A different approach to verification

Proofs, not documents.

Traditional identity verification often starts by asking customers to prove who they are. Checkify starts with a different question: what does the business actually need to know? Request age, human, identity or access proofs and receive the result required for the interaction — without unnecessarily collecting everything behind it.

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Comparison between traditional document verification and Checkify proof-based verification

Start with the question

What do you actually need to know?

Begin with the fact the business needs — then require only the assurance necessary to establish it.

Age

Instead of: “Send us your passport.”

Are you over 18?

✓ Over 18

Human

Instead of: “Complete another CAPTCHA.”

Is this a real person?

✓ Human verified

Identity

When it matters: stronger identity assurance is genuinely required.

Has this person reached the required identity assurance level?

✓ Required assurance met

Access

Instead of: manually checking unnecessary information at the door.

Is this person authorised?

✓ Access approved

Request the proof. Receive the result. Escalate only when the action needs more.

Architecture

Same decision. Different architecture.

Traditional verification asks for the document. Checkify asks for the proof.

Traditional verification

Checkify

Traditional verificationOften begins with an identity or document check

CheckifyBegins with the requested proof

Traditional verificationCustomers may need to repeat verification across services

CheckifyDesigned around reusable proofs where supported

Traditional verificationVerification is often tied to one transaction or provider journey

CheckifyProofs can support future requests where applicable

Traditional verificationFull identity information may be processed to establish one fact

CheckifyDesigned to minimise unnecessary information exposure to the requesting business

Traditional verificationThe same heavy verification flow may be used for many risk levels

CheckifyProgressive assurance can request stronger proof when needed

Traditional verificationCustomers often complete provider-specific verification journeys

CheckifyCheckify provides a consistent customer verification layer where it is set up

Traditional verificationBusinesses may integrate separate verification functions for different checks

CheckifyMultiple proof types through one Checkify platform

Traditional providers vary. These points describe common document-centric patterns — not every vendor, every time.

Evidence vs proof

One fact shouldn’t require an entire identity.

If the business only needs an age threshold result, the journey should be designed around establishing that fact rather than exposing unrelated identity information to the business.

A passport can contain

Name
Date of birth
Nationality
Document number
Photo
Sex
Expiry and other document details

Business asks

Over 18?

Checkify returns

✓ Yes

Evidence may be processed to establish a proof. That is different from unnecessarily exposing the underlying evidence to the requesting business.

Reusable proofs

Verify once. Prove what you need.

Where supported, existing verification evidence can help satisfy later Checkify requests without unnecessarily repeating the original collection process.

Traditional journey

Shop A → ID verification
Site B → ID verification
Venue C → ID verification
Service D → ID verification

With Checkify

Customer builds trusted proof state in Checkify
Shop A → Over 18?
Site B → Human?
Venue C → Access?
Service D → stronger identity assurance if required

This is not verify-once-use-everywhere. Proofs can have validity requirements, stronger requests may need additional evidence, and freshness or re-verification may be required.

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Progressive assurance

More proof only when more proof is needed.

A newsletter signup, an age-restricted purchase and a high-value transaction should not necessarily require the same verification journey.

Basic / humanLower-risk moments such as forms and presence checks.
VerifiedStronger confirmation for everyday trust decisions, including age where configured.
Verified+Additional assurance when the action warrants it.
Higher assuranceEscalate for higher-risk or sensitive actions.

Checkify lets the requesting business ask for the assurance appropriate to the action.

Customer experience

Verification customers can recognise.

One familiar verification layer across participating services — without claiming universal acceptance.

Traditional

New website
New verification provider
Upload document
Selfie / liveness
Wait
Continue

Then another website often repeats a similar journey.

Checkify

Website requests proof
Customer opens Checkify
Approves or completes the required step
Proof result returned
Continue

Friction depends on the proof required — not every request is the same.

Data minimisation

Less unnecessary data is better infrastructure.

Architecture matters to businesses because unnecessary identity data becomes operational risk.

Less exposure

Reduce the amount of unnecessary identity information entering business workflows.

Smaller data footprint

Avoid collecting information that isn’t required for the decision being made.

Simpler customer journey

Request the proof appropriate to the action rather than automatically starting with full identity verification.

Customer control

Design verification around the customer reviewing and approving the use of their proofs.

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Credibility

Sometimes you really do need identity.

Checkify’s philosophy is not “never verify identity.” Some interactions genuinely require stronger evidence.

Regulated onboarding
High-risk transactions
Account recovery
Legally required identity checks
Other risk-sensitive actions

The difference isn’t “never verify identity.” It is: don’t ask for more proof than the action requires — and escalate when stronger assurance is necessary.

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