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Address Verification

Address verification in SourceID is designed to validate the accuracy of a customer's provided address by comparing it against their actual location data. This process ensures that customers are actually residing at their declared address, providing enhanced security and compliance benefits.

How Address Verification Works

Customer Onboarding Process

When a customer onboards through one of SourceID's onboarding flows, they are required to provide their basic information, including their current residential address. This address serves as the baseline reference for subsequent verification processes.

Address Verification Process

The address verification process follows a systematic approach to ensure accuracy and reliability. First, during the onboarding phase, customers input their current residential address, which becomes the foundation for verification. The address verification SDKs then track the customer's actual location using precise GPS coordinates, providing real-time location data.

The system performs a comprehensive comparison analysis between the provided address and the tracked location data. This analysis includes geographic proximity assessment, address format validation, and coordinate accuracy verification. Based on this comparison, an address accuracy score is generated that reflects the confidence level of the verification.

Finally, the system provides a clear verification result indicating whether the address is accurate, along with detailed confidence metrics and any relevant flags or warnings.

Key Benefits

Address verification delivers significant value across multiple dimensions. It enhances security by ensuring customers are actually residing at their declared address, which is crucial for fraud prevention and risk management. The system also helps organizations meet regulatory requirements for address verification, particularly in financial services and other regulated industries.

The real-time validation capabilities provide immediate feedback on address accuracy, enabling faster decision-making and improved user experience. Additionally, the verification process helps mitigate risks associated with address fraud and identity theft.

Integration Options

SourceID provides multiple SDK options to accommodate different development environments and requirements:

  • Flutter SDK: Cross-platform solution for Android and iOS applications, providing native performance with a single codebase
  • React Native SDK: Native performance while maintaining JavaScript development workflows
  • Web SDK: Browser-based implementation with full feature parity for web applications

Each SDK is designed to integrate seamlessly with existing applications while providing consistent API interfaces and functionality.

Verification Accuracy

The address verification system employs sophisticated algorithms to ensure high accuracy scores. GPS precision technology provides high-accuracy location data with minimal margin of error. The system also performs address matching against official address databases to validate address authenticity and format.

Time-based validation enables continuous monitoring over specified periods, ensuring ongoing address accuracy. Geographic boundary verification ensures that location data falls within expected geographic areas, adding an additional layer of validation.

Use Cases

Address verification serves critical needs across various industries:

  • Financial Services: KYC compliance and fraud prevention efforts, helping institutions meet regulatory requirements while protecting against financial crime
  • E-commerce: Delivery address validation, reducing failed deliveries and improving customer satisfaction
  • Insurance: Risk assessment and policy verification, ensuring accurate underwriting decisions
  • Government Services: Identity verification and benefits distribution, maintaining the integrity of public services
  • Healthcare: Patient address verification for medical services and accurate patient information management

Privacy and Security

Privacy and security are fundamental to the address verification system. All location data is encrypted both in transit and at rest, ensuring comprehensive data protection. The system requires explicit user consent for location tracking, respecting individual privacy rights and regulatory requirements.

Configurable data retention policies allow organizations to manage data according to their specific requirements and compliance needs. The system maintains full GDPR compliance, ensuring that all data processing activities adhere to European data protection regulations and best practices.

Admin Dashboard

Administrators have access to a comprehensive dashboard that provides real-time visibility into geotag data collected from mobile SDKs. This dashboard enables admins to review and manage address verification processes effectively.

Address Verification Dashboard

The dashboard displays geotag information collected from customer devices through the mobile SDKs, allowing administrators to:

  • Review Location Data: View precise GPS coordinates and timestamps for each verification attempt
  • Monitor Verification Status: Track the progress and results of address verification processes
  • Analyze Patterns: Identify trends and patterns in location data across different customers
  • Manage Approvals: Review and approve or reject verification requests based on collected data
  • Generate Reports: Export verification data for compliance and audit purposes

This centralized view ensures that all address verification activities are transparent and manageable, providing organizations with the tools they need to maintain high standards of verification accuracy and compliance.