Youverify Nigerian Identity Verification and Compliance API
Youverify Nigerian identity verification and compliance REST API for Nigerian fintech companies, financial institutions, and businesses to verify identities against government databases, perform AML/CFT screening, conduct biometric face verification, and automate KYC/KYB onboarding — covering Nigerian NIN, BVN, CAC (corporate), driver's license, voter card, and passport verification with liveness detection for regulatory compliance. Enables AI agents to manage NIN verification for Nigerian national identity automation, handle BVN lookup for bank verification automation, access CAC verification for Nigerian business KYB automation, retrieve AML screening for sanctions and PEP automation, manage biometric face match for liveness verification automation, handle document verification for ID document OCR automation, access address verification for Nigerian resident proof automation, retrieve KYB for Nigerian business entity verification automation, manage watchlist for ongoing monitoring automation, and integrate Youverify with Nigerian fintech, insurance, and government service platforms for end-to-end compliance automation.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
Nigerian KYC. CBN, NDPR, NIMC. API key. Nigeria. National ID and regulatory compliance data.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
A Nigerian fintech, bank, or regulated business wanting AI agents to verify customer identities against CBN, NIMC, and INEC databases, run AML/sanctions screening, and automate KYC/KYB compliance through Youverify's Nigerian compliance platform.
Avoid When
NIGERIAN DATA SOURCES ONLY: Youverify covers Nigerian government databases (NIMC, CBN, CAC, INEC, VIO); automated multi-country African coverage assumption creates unsupported_country; automated must use Smile Identity or Prembly for multi-country African KYC. GOVERNMENT DATABASE LATENCY: Nigerian government database queries can take 5-30 seconds; automated synchronous sub-second assumption creates timeout; automated must implement async verification with webhook or polling. NDPR AND NIMC COMPLIANCE: Nigerian National Identity data is regulated under NDPR and NIMC guidelines; automated unrestricted ID data storage creates regulatory violation; automated must implement purpose-limited data retention per NDPR requirements. CBN AML REQUIREMENTS VARY BY RISK TIER: CBN AML/CFT regulations have tiered verification requirements (Tier 1/2/3 accounts); automated one-size-fits-all KYC assumption creates under-verification for high-value accounts; automated must implement CBN-compliant tiered KYC workflow.
Use Cases
- • Verifying Nigerian NIN, BVN, and voter ID for fintech KYC onboarding automation agents
- • Running AML/CFT sanctions and PEP screening for Nigerian financial compliance automation agents
- • Performing Nigerian CAC business verification for B2B KYB onboarding automation agents
- • Automating biometric face match with liveness detection for digital account opening automation agents
Not For
- • Non-Nigerian markets (Youverify focuses on Nigerian identity infrastructure)
- • Credit scoring and financial data (Youverify is identity verification, not financial data)
- • Physical in-person identity verification services (Youverify is API-driven digital verification)
Interface
Authentication
Youverify uses API key authentication. REST API with JSON. Lagos, Nigeria HQ. Founded 2017 by Gbenga Odegbami and Emeka Onwuegbuchulam. Products: NIN verification, BVN verification, CAC business verification, biometric verification, AML/CFT screening, document verification, address verification, ongoing monitoring. SDKs: JavaScript, Python. Nigerian-focused. CBN, NIMC, NDPR compliant. Competes with Smile Identity and Prembly for Nigerian identity verification.
Pricing
Lagos NG. Per-verification pricing. CBN, NIMC, NDPR. Nigerian identity focus.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ GOVERNMENT DATABASE LATENCY IS HIGH: Nigerian government database queries (NIMC NIN, INEC voter, CAC) can take 5-30+ seconds; automated synchronous verification assumption creates timeout; automated must implement polling or webhook-based async verification flow
- ⚠ NDPR PURPOSE LIMITATION: Nigerian NIN and BVN data is regulated under NDPR; automated general-purpose ID data storage creates NDPR violation; automated must implement purpose-limited data collection with minimum retention period
- ⚠ CBN TIERED KYC IS MANDATORY: CBN requires different KYC levels for different account tiers (Tier 1: phone number only, Tier 2: BVN, Tier 3: NIN+biometric); automated single-tier KYC assumption creates under-verification for higher-value accounts; automated must implement CBN-compliant tiered KYC
- ⚠ BIOMETRIC REQUIRES MOBILE CAMERA: Liveness detection and face match requires real-time camera capture; automated server-side static photo submission creates passive liveness bypass risk; automated must use Youverify's mobile SDK for secure liveness capture
- ⚠ BVN IS BANK-SPECIFIC: BVN (Bank Verification Number) is issued by CBN through banks; automated BVN as general national ID assumption creates wrong data type expectation; automated must distinguish BVN (bank customers only) from NIN (all Nigerian residents)
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