV report

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Homeland Security

Ranked Top 5 in the DHS RIVR 2025 for identity validation

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Liminal

Top Vendor for Product Execution in the Liminal Index for KYC 2026

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Ranked Exceptional for age verification by Liminal Index 2026

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Recognised as a Leader in G2 Fall 2026 reports

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Regulatory Update

Every Verification Route Surinamese Firms Rely On, in One Platform

Article 14 of the WMTF treats a customer who is not physically present for identification as a higher-risk case, and section 2.4.4 of the 2024 CBvS directive expects firms using biometric and liveness detection to test them regularly. Shufti supports Digitale ID, population register checks and biometric matching, plus chip, database, document, and video routes for non-residents and customers without a Surinamese ID card.

DBZ e-loket Validation

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The Directoraat Burgerzaken's e-loket opens Central Population Administration data to registered businesses. Shufti runs that validation through your firm's e-loket access, checking the details captured from an ID card, and stores every result in the case file, so the check rests on government data.

Digitale ID Authentication

Live

Citizens who already hold a Digitale ID log in with it and confirm through two-factor authentication, without photographing the plastic card. The authentication result joins the rest of the customer's verification history in one record.

Fraud Prevention Across the Surinamese 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 Surinamese businesses act on risk while keeping legitimate customers moving.

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    Account Takeover and Recovery Abuse

    Keep attackers out of mobile banking and wallet accounts taken over through SIM swaps, phished passwords or intercepted one-time codes. Account takeover prevention re-verifies the customer with a selfie and liveness check at high-risk moments such as device changes, password resets and new payees, so genuine users regain access quickly.

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    Social Engineering and Manipulated Payments

    Fraudsters posing as bank staff or relatives talk customers into sending money or reading out codes. Active-call detection spots a live phone call during a payment session, behavioral biometrics flag hesitation and coached input, and transaction monitoring holds authorised push payment (APP) scams before funds leave the account.

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    Device Spoofing and Automated Attacks

    Block bot-driven sign-ups and emulator farms that open accounts in bulk for mule networks and bonus abuse. Device fingerprinting ties every session to a persistent device ID, exposes emulators, rooted phones and location spoofing, and stops one device from opening dozens of accounts.

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    Connected Fraud Rings and Repeat Offenders

    Stop offboarded fraudsters from returning under new names. Fraud network detection links shared devices, documents, phone numbers and payment details across applications, and cross-company fraud intelligence flags identities already tied to fraud elsewhere, so the whole ring is blocked rather than one account at a time.

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    Synthetic Identities and Fabricated Documents

    Reject identities built from a real ID number, a borrowed address and an invented face. Zero-shot document intelligence spots fabricated and template-generated documents, while email and phone enrichment checks the age and history of the contact details synthetic identities depend on at sign-up.

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    Deepfakes and Camera Injection

    Protect selfie onboarding and video identification from face swaps, replayed footage and virtual cameras. Deepfake detection analyses the live feed for injection attacks and synthetic faces, and presentation attack detection rejects masks, photos and screen replays before a fake face reaches the face match.

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    Money Mules and Rapid Fund Movement

    Mule accounts receive stolen or illicit funds and move them on within hours, often through cash withdrawals and remittances. Money mule detection profiles normal behaviour from the first day and flags pass-through activity, sudden inflows and fan-out transfers before the money disappears.

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    Fraudulent Businesses and Concealed Ownership

    Keep shell companies and fronts off your merchant and corporate books. Shufti checks KKF trade register records, maps ownership through every holding layer and screens owners and directors, so a business built to hide its real controllers fails onboarding before it can move money.

Governance & Controls

Audit-Ready Decisions, Lower Operational Drag

Fewer Avoidable Re-submissions

Capture guidance for ID cards, passports and Dutch-language documents catches glare, cropping and blur before submission, so customers rarely upload twice.

Fewer Avoidable Re-submissions

Cleaner Audit Trails

Shufti's case management records sources, results, timestamps, evidence, analyst notes and decisions, packaged as report-ready bundles for unusual transaction reports to FIU Suriname.

Cleaner Audit Trails

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 behavior changes, managing the full compliance lifecycle.

One Workflow, One Back Office

Digitale ID and ID Card-First Flow Design

Citizens verify first through Digitale ID or a population register check of their ID card, while non-residents move to passport verification in the same flow.

