Trusted Identity Verification

ReadID by Inverid

In our joint webinar with iProov, our identity specialist Jim Slevin discussed on emerging threats like Synthetic Identity Fraud and how businesses can tackle the issue with strong identity verification and biometrics. Take a look at our overview or contact Jim to learn more.

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ReadID NFC based identity verification and face verification iProov explained

ReadID Explained

The ReadID verification process consists of two easy steps:

Scanning the data page with VIZ

The user first scan the data page (also called Visual Inspection Zone, or VIZ) in the identity document with the camera of the smartphone. From the VIZ, the key to the chip can be derived. This is a safeguard for unauthorised access to the chip.
Reading the NFC chip

ReadID reads the chip contents, extracts the document’s data and verifies the authenticity of the personal information from the chip. It can be combined with face verification for holder verification or optical verification fallback for non-chipped documents.

Many passports, identity cards and other identity documents contain a contactless chip, which ReadID reads to verify the authenticity of these documents. The chip contains 100% reliable personal information about the holder, including the full name, date of birth and nationality.

In addition, it contains a high-resolution face image, suitable for face verification. All modern smartphones have NFC to read and verify this chip.

Worldwide Document Coverage

ReadID supports identity documents that have ICAO 9303 compliant chips. This includes passports, (depending on the country) national identity cards and residence cards. ICAO is the UN organization that standardizes passports. In addition, ReadID supports the Dutch electronic driver’s license.

ReadID works with identity documents from over 170 countries, including all countries from the EU, UK, Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand.

Which countries have ePassports?

Many countries have passports with a contactless (NFC) chip - also called ePassports or biometric passports -which means that those passports can be read with ReadID. We collect data on which identity documents have chips, the features of those chips and whether or not ReadID can successfully verify them. We log the data from our public demo app and our live SaaS deployments, without any personal data, of course.

Inverid Representative Vendor in Gartner 2023 Market Guide for IDV

Gartner has published their 2023 Market Guide for Identity Verification, and Inverid is named as a representative vendor for NFC identity verification. Gartner’s stance on NFC as a means of remote identity verification is clear: NFC-based identity verification will become unavoidable in the future and is currently a necessity if organisations need to trust the outcome of a check.

Learn more

Jim Slevin holds regional responsibility for the UK and Ireland and is the global lead for Inverid’s growing Travel and Borders sector.

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Why readid?

To us, trusted identity verification goes beyond security

Conversion

Ready for digital natives, easy to use for everyone, instant verification

Scalability

From a handful identity verifications to hundred of thousands. Per day.

Ease of use

ReadID is quick and easy to use, and brings straight-through-processing

Secure

NFC-based identity verification is very secure, more secure than any optical solution

Simple implementation

Up and running within weeks, integrated in your app or using our app-in-a-box

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Try it yourself

The free ReadID Me app

Try the free ReadID Me yourself to experience ReadID’s key features. The ReadID Me app reads and verifies the NFC chip embedded in electronic passports and other ICAO-compliant identity documents.

You can download the ReadID Me app on the App Store and Google Play.