# Smile Identity

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/smile-identity/  
**Website:** https://usesmileid.com  
**APIs profiled:** 12

Smile Identity (Smile ID) is Africa's leading digital identity verification, fraud detection, AML and KYC/KYB compliance platform. Its V3 REST API and v12 mobile/web SDKs let businesses onboard and authenticate users across all 54 African countries and beyond, covering thousands of ID types and documents. Products include Biometric KYC, Document Verification, Enhanced Document Verification, Basic and Enhanced KYC, Business Verification (KYB), SmartSelfie registration/authentication/compare, phone and address verification, and AML monitoring. Verifications run against government and institutional data sources, with passive/active liveness, and results delivered synchronously and via asynchronous callback webhooks.

## Kin Score — 54.7 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-17 under rubric 0.11.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 54.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 92.6 |
| Contract Quality | 70.1 |
| Governance | 11.5 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 69.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 44.7 |

## Agent readiness — 47.5 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| MCP Server | derived |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | yes |
| Agent Skills | derived |
| Well Known Catalog | yes |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (12)

- **Smile Identity Authentication API** — The Authentication API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for authentication.
- **Smile Identity Biometric Authentication API** — The Biometric Authentication API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for biometric authentication.
- **Smile Identity Biometric Enrollment API** — The Biometric Enrollment API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for biometric enrollment.
- **Smile Identity Biometric KYC API** — The Biometric KYC API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for biometric kyc.
- **Smile Identity Callback Replay API** — The Callback Replay API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for callback replay.
- **Smile Identity Document Verification API** — The Document Verification API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for document verification.
- **Smile Identity Enhanced Document Verification API** — The Enhanced Document Verification API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for enhanced document verification.
- **Smile Identity Enhanced KYC API** — The Enhanced KYC API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for enhanced kyc.
- **Smile Identity Services API** — The Services API from Smile Identity — 4 operation(s) for services.
- **Smile Identity Smart Selfie Compare API** — The Smart Selfie Compare API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for smart selfie compare.
- **Smile Identity Users API** — The Users API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for users.
- **Smile Identity Verification Status API** — The Verification Status API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for verification status.

## MCP servers (1)

- **smile-identity-mcp.yml**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Smile Identity Agentic Access** — 15 operations · 10 acting

## Security (2)

- **Smile Identity Authentication** — apiKey/http · 4 schemes
- **Smile Identity Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Company, Identity Verification, KYC, KYB, Biometrics, Liveness Detection, Document Verification, AML, Fraud Prevention, Compliance, Onboarding, Africa

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/smile-identity/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.