Digitale ID and ID Card-First Flow Design

Shufti's IDV/KYC Solutions for Suriname

KYC Solutions

Surinamese onboarding reaches citizens with an ID card or Digitale ID, holders of the new chip passport and foreign residents carrying documents from home. One Shufti flow routes each by risk, so nobody faces checks they don't need.

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Face Verification

Face Verification

Impersonators and paid mule recruits often present a real ID card that belongs to someone else. Shufti's face verification matches a live selfie to the document photo at a false match rate below 0.001, catching the mismatch before the account opens.

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Age Verification

Age Verification

Casinos and online gaming operators need to keep minors away from play. Shufti estimates age from a selfie in under five seconds and falls back to the date of birth on the ID card or passport when a customer sits close to the limit.

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Bank Account Verification

Bank Account Verification

Payouts and loan disbursements fail when an account number or holder name is wrong, and the error often surfaces only after funds bounce. Shufti validates the local account number format and matches the account holder's name in real time before money moves.

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Address Verification

Address Verification

Utility bills and bank letters carry most Surinamese addresses, each in its own layout. Shufti's layout-aware extraction reads every format and fuzzy-matches the address to the ID with a 99.3% pass rate, so genuine addresses clear without manual review.

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Document Verification

Document Verification

Surinamese onboarding draws on ID cards, chip passports, driving licences and foreign documents. Shufti checks each one within seconds, catching altered fields, print-and-scan copies and screenshots before a reviewer ever sees them.

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Identity Verification

Identity Verification

Identity verification in Suriname often splits one customer across separate tools for documents, selfies and addresses. Shufti runs document, biometric, NFC, address and database checks in one API session, so each customer ends up with one verified record and one decision.

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KYB Solutions

Business verification in Suriname means reconciling the KKF trade register, the FIN and ownership evidence each firm gathers itself, since no beneficial ownership register exists. Shufti checks the trade register live, reconciles it with that ownership evidence and keeps watching for changes after onboarding.

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Business Verification

Business Verification

Onboarding a Surinamese company means confirming its trade register extract, FIN, signatories and everyone who ultimately owns or controls it. Shufti's live registry call confirms the KKF record and directors, and owners are checked against the share register and declarations the company provides.

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Enhanced Due Diligence

Enhanced Due Diligence

Article 14 of the WMTF lists the situations that call for enhanced due diligence, and Article 16 adds senior management approval and source of wealth checks for PEPs. Shufti's branching due diligence forms collect that evidence and score every answer.

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AML Screening

A customer who is clean at onboarding can land on a list next week, so screening cannot stop at sign-up. Perpetual KYC rescreens customers against 4,000+ watchlists, including Suriname's national sanctions list and UN Security Council lists, with updates every 15 minutes and every hit kept in one case file.

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Business AML Screening

Business AML Screening

A company's risk sits with its owners and directors, and Article 8 of the 2025 national sanctions list decree makes firms report any requested service involving a listed person or entity. Perpetual KYB rescreens every owner and director and alerts on each new match.

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Transaction Monitoring

Transaction Monitoring

Since the 2024 WMTF amendment, due diligence applies to occasional transactions from USD/EUR 15,000 and cross-border wire transfers from USD/EUR 1,000. Shufti's library of 500+ pre-built rules covering structuring, smurfing and mule activity cuts false positives by up to 60% and assembles report-ready case bundles for FIU Suriname.

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AI Compliance Co-Pilot

AI Compliance Co-Pilot

One common name can return 140+ screening hits. Shufti's AI Compliance Co-Pilot reviews every hit and gives it a confidence score from 0 to 100 and a written reason, while your MLRO keeps the final call on every match.

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REGULATORY ALIGNMENT

Built To Fit Suriname's Compliance Landscape

AML compliance in Suriname starts with the WMTF and the supervisors it names, while the CBvS, FIU Suriname and the registry bodies add their own rules. Shufti maps its KYC, KYB, AML screening and transaction monitoring controls to every regime below, so one platform covers each licence your group holds.

Wet ter voorkoming en bestrijding van Money Laundering en Terrorismefinanciering (WMTF)

Wet ter voorkoming en bestrijding van Money Laundering en Terrorisme­financiering (WMTF)

Suriname's anti-money laundering law, S.B. 2022 no. 138, replaced the 2002 MOT and identification acts and was amended in August 2024. Article 7 sets customer due diligence and beneficial owner identification, Articles 19 to 21 cover record keeping, and Article 38 names the CBvS, FIU Suriname and the gaming supervisor.

