How it Works – Biometrics

Biometrics

Being able to access real-time biometric data ensures that you are dealing with the right person and dramatically reduces the possibility of fraud. WhoYou digitally records an individual’s fingerprint – either through an in-store fingerprint scanner or remotely through the WhoYou app – and cross-checks this against their identity number.

 

WhoYou caters for multi-modal biometrics through facial recognition that can match against the photograph retrieved from the Home Affairs National Identification System (HANIS) and produces a detailed report with all information pertaining to that person, including their Home Affairs-registered photograph. 

A critical step for identity verification is to accurately capture the customer’s biometrics. Our technology is based on contactless biometrics specifically designed for mobile devices. WhoYou is available on any Windows, Android or iOS smart device. The WhoYou Windows application is compatible with most fingerprint scanners, allowing you to either use your existing scanners or to purchase these directly from us.

 

Fingerprint & facial biometrics

  • WhoYou has the ability to capture customer’s fingerprint or facial biometrics
  • One-Time Verification
    OTV is a better and safer alternative to One-Time Pin (OTP) for businesses

Biometrics – Contactless Solutions

  • Contactless Biometrics Compliance – Face and Fingerprint
  • ISO/IEC 19795-1 Biometric Performance Benchmark Tested
  • ISO/IEC 30107-3 Biometric Presentation Attack Detection Tested – Liveness & Anti-spoofing
  • Machine learning based on 6 different ethnicities and 20 – 25% based on black face matching
  • Passive authentication – Most secure authentication against deep fake videos

Compliance

WhoYou complies with the following standards

WhoYou is POPI and GDPR compliant

Biometrics – Contact Solutions

On-Premise Deployments:

  • Tyme Bank: AWS
  • SA Post Office (SASSA Grants and Post Bank)
  • City of Johannesburg Electronic Health Record Solution
  • 20 Million Biometric Identities Enrolled
  • Scaling capability – 5000 verifications per second Biggest
  •  Biometric Database in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • All clients started with biometrics only and then incorporated demographic checks, photos, documents and reports