Identity verification in Singapore
Document verification, biometric liveness and AML screening for businesses operating in Singapore — at $0.30 per verification.
Documents supported
(Government IDs from 220+ countries)
Average verification time
Countries covered
(Government-issued IDs validated)
Market overview
Singapore is the most mature identity verification market in Asia and, arguably, one of the two or three best-instrumented eKYC environments in the world. In a city-state of roughly 5.9 million residents, regulated entities operate under a famously strict but unambiguous AML/CFT regime led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), with the Suspicious Transaction Reporting Office (STRO) of the Singapore Police Force acting as the national Financial Intelligence Unit. The foundational statute is the Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) Act 1992 (CDSA), complemented by the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act 2002 (TSOFA), the Payment Services Act 2019 (PSA), the Financial Services and Markets Act 2022 (FSMA), and a dense layer of MAS Notice
Supported documents
Didit templates cover national IDs, passports, residence permits and regional documents — plus 14,000+ documents globally for cross-border flows.
Regulators
ing, record-keeping (minimum 5 years), suspicious transaction reporting, targeted financial sanctions, and internal policies/training/audit
GovTech
regulated
Government-verified personal data pre-fill for consented sharing
GovTech
regulated
National digital identity for 97% of citizens/residents. OpenID Connect.
ICA (Immigration & Checkpoints Authority)
regulated
Via Singpass
ACRA
open
IRAS
regulated
Via CorpPass
Government & regulated databases
Compliance framework
AML framework
Supervised by PEPs
Singapore's AML/CFT regime rests on two criminal statutes and a growing family of sector-specific acts:
Data protection
Supervised by PDPC
Penalties for non-compliance
For any FI, payment institution, DPT licensee, trust company, family office or fintech operating in Singapore, the cost of getting KYC right is dwarfed by the cost of getting it wrong. At SGD 5.8 million, the Credit Suisse fine alone would have paid for approximately 13 million Didit verifications.
Use cases
Neobanks, EMIs, payment institutions, lenders, brokerages.
Under MAS Notice 626 (banks) and its sibling notices for other FI classes, the baseline CDD obligations are:
Exchanges, custodians, wallets, on/off-ramps.
Singapore was the first major jurisdiction to bring crypto into a modular licensing framework and remains one of the strictest.
Sports betting, online casinos, age-gated platforms.
Singapore has one of the tightest gaming regimes in Asia. The Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) was reconstituted from the former Casino Regulatory Authority on 1 August 2022 under the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore Act 2022, alongside the new Gambling Control Act 2022 and the long-sta
Gig platforms, delivery, creator economy, e-commerce.
Singapore does not impose a single horizontal KYC framework on marketplaces. Instead, obligations flow from the underlying activity:
Biometric liveness
MAS's expectations for biometric liveness sit in two documents: - MAS Technology Risk Management Guidelines (January 2021) — principles-based expectations on technology, cyber and operational resilience, including identity verification and authentication. - AMLD Circular 01/2022 — Non-Face-to-Face Customer Due Diligence Measures — practical expectations for FIs that onboard customers without an in-person interaction.
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)
TRUSTED WORLDWIDE
Join thousands of companies that trust Didit for their verification needs
Didit’s NFC + active biometrics technology blocks the most advanced fraud scenarios, offering a level of security equivalent to or superior to in-person verification.
Spanish Financial Sandbox
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. Singapore 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 Singapore, 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 Singapore.
Most regulated sectors in Singapore 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 Singapore’s crypto regulatory framework, including EU Travel Rule compliance where applicable.
Yes. Didit provides document-based age verification and identity confirmation suitable for Singapore’s iGaming regulatory requirements.
500 free verifications per month. No contracts, no minimums. $0.30 per verification after the free tier.
