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Enhanced BVN verification is the stronger BVN workflow when you need a richer profile tied to the customer’s BVN.

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Best For

  • Full onboarding checks
  • Compliance-heavy account creation
  • Internal identity enrichment before approval or limit upgrades

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What You Submit

You only submit the BVN.

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What You Get Back

The response can include identity attributes such as:
  • Names
  • Gender
  • Birthday
  • Photo
  • Linked phone numbers
  • Name on card

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How To Use It

Use enhanced BVN when the outcome depends on profile retrieval, not just field matching. A common pattern is:
  1. Run Enhanced BVN Verification.
  2. Compare the returned profile to your customer-submitted data.
  3. Add document or face checks for higher-risk users.
  4. Store only the fields you actually need for audit and decisioning.

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When To Prefer This Over Basic BVN

Choose Enhanced BVN when:
  • You need profile values back
  • You want a stored photo or secondary phone number
  • You are building a stronger first-time identity check
For lightweight match validation against fields the customer already entered, Basic BVN Verification is usually enough.