Identity verification
built for North Macedonia 
North Macedonia's Financial Intelligence Office (FIO) and National Bank enforce AML/CFT across an EU-candidate economy — Didit delivers ID, liveness, AML, and the $0.33 bundle at 500 free checks per month.
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How identity verification works in North Macedonia.
- Fraud landscape
- North Macedonia faces document-forgery and synthetic-identity fraud pressure across its growing fintech and remittance sectors, with cross-border exposure driven by EU free-movement aspirations and diaspora financial corridors. Didit scores 200+ real-time fraud signals on every session — face morph, replay, injection, document tampering, device intelligence, IP geolocation.
- Compliance frameworks
- Law on Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism 2014 (as amended 2021)
- FATF 40 Recommendations
- MONEYVAL evaluation framework
- Law on Personal Data Protection (GDPR-aligned)
- EU AMLD5/6 alignment (pre-accession)
Who supervises identity verification in North Macedonia.
NBRM
National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia — central bank and prudential supervisor for banks and payment institutions. Sets CDD requirements under the Law on Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism 2014.
FIO
Financial Intelligence Office — North Macedonia's national FIU. Receives Suspicious Activity Reports from obligated entities and coordinates with MONEYVAL on AML effectiveness.
SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission of North Macedonia — supervises capital markets, investment firms, and securities dealers. Issues AML compliance requirements for regulated market participants.
AZLP
Агенцијата за заштита на личните податоци (Agency for Personal Data Protection) — North Macedonia's national DPA and GDPR-aligned data supervisor. Governs every identity verification on Macedonian residents.
Central Registry
Central Registry of North Macedonia — SIE-classified entity that maintains the company and UBO registry. Senior officials designated in the Didit AML screening layer.
ISA
Insurance Supervision Agency — supervises insurance companies and pension funds. Requires KYC compliance for policyholder onboarding under AML/CFT rules.
Four modules. One verification.
Capture and read the Macedonian ID.
Captured on any phone — auto-classified, OCR-parsed, and template-verified.
- Лична карта (biometric national ID with chip), Пасош (ICAO 9303 biometric passport), Возачка дозвола, and residence permits.
- Returns: full name, date of birth, document number, expiry, MRZ.
- Лична карта (biometric national ID card)
- Пасош (biometric passport) — NFC chip read
- Возачка дозвола (driving licence)
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 North Macedonia watchlists:
- Parliament of North Macedonia — PEP Level 1 (legislators and senior state officials).
- Central Registry of North Macedonia — SIE (state-invested entity designations).
- EU — Europe's Most Wanted — Europol cross-border designations.
- Municipality of Gjorche Petrov Skopje — Gazette — local enforcement and warnings.
- FIO (Financial Intelligence Office) — SAR-derived AML designations.
- MONEYVAL — Council of Europe AML evaluation findings.
- FATF 40 Recommendations — risk-jurisdiction monitoring.
- UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List — global designations.
- OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) — US Treasury designations.
- EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List — pre-accession applicable enforcement.
- Interpol Notices — international law enforcement designations.
- Basel AML Index — annual risk-scoring for North Macedonia.
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.
Document validation — no public registry API in North Macedonia.
Document validation — no public registry API in North Macedonia — see the docs for the full module surface.
Every North Macedonia document Didit accepts.
Civil-registry and AML coverage for North Macedonia.
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Common questions about North Macedonia.
Infrastructure for identity and fraud.
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