Smile Identity Blog

Davy Uwizera · 4 May 2022

Anti-spoof for facial verification in Africa

Anti-spoofing is the ability to recognise if the identity presented is real or fake. In facial verification, some attacks are simply photos downloaded from social media, but in other cases they could be more sophisticated than that. Below we display some methods used by attackers to spoof facial recognition systems.

George Williams · 19 April 2022

Not All Face Recognition Is Created Equal: The Need For Liveness.

This aggressive expansion in biometrics has fueled global concerns over surveillance, data privacy, and ethical use. And as the laws mature surrounding biometrics, we will see varying regulatory approaches develop in different parts of the world. These differences aside, the pervasiveness and wide applicability of face recognition has made it a popular target for hackers and criminals everywhere.

Rachael Wambua · 31 March 2022

Using Smile Identity, Koa customers can start saving in under 2 minutes

For an early stage fintech startup, KYC compliance is a critical part of service offering. They were looking for a quick and simple way of verifying the customers onboarding onto their platform. In order to achieve this, they chose Smile Identity as their identity verification partner as we could offer a seamless, quick, and digital KYC process solution.

Megan Keirstead · 15 March 2022

Crypto in Africa: Scaling Rapidly and Securely

Crypto in Africa is growing as an alternative to the volatile fiat currency

Rachael Wambua · 10 March 2022

ImaliPay Reduces Onboarding Time To Under 10 Seconds

A case study on ImaliPay and how they made their onboarding efficient while reducing fraud

Alexa Lion · 2 March 2022

South African National IDs: Past, Present and Future

Today, the South African green book remains in circulation but is being phased out as the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) undertakes a major drive, started in 2013, to instate the new Smart ID card.