Smile Identity Blog

Shile Owoka · 24 January 2022

NIN Tokenization

NIN Tokenization and Virtual NIN: what it means, and how Smile Identity can help.

Dennis Odera · 6 December 2021

The Rise and Rise of Buy Now Pay Later(BNLP) in Africa

E-commerce is just one of the levers that is spurring this growth. Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) programs are another lever that are not just leading to the increased adoption of Black Friday and Cyber Monday but the increased adoption of e-commerce generally.

Ashiwel Okang Ochui · 8 July 2021

Smile Identity - Series A Announcement

Smile Identity announces Series A investment round

Ashiwel Ochui · 7 June 2021

Now You Can Capture Liveness Checks in the Browser — Announcing the Smile Identity Web SDK

The Smile ID Web SDK that lets you capture liveness images and selfies in the browser shipped out in April, and the reviews have been excellent so far! Now you can offer your users the ability to sign up or login from the web browser, without compromising security.

Mark Straub · 14 January 2020

Introducing ID API Status

When an ID Authority is down and a developer doesn’t know it, they can waste a lot of time trying to debug their app—checking multiple IDs to see if the issue is user specific and calling us at Smile ID to see whether we are the cause of the issue.

Mark Straub · 28 October 2019

KYC Enforcement is Up in Nigeria

Since July of this year we’ve seen a trend across our Partners towards increased KYC enforcement and higher standards for KYC collection and verification in Nigeria. We believe this is being driven by the CBN and to a lesser extent, the NCC in Nigeria