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Use Payvessel’s KYC services to verify who your customers are and how risky they are before you let them transact. Typical onboarding flow:
  1. Collect identity data – name, date of birth, phone, email, and basic document details.
  2. Verify identity numbers – run BVN and/or NIN checks.
  3. Confirm bank account – verify bank account details before linking a payout account.
  4. Check documents and face – verify government IDs and compare live face to stored images.
  5. Run liveness – make sure a real person is present and not a spoof.
  6. Score risk – run blacklist, credit score, and loan‑feature queries.
Use the pages below to design your KYC flow; then use the KYC & Risk section in the API reference for exact endpoints and payloads.

BVN & NIN

When to use bank vs national IDs

Documents

Driver’s licence, voter’s card, passport

Face & Liveness

Prevent impersonation and spoofing

Bank account & Risk

Verify payout accounts and run risk checks