Identity Verification for Payment Providers (KYC)

Global identity verification built for payments

Verify customers with authoritative identity data through a single API. Data Zoo connects payment providers to 150 authoritative sources across 40+ countries, returning transparent, attribute-level results that improve match rates, strengthen compliance, and support global growth without rebuilding your stack.

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Why Data Zoo

Verification that performs at payments scale

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Prevent fraud

Spot suspicious activity earlier with verification built on authoritative data sources. Attribute-level results show exactly which identity attributes matched, and which didn't, giving fraud teams clear, defensible evidence behind every decision.

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Eliminate friction

Increase successful verifications with smarter data matching. Data source sequencing routes requests to the right sources in the right order, helping legitimate customers verify faster while reducing unnecessary checks.

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Streamline operations

Simplify your infrastructure with a single API integration that connects directly to authoritative data sources across 40+ countries. Expand coverage without building new integrations or managing multiple vendor relationships.

Reduced Risks

Minimize fraud losses

Strengthen fraud prevention using direct connections to authoritative data sources. Multi-source verification and configurable sequencing help detect suspicious identity patterns while improving match rates for legitimate customers.

Convert legitimate customers

Improve match performance by validating identities against reliable data sources. Clear attribute-level results help teams understand mismatches, reduce false declines, and refine verification logic over time.

Eliminate compliance risk

Operate confidently in regulated markets worldwide. Data Zoo maintains ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type II, and CSA STAR certifications, while every data source undergoes rigorous due diligence, ongoing risk reviews, and security checks.

Verify customers

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Global Verification

High volume, global coverage

Verify customers at scale using direct connections to authoritative identity data sources worldwide. Data Zoo validates identity attributes in real time, helping payments companies support instant transactions with accurate, defensible verification results.

Access over 150 authoritative data sources spanning more than 40 countries through one API integration. As you expand into new markets, enable additional coverage instantly without new builds, contracts, or engineering projects.

Explore coverage

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Configurable

Verification that adapts to your stack

Build verification logic that matches your risk tolerance and operational requirements. Data Zoo fits directly into your existing stack, allowing teams to configure how identity checks are performed while maintaining full visibility into results.

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Configurable risk rules

Optimize match rates using configurable verification logic. Data source sequencing lets teams define which sources are used, in what order, and under what conditions to balance cost, speed, and risk tolerance.

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Single API integration

Connect once to access Data Zoo's entire global source library. As you expand into new markets, enable additional coverage instantly without adding new integrations or increasing technical overhead.

Recognized by industry analysts

Fintech Australia - Finnies Winner 2023
Fintech Australia - Finnies Winner 2024
Liminal - Age Verification Badge
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Drive more revenue

Payments companies