Contactless identity verification · South Africa

Prove it's really you.
Share nothing else.

Velified builds contactless verification for South Africa. A 20-second face scan on your phone confirms you're a real person and that you are who you say you are, without handing your personal details to the business that asks.

Try the face scan For businesses
Built for POPIA Data kept in South Africa Works on any smartphone
How it works

Confirm, never disclose

Most identity checks ask you to hand over copies of your ID, selfies and personal details, which then sit in someone else's inbox. Velified turns that around: the business asks a question, and we answer yes or no.

STEP 1

A quick face scan

You look at your phone for a few seconds. No buttons to press, no gestures, no flashing lights.

STEP 2

We check it's really you

Our liveness check makes sure a real person is present, not a photo, a screen or a mask, and matches the face to the identity being claimed.

STEP 3

The business gets a yes or no

Each detail the business asked about comes back as a match or not. Your photo and your personal details are never sent to them.

Products · now in pilot

Two ways to verify

One face scan, two kinds of questions. Pick the one that fits what you need to know.

Identity Match

"Is this person who their ID says they are?"

The face scan is matched to the official identity record for the ID number given, so you know the person in front of the phone owns that identity. You can also confirm details such as their name, without seeing them.

  • Liveness and face match in one scan
  • Name and ID number confirmed against official records
  • Return visits verified again with a face scan alone
FACE · MATCHNAME · MATCHID NUMBER · MATCH
Landlords and agentsCar rentalBuying and sellingPlatforms and marketplaces
Your App Match

"Is this one real person, with one account?"

No ID document needed. A face scan inside your app or website proves a real person signed up, and that they haven't already opened another account with you.

  • Stops fake, bot and duplicate accounts
  • Re-checks the same person at login or payout
  • Runs in your app or in the browser
REAL PERSON · YESNEW ACCOUNT · YES
Apps and online servicesCommunitiesRewards and promotions
Privacy by design

Your face is checked, not shared

We built Velified around South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) from the first line of code.

Answers, not data

Businesses receive a yes or no for each question. They never receive your photo, your ID or your details.

Kept in South Africa

Face data is stored and processed on servers in South Africa, encrypted, and never sent to foreign face-recognition services.

Encrypted on your phone

Your scan is locked on your phone before it is sent, and only our checking service can open it.

Pilot campaign · open now

Get paid to test our face scan

We're testing Velified on as many phones, faces and lighting conditions as we can. Do a 20-second scan and get an OTT voucher. Think you can trick it? Prove it.

R5for a normal scan
R100if you can fool it

One normal-scan reward per person, while rewards last. Adults 18+. How we handle your scan

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