Centrale Bank van Suriname (CBvS)

Centrale Bank van Suriname (CBvS)

The CBvS supervises banks, credit unions, money transfer and exchange offices, insurers, pension funds and the capital market. Its 2024 AML/CTF directive for banks, money transfer offices and the capital market sets the Centrale Bank van Suriname KYC rules, including section 2.4.4 on non-face-to-face clients.

Financial Intelligence Unit Suriname (FIUS)

Financial Intelligence Unit Suriname (FIUS)

FIU Suriname receives and analyses unusual transaction reports for money laundering and terrorist financing. Under Article 38 of the WMTF it also supervises notaries, lawyers, accountants, real estate agents and dealers in gold, precious stones and motor vehicles, who must register with it within three months of starting business.

Besluit Uitvoering Nationale Sanctielijst 2025

Besluit Uitvoering Nationale Sanctielijst 2025

Issued in April 2025 under the Wet Internationale Sancties, the decree governs Suriname's national sanctions list, kept by the Raad Internationale Sancties. Article 4 orders the assets of listed persons frozen without delay, and a companion decree applies the UN Security Council sanctions lists in Suriname.

Kamer van Koophandel en Fabrieken (KKF)

Kamer van Koophandel en Fabrieken (KKF)

The KKF keeps the trade register under the Handelsregisterwet of December 2024, which replaced the 1936 law and brought trusts into the register. Anyone may inspect the register or request an extract for a fee, and digital extracts are ordered through the KKF's e-services portal.

Directoraat Burgerzaken

Directoraat Burgerzaken

The Directoraat Burgerzaken keeps the Central Population Administration and issues ID cards under the Id-kaartenwet 2018 and passports under the Wet Reisdocumenten. Its e-loket gives registered businesses paid access to population data, and reading the ID card chip requires its authentication certificate.

Belastingdienst Suriname

Belastingdienst Suriname

The tax authority assigns fiscal identification numbers under the Wet Fiscaal Identificatienummer of 2020, which replaced older tax and import numbers. It also administers BTW under the Wet BTW 2022, in force since January 2023, and registered businesses quote their FIN as the BTW number on every invoice they issue.

AML Steering Council, NAMLAC and CFATF Follow-Up

AML Steering Council, NAMLAC and CFATF Follow-Up

Articles 48 and 49 of the WMTF set up the presidential AML Steering Council and the National Anti-Money Laundering Commission. CFATF compliance in Suriname is tracked in enhanced follow-up after the 2022 mutual evaluation, with re-ratings in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and the second National Risk Assessment appeared in 2024.

Suriname Data Residency and Deployment

No major cloud region operates inside Suriname, so firms that must keep identity data in the country run Shufti on-premises in their own data centre, air-gapped if required. Firms on Shufti's cloud fix hosting locations and transfer terms in their agreement before any data moves.

Article 17 of the Constitution and the Id-kaartenwet

Article 17 of the Constitution protects every person's private life, and Article 16 of the Id-kaartenwet 2018 bars using ID card data for purposes other than those set by law. Shufti protects identity and biometric data with encryption, role-based access and configurable retention.

ID Number Handling

The eight-character ID number links a customer to the Central Population Administration, which makes it a prime target for fraudsters. Shufti masks ID numbers by role in the back office, so each analyst sees only what a review needs and every access is logged.

Retention Controls

Retention is configurable by client and licence, covering the seven-year minimum in Articles 19 and 21 of the WMTF and longer periods an authority requests. Statutory minimums are not automatic deletion dates, and legal holds keep records in place when FIU Suriname or a court asks.

Encryption and Security

Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, with role-based access and audit logging throughout. ISO 27001:2022 certification and SOC 2 Type 2 reports support the vendor reviews that CBvS-supervised banks and money transfer offices run before outsourcing verification.

Automated Decisions and Biometric Data

Customers who fail an automated check need a clear route to a person. Shufti returns verification results and supporting reasons through the API and back office, so support teams can explain outcomes and escalate disputed results to a reviewer.

Scope of Our Role

Shufti processes customer data on your firm's instructions as its verification provider. Your firm remains the service provider responsible for due diligence under the WMTF, and Shufti's privacy notice identifies any activities it carries out independently as a controller.

Data Residency and Privacy Controls in Suriname

BUILT FOR COMPLIANCE TEAMS

Suriname AML Sources That Strengthen Decisions

Turn Suriname 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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PROVEN WORKFLOWS

Identity Verification Built Around Your Industry in Suriname

Onboard Citizens, Residents And Companies In One Flow

Banks and credit unions licensed under the Wet Toezicht Bank-⁠ en Kredietwezen 2023 onboard citizens, foreign residents and companies under one CBvS directive. Shufti checks ID cards against the population register through your e-⁠loket access, reads passport chips, runs KYB on KKF-⁠registered firms and monitors accounts for unusual activity.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Shufti support Digitale ID, and what happens when customers cannot use it?

Yes, where your firm is connected to Digitale ID, citizens authenticate through it. Those without one verify with their ID card, checked against the Central Population Administration through your e-loket access, plus a selfie with liveness. Foreign customers move to passport NFC or document and face verification in the same flow.

Is scanning a Surinamese ID card enough, or should verification include its chip?

The ID card chip opens only to readers holding an authentication certificate from the Directoraat Burgerzaken, so remote checks rely on other layers. Shufti validates the MRZ, inspects security features, matches the holder through liveness and confirms details against the population register through your e-loket access.

Can Shufti verify foreign documents or identity formats it has not encountered before?

Yes. Shufti's zero-shot AI adapts to unfamiliar layouts without a template, so a foreign resident's newly issued ID card or passport can be verified on day one, with authenticity and data checks running the same way as for familiar formats.

How does Shufti OCR compare with Google OCR for Dutch-language identity documents?

Surinamese documents use Latin script, so the difference shows in field accuracy, and across the languages in Shufti's published benchmark its OCR averages 93% against Google Vision's 78.4%. On Dutch documents it maps field names for surname, given names and place of birth, reconciles multi-part surnames across documents and validates the ID number format before data reaches you.

How does Shufti verify ownership when a Surinamese company has several corporate layers?

Shufti pulls the KKF record for each company in the chain, maps shareholdings through every holding layer from deeds, share registers and owner declarations, and identifies each person who ultimately owns or controls the client. Every owner found is then verified and screened.

Does Shufti's ongoing monitoring cover more than sanctions screening?

Yes. Article 7(2)(d) of the WMTF requires ongoing monitoring of the business relationship, so Shufti checks transactions against each customer's profile, rescreens sanctions and PEP data and flags changes in directors, ownership and registered details before the next periodic review.

How does Shufti keep screening current and handle Surinamese name variations?

Watchlists, including Suriname's national sanctions list, refresh around the clock, and existing customers are rescreened automatically whenever a list changes. Phonetic matching links the different ways one Surinamese name can be spelled, so a genuine match is never lost to a spelling change.

Can we choose Suriname hosting or run verification inside our own infrastructure?

Yes. You can deploy Shufti inside your own data centre in Suriname, with an air-gapped setup where your policy demands one, and identity data then stays in the country. Cloud customers agree hosting locations and transfer terms in writing before go-live.

What controls help us protect identity and biometric data?

Shufti encrypts data in transit and at rest, applies role-based access and logs every access. ID numbers can be masked by role, biometric templates are held only as long as your retention settings allow, and every configuration change is recorded for your auditors.

Can we configure different retention periods for different Suriname licences?

Yes. Retention is set per client, licence and record type, so a bank, a money transfer office and an insurer in one group can each follow their own rules. Records stay as long as the WMTF requires, and a legal hold pauses deletion.

What does Shufti provide when our compliance team needs to report an unusual transaction to FIU Suriname?

Shufti's case file holds the customer's verified identity, screening results, transaction history, alerts and analyst notes in one place. Your team exports a report-ready bundle with the indicators and evidence FIU Suriname expects, so the report goes out without delay.

Can we add verification checks without rebuilding our onboarding journey?

Yes. The AI Journey Builder adds or reorders checks such as NFC, Digitale ID or address verification without code changes, and routes customers by geography, product and risk tier. New checks go live in the existing flow while customers in progress finish their original path.

How does Shufti make verification queries easier for our customer support team?

Every decision is shown in the back office with the reason, the failed check and the captured evidence. Support agents can tell a customer why a check failed, such as glare on an ID card or a name mismatch, and send a fresh verification link.

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Samer Al Tamimi

CEO of Safwa Bank

Samer Al Tamimi

“We take our client’s privacy very seriously and always look for new innovative solutions to ensure a safe banking experience. Working with Shufti feels like a breath of fresh air, as their 100% in-house tech keeps our customer’s data free from vulnerabilities and fully safe and protected.”

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