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Plaid Identity Verification
A no-code-to-API identity verification and KYC/AML product combining document authentication, liveness, and data checks, built into Plaid's bank-data network.
- Category
- Identity verification & KYC/AML
- Lane
- Identity proofing
- Founded
- 2022 (via Cognito acquisition)
- Ownership
- Part of Plaid Inc. (private)
- HQ
- San Francisco, US
Summary
Plaid Identity Verification authenticates documents (16,000+ ID types across 200 countries), matches facial biometrics/liveness, and checks regulated data sources while scoring hundreds of fraud signals, supporting KYC and AML for financial onboarding. It runs as a no-code flow, hybrid API with UI fallback, or embedded integration, and ties into Plaid's wider network with one-click 'Remember Me' reuse. It originated from Plaid's 2022 acquisition of Cognito.
Best for
Fintechs and regulated financial-services firms wanting IDV, KYC, and AML bundled alongside Plaid's bank-data and account-linking stack.
Consider if
You operate outside financial services or do not already use Plaid.
Strengths
- Broad document and biometric coverage with fast, high pass-rate flows
- Native integration with Plaid's onboarding and bank-data network
- Combined IDV, KYC, and AML with no-code, hybrid, and embedded options
Considerations
- Oriented toward financial services and US/fintech onboarding
- Tightest value when already in the Plaid ecosystem
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