Overview

Veriff’s Proof of Address (PoA) is an advanced AI-powered solution that automates the verification of residential addresses within seconds. It combines document-based methods, such as bank statements, utility bills, and government-issued letters, with non-document-based verification through trusted databases. This dual approach minimizes friction during onboarding, ensures compliance with KYC (Know Your Customer) and CDD (Customer Due Diligence) regulations, and strengthens fraud prevention measures. By delivering fast and highly accurate decisions at a global scale, Proof of Address enables businesses to build trust, improve customer experience, and reduce operational risk in regulated industries and digital services.

Features and Capabilities

• Rapid Results: Provides address verification in under 30 seconds, significantly improving customer onboarding conversion rates and reducing the likelihood of user abandonment.
• Global Reach: Supports address documents in more than 40 languages and multiple writing systems, including Arabic, Cyrillic, Japanese, and Latin scripts, making it suitable for international businesses.
• Document Tamper Detection: Uses advanced multi-layered analysis techniques, including structural checks, metadata inspection, font validation, and image consistency review, to detect forged, altered, or reused documents.
• Extraction & Classification: Automatically identifies, extracts, and classifies critical information such as names, addresses, issue dates, and validity from various proof-of-address documents, streamlining compliance checks.
• Non-Document Verification Option: Enables address confirmation via trusted third-party data sources, allowing verification even when users cannot provide physical documents.
• Integration Flexibility: Offers seamless integration into onboarding or customer due diligence workflows and can also be deployed as a standalone service through APIs and SDKs.
• Use Cases: Designed for a variety of industries and scenarios, including customer onboarding for banks and fintech companies, right-to-work or employee verification, home-sharing and gig economy platforms, insurance policy validations, and compliance with regional regulations in sectors such as online gambling.