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Identity

Learn how to verify identities using Stripe Identity.
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Use Stripe Identity to confirm the identity of global users to prevent fraud, streamline risk operations, and increase trust and safety. Stripe Identity allows you to:

  • Capture IDs with a conversion-optimized verification flow
  • Verify the authenticity of global ID documents
  • Match photo IDs with selfies, and validate Social Security numbers (SSNs)
  • Access collected images, and extracted data from ID documents

Get started

Sign up

Activate Identity in the Dashboard.

Verify your users’ identity documents

Begin by creating sessions and collecting identity documents.

Handle verification outcomes

Listen for verification outcomes so your integration can automatically trigger reactions.

More verification checks

Verification checks

Learn about all the different verification checks supported by Stripe Identity.

Adding selfie checks

Add face similarity checks to prevent fraudsters from using stolen documents.

Additional verifications for Connect

Collect additional identity verification as part of your Connect onboarding experience.

Clone a sample project

Try out the demo

Preview a demo of Stripe Identity

Verify identity documents
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