Identity verification in Honduras
Honduras is a Tier-2 Central American market of ~10.5 million people whose AML/CFT stack is anchored in the Ley Especial contra el Lavado de Activos — Decreto No. 144-2014, supervised by the Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros (CNBS) and operationalised by the Unidad de Información Financiera (UIF), Honduras's FIU. Identity infrastructure is centred on the Registro Nacional de las Personas (RNP)
Documents supported
(Government IDs from 220+ countries)
Average verification time
Countries covered
(Government-issued IDs validated)
Market overview
Honduras has roughly 10.5 million residents and a financial system dominated by a small group of commercial banks supervised by the CNBS. Bank penetration remains lower than in Costa Rica or Panama, and large portions of the adult population are still under- or unbanked. The economy is unusually remittance-dependent: remesas familiares reached ~US$9.74 billion in 2024, equivalent to ~25% of GDP, with ~80% originating from the United States, where an estimated 1.8 million Hondurans reside. That single data point — one quarter of GDP moving cross-border through regulated channels every year — is what makes KYC/AML discipline existential for Honduran banks, remittance operators and the fast-growing electronic-wallet sector. Fintech. The CNBS has formally recognised the fintech ecosystem throu
Supported documents
Didit templates cover national IDs, passports, residence permits and regional documents — plus 14,000+ documents globally for cross-border flows.
Registro Nacional de las Personas (RNP)
Polycarbonate card with photo, signature, 2D barcode and QR code encoding identity number, name and date of birth; enrolled face + fingerprints held by RNP
Gold-standard onboarding document for Hondurans. Strong feature set vs. legacy DNI. Remote-flow fraud vectors: photo substitution on older specimens still in circulation, deepfake injection against se
RNP
Laminated paper/card
Lower security features; obliged subjects should treat as higher-risk and apply extra template/OCR checks and liveness.
Instituto Nacional de Migración / RNP
ICAO-compliant biometric passport with MRZ and contactless chip
Primary document for Hondurans abroad and mandatory for casino admission under Decreto 488. Accepted universally for KYC.
Instituto Nacional de Migración
Residence card for foreign residents
Pair with the foreign passport for full identity set.
Issuing state
ICAO biometric passport
Accepted for KYC of non-residents and mandatory for casino admission.
Servicio de Administración de Rentas (SAR)
14-digit tax ID
Not an ID document, but cross-checked against the SAR online consultation as a secondary identifier for natural and legal persons.
Regulators
the FATF-style regional body for Latin America
RNP
restricted
Manages DNI (Documento Nacional de Identificación) with biometric chip. New DNI rollout completed. Limited online services; no commercial API.
SAR
regulated
Tax authority managing RTN (Registro Tributario Nacional). Online RTN consultation available.
Government & regulated databases
Compliance framework
AML framework
Supervised by GAFILAT
Primary AML law. The Ley Especial contra el Lavado de Activos, adopted as Decreto No. 144-2014 by the National Congress on 30 December 2014 and published in La Gaceta on 15 April 2015, is the cornerstone of Honduras's AML/CFT regime. It defines the offence of money laundering, enumerates sujetos obligados (obliged subjects), imposes customer due-diligence, record-keeping and reporting duties, and creates the legal basis for the UIF and for administrative sanctions by sectoral supervisors. A comp
Data protection
Supervised by National DPA
- Map obliged-subject status under Decreto 144-2014 and assign an Oficial de Cumplimiento. - Adopt a written risk-based CDD policy (simplified / normal / enhanced) with documented risk appetite. - Configure Didit flows in Spanish with DNI, passport and (where relevant) residence-card options. - Enab
Penalties for non-compliance
| Remittance weight | ~US$9.74 billion in 2024, ~25% of GDP, ~80% from USA |
Use cases
Neobanks, EMIs, payment institutions, lenders, brokerages.
1. Customer enters onboarding (Spanish UX). Flow is offered in Spanish by default; document list shows DNI, Pasaporte and Carné de residente. 2. Document capture. User photographs the new RNP DNI (front + back, with the 2D barcode / QR parsed) or an ICAO passport MRZ. Didit runs template checks, OCR
Exchanges, custodians, wallets, on/off-ramps.
Remittance operators are the single most strategically exposed sector in Honduras given the ~25% of GDP flowing in each year. Typical flow: sender and beneficiary are identified with DNI or passport; the operator validates the RNP document, performs liveness on first enrolment, runs watchlist and sa
Sports betting, online casinos, age-gated platforms.
Because online gambling is unregulated at the national level, operators serving Honduran players typically rely on their foreign-licence KYC obligations (Malta MGA, UKGC, Gibraltar, Curaçao) while also applying AML controls that satisfy their banking partners under CNBS rules. Typical flow: DNI or p
Gig platforms, delivery, creator economy, e-commerce.
Crypto exposure for Honduran residents is intermediated almost entirely through offshore exchanges. The CNBS prohibition (2022) closes the direct banking rail for supervised institutions, so any VASP serving Honduran users sits outside the domestic regime but still faces indirect pressure through fi
Biometric liveness
Sumsub, Onfido, Veriff, Jumio and IDnow all cover Honduran documents as part of their global document libraries but none of them run local identity-database integrations (there is no commercial RNP API to integrate with), so the technical ceiling for every vendor is document capture + biometrics + global AML screening. That makes price and developer experience the differentiators. Typical list prices in the Honduran market land in the US$1.00-US$2.50 per verification range once liveness and AML
CERTIFICATIONS
Our platform meets the highest international standards for information security, data privacy, and biometric accuracy.
Full EU data protection compliance
Information security management
PAD (liveness + face match)
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CNMV, SEPBLAC & Spanish Treasury — Conclusions Report
Didit is an exceptionally valuable partner, delivering a stable and highly adaptable solution”.
Vuk Adžić
Head of the E-Business Department at Crnogorski Telekom
Didit offered us a robust technology with a simple implementation and adaptability to different markets”.
Fernando Pinto
CEO & CoFounder at TucanPay
Thanks to Didit we have been able to reduce manual processes and improve data extraction accuracy”.
Diana Garcia
Trust & Safety Executive at Shiply
Didit’s integration slashed verification times and costs, freeing resources for other projects”.
Guillem Medina
COO at GBTC Finance
Didit removed KYC costs, enabling faster scaling with high verification standards and less fraud.”
Paul Martin
VP Marketing & Growth at Bondex
Didit’s secure, user-friendly verification boosts customer trust and optimizes our process.”
Cristofer Montenegro
Executive assistant to the CEO at Adelantos
Didit ensures a precise, secure digital onboarding without slowing negotiations or client time.”
Ernesto Betancourth
Gerente de riesgos at CrediDemo
FAQ
Yes. Honduras permits remote KYC onboarding under its national AML framework, including document verification, biometric liveness and video identification where required by regulation.
Didit verifies all major national IDs, passports and residence permits issued in Honduras, plus 14,000+ document types globally for cross-border flows.
Didit charges $0.30 per verification with 500 free checks per month. No contracts, no minimums. Competitors typically charge $1.00–$2.50+ per verification.
Yes. Didit screens against 1,000+ global watchlists including PEP databases, sanctions lists (EU, UN, OFAC, OFSI), and adverse media — covering all AML obligations in Honduras.
Most regulated sectors in Honduras require or strongly recommend biometric liveness detection for remote onboarding. Didit provides ISO 30107-3 PAD Level 2 certified liveness.
Yes. Didit supports document verification, liveness, AML screening and ongoing monitoring aligned with Honduras’s crypto regulatory framework, including EU Travel Rule compliance where applicable.
Yes. Didit provides document-based age verification and identity confirmation suitable for Honduras’s iGaming regulatory requirements.
500 free verifications per month. No contracts, no minimums. $0.30 per verification after the free tier.
