ID Database Checks
Authoritative lookups across the regions that matter, with deterministic and probabilistic matching, and graceful fallbacks when a source is slow.
chapter · 01
Vol. I · Issue 2026 · Identity, infrastructure
Authflow, Inc. is a global identity verification platform. We compose document OCR, biometrics, liveness, AML and KYB into a single, well-written decision — so onboarding feels less like an inspection, and more like a polite handshake.
300ms
avg. decision
99.9%
platform sla
200+
document templates
§ 01 · the case
High-risk, high-growth teams — fintechs, exchanges, marketplaces, mobility, gaming — are asked to do something quietly difficult. They have to recognize a person they have never met, in a language they may not read, holding a document from a country they may never have seen, and decide, in seconds, whether to let them in.
Authflow was built for that moment. We compose nine separate checks — database, biometric, liveness, document, AML, KYB, address, age, and risk signal — into one clean verdict, with a paper trail your reviewers and regulators can actually read. It runs at the edge, returns in milliseconds, and asks the user for nothing more than a glance.
The point is not the technology. The point is the handshake.
§ 02 · the platform
Mix and match the checks that suit your risk profile. The orchestration, retries and decision logic are ours to worry about.
Authoritative lookups across the regions that matter, with deterministic and probabilistic matching, and graceful fallbacks when a source is slow.
chapter · 01
Sanctions, PEP tiers, watchlists, enforcement actions and adverse media — refreshed continuously, fuzzed across transliterations.
chapter · 02
Two hundred document templates and counting. MRZ and PDF417. Latin and non-Latin scripts, read with patience.
chapter · 03
1:1 selfie-to-portrait comparison with strong anti-spoofing. ISO-aligned quality gates. Edge-optimized capture.
chapter · 04
Passive liveness — no challenge UX, works in low light, defends against replays and deepfakes.
chapter · 05
Texture, tamper and template inspection. Hologram and pattern analysis. MRZ checksum and geometric consistency.
chapter · 06
Proof of address extraction, AVS and postal lookups, country-specific age rules — gated cleanly at the door.
chapter · 07
Disposable, newly-seen and risky signals across contact and network metadata. Carrier, line type, breach exposure, VPN/Tor.
chapter · 08
Company registries, directors, ultimate beneficial owners, and ongoing sanctions screening — graphed, not flattened.
chapter · 09
§ 03 · the motion
Most products treat verification as a single, opaque event. Authflow makes the steps legible — so when a decision is disputed, the trail reads like a paragraph, not a stack trace.
stage 01
Web and mobile SDKs guide the moment — auto-cropping, glare correction, real-time prompts. The user barely notices.
stage 02
Auto-classify the document. Read MRZ, PDF417, NFC chip data. Parse Latin and non-Latin scripts with equal patience.
stage 03
Template, hologram and tamper checks. Geometric consistency. Liveness and 1:1 face match for the person behind the page.
stage 04
Sanctions, PEP tiers, watchlists, adverse media. Continuous, fuzzy, transliterated, fair.
stage 05
Rules, scores, case review. A human-readable trail so your reviewers — and regulators — never have to guess.
§ 04 · principles
i.
An ID is a paragraph. A selfie is a sentence. A risk signal is a footnote. We treat them like a document — read carefully, cross-referenced, and signed off.
ii.
Every extra prompt is a user we lost. Authflow is built so the only thing the user does is hold up a card and look at the camera. The platform takes it from there.
iii.
Reviewers, auditors and regulators all have to read the same record. Our decision trails are written for human eyes first, machines second.
§ 05 · developers
Typed SDKs. Idempotent endpoints. Webhooks for decisions and ongoing monitoring. An OpenAPI spec and a Postman collection you can hand to anyone. Sandbox by default; production when you're ready.
authflow.ts · quickstart
v1// Verify a person, end to end.
const decision = await authflow.verify({
document: {
type: "passport",
image_front: file,
},
selfie: selfie,
checks: [
"id_database",
"aml",
"ocr",
"face_match",
"liveness",
],
});
// decision.status =>
// "approved" | "review" | "rejected"
// decision.trail => audit-grade reasoningdata residency
US · EU
certifications
SOC 2 · ISO 27001
privacy
GDPR ready
reliability
99.9% SLA
§ 06 · correspondence
A short selection of questions we hear most, answered plainly.
§ 07 · talk to us
We'll tailor a demo and pricing to your volume, geography and risk profile. Most replies are written, not auto-generated.
by post · by wire
sales@authflow.meFor partnerships, security disclosures, or correspondence of any other kind — write to the same address. A real person will read it.
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