Identity verification
built for Nicaragua 
Cédula de Identidad Ciudadana verified with biometric liveness and AML screening — $0.33 full KYC, 500 free every month, built for Central America's remittance and fintech operators.




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How identity verification works in Nicaragua.
- Fraud landscape
- Nicaragua sees Cédula forgery driven by remittance-account access and cooperative onboarding, synthetic-identity fraud amplified by limited digital-registry connectivity, and PEP exposure through the Procuraduría General and National Assembly networks. Didit scores 200+ real-time fraud signals on every session — deepfake, injection, document tampering, device intelligence, IP geolocation.
- Compliance frameworks
- Ley No. 977 — Ley Contra el Lavado de Activos, el Financiamiento al Terrorismo y el Financiamiento a la Proliferación de Armas (2018)
- Ley No. 561 — Ley General de Bancos (2005, as amended)
- Norma sobre Gestión de Riesgo de LA/FT — SIBOIF Circular 2021
- Ley No. 842 — Ley de Protección de los Derechos de las Personas Consumidoras y Usuarias
- GAFILAT 40 Recommendations
- FATF Methodology 2022
Who supervises identity verification in Nicaragua.
SIBOIF
Superintendencia de Bancos y de Otras Instituciones Financieras — prudential supervisor for banks, micro-lenders, insurance companies, and securities markets. Owns KYC and AML onboarding requirements under Ley No. 977.
UAF
Unidad de Análisis Financiero — Nicaragua's Financial Intelligence Unit. Receives Reportes de Operaciones Sospechosas and coordinates with the Procuraduría General de la República.
BCN
Banco Central de Nicaragua — central bank. Oversees the payment system, monetary policy, and the regulatory framework for electronic-money operators.
CSE
Consejo Supremo Electoral — civil-registry authority that issues the Cédula de Identidad Ciudadana and maintains the authoritative identity database.
PGR
Procuraduría General de la República — Attorney General. Maintains the SIP register of enforcement actions and coordinates with the UAF on AML investigations.
Four modules. One verification.
Capture and read the Cédula.
Captured on any phone — auto-classified, OCR-parsed, and template-verified.
- Cédula de Identidad Ciudadana (16-digit), Pasaporte (chip read on biometric passports), Cédula de Residencia, and Licencia de Conducir.
- Returns: full name, date of birth, document number, expiry, and sex.
- Cédula de Identidad Ciudadana — 16-digit number
- Pasaporte — chip read on biometric e-Passport
- Cédula de Residencia
Match the face. Prove it's a real person..
Selfie confirmed live and matched against the ID portrait.
- Duplicate check: 1:N face search across existing users. Free.
- Active liveness ($0.15) for elevated-risk flows — user turns or blinks.
- Selfie on any phone or laptop camera
- Mobile-handoff QR when the user starts on desktop
Screen for sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media.
1,300+ global sanctions, PEP, and adverse-media lists — plus Nicaragua watchlists:
- National Assembly of Nicaragua — PEP Level 1 legislative register
- Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) — SIP enforcement-action register
- Nicaraguan Stock Exchange (BVDN) — regulatory warnings
- SIBOIF — Superintendencia de Bancos administrative sanctions
- UAF — Unidad de Análisis Financiero suspicious-entity list
- BCN — Banco Central de Nicaragua regulatory warnings
- GAFILAT — Group of Financial Action of Latin America evaluations
- FATF — Financial Action Task Force consolidated list
- UN Security Council — consolidated sanctions list
- OFAC SDN — Specially Designated Nationals
- Interpol — regional Central America red notices
- Basel AML Index — Nicaragua country risk tier
Severity-scored. Ongoing monitoring ($0.07/user/yr) re-checks daily and fires a webhook on new hits.
Screen for sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media — see the docs for the full module surface.
Database validation against the CSE registry.
- There is no public government database validation API for Nicaragua currently exposed as a standalone Didit service — the Consejo Supremo Electoral (CSE) does not currently offer a public consumer API open to third-party integrators.
Database validation against the CSE registry — see the docs for the full module surface.
Every Nicaragua document Didit accepts.
Civil-registry and AML coverage for Nicaragua.
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Common questions about Nicaragua.
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