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Identity verification solutions

Discover how low-friction, compliant identity verification helps onboard more customers faster and combat fraud.​

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  1. Overview
  2. Feature and Benefits
  3. Country Coverage
  4. Solutions
  5. Insights
  6. FAQs
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Verify consumer and business identities – quickly, efficiently and with authority​

In our digital-first world, effective identity verification (IDV) is crucial for seamless onboarding, robust fraud prevention and regulatory compliance.

With the rise in global fraud rates and the emergence of AI powered threats, such as deepfakes and other forms of synthetic media, verifying the true identity of any individual or business you work with has never been more essential.​

But IDV is about striking a balance. On one hand, it must support the fast, low-friction experiences today’s consumers expect; on the other, it must deliver safety and security, with adequate controls to catch bad actors. This means you need to implement IDV that is easy for customers and difficult for fraudsters.

We offer a powerful combination of third-party data validation, document verification and biometric checks that let you verify your customers quickly and accurately.​ Our data-based IDV solution provides fast, authoritative verifications with a low friction, consumer-friendly approach, and is distinguished by:​

  • Wide global coverage across 65+ consumer IDV and 50+ business IDV countries, from over 400 sources​

  • Extensive due diligence on our data sources to ensure quality and enable accurate verification

  • Custom match rules to maximise customer acquisition rates

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Better match rates, lower onboarding costs

Up to 35%​ match rate uplifts

If you are a fintech or a broad-based financial services firm, we can help you lower your customer acquisition costs, improve conversions and drive revenue. With our capabilities are embedded in leading payments, buy-now-pay-later firms, crypto and FX applications, as well as e-commerce marketplaces, social platforms and much more, our customers have experience:​

  • Up to 35% match rate uplifts​

  • 21% average improvement in conversions

Features and benefits

What data-based identity verification offers you

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Confirm a person is real

Verify identities of individuals and businesses against a waterfall of authoritative data sources.

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Wide international coverage​

We cover 65+ consumer IDV and 50+ business IDV countries.

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Extensive due diligence​

Our 400+ authoritative data sources are rigorously checked for quality and accuracy​.

Customisable match rules

Adjust match rules to your exact needs to boost customer acquisition rates​.

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Better compliance

Confidently comply with your KYC and AML regulations​.

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Data privacy​

Ensure the safety of all your PII. We are GDPR compliant by design​.

COUNTRY COVERAGE

    Our Consortium of Data Sources

By harnessing the power of in-country, authoritative data sources, we return the highest match rates possible. We can work with you to create custom match rules across countries and/or products. Connect with us to discuss our consumer verification and business verification coverage in more detail.

Solutions

Explore our full suite of identity verification solutions

Biometric & Document Verification: Onboarding Protection

Streamline identity verification and enhance security with LSEG document and biometric verification, protecting against synthetic media threats.

Business Identity Verification

Simplify global KYB with intelligent verification solutions. Accelerate onboarding, reduce manual effort, and ensure regulatory confidence.

Consumer Identity Verification

Verify the identities of high numbers of individuals, quickly and accurately, without slowing the pace of business.

Document and Biometric Verification

Protect your business from synthetic media threats with a superior solution that streamlines the identity verification process, while enhancing security.

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Insights

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2025 fraud and payments forecast: Key trends and emerging threats in the global landscape

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Abandoned at sea: How corporate secrecy endangers vulnerable workers

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Rock solid identity proofing: Combining multiple checks in a single workflow

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2024: the year AI breaks content-based identity verification?

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New FinCEN report highlights why getting identity verification right is more important than ever

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How to avoid flunking your customers’ onboarding experience

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The Short Story

Stay ahead of payments & identity fraud trends. Get expert insights in under 5 minutes with The Short Story video series.

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FAQs

  • Identity verification is the process of confirming that an individual is who they claim to be by checking personal details and identity documents against reliable sources. It is a core component of regulatory compliance frameworks like KYC (Know Your Customer) and helps prevent fraud, impersonation, and financial crime.

  • Identity verification is essential for KYC compliance as it ensures that customers are accurately identified during onboarding and throughout their lifecycle. It supports Anti-Money Laundering (AML) frameworks by helping organisations confirm identities, assess risk, and monitor customer behaviour in line with regulatory requirements.

  • LSEG provides a suite of identity verification services including consumer and business data-based verification, document & biometric verification and in-country data matching. These services are built to support fast, compliant digital onboarding while ensuring fraud prevention and regulatory alignment.

  • LSEG’s identity verification solutions help prevent fraud through multi-layered checks such as document authentication, biometric verification, and cross-referencing against authoritative data sources. These tools detect impersonation attempts, forged documents, and synthetic identities, reducing the risk of fraud across customer journeys.

  • Yes. LSEG’s identity verification tools operate in real-time, enabling instant identity checks during customer onboarding or transactions. This helps businesses approve legitimate customers quickly while preventing bad actors from entering systems undetected.

  • LSEG’s identity verification solutions are trusted by banks, fintechs, insurance providers, telecoms, gaming operators, and other regulated businesses that require fast and secure identity checks. These tools support both domestic and international onboarding processes.

  • Yes. LSEG provides advanced document verification that checks passports, ID cards, and driving licences for authenticity. Combined with biometric facial recognition and liveness detection, these capabilities ensure high confidence in identity proofing.

  • Yes. LSEG’s identity verification services cover a wide range of global documents and data sources, supporting onboarding in +65 countries. This makes it ideal for multinational institutions needing consistent compliance across markets.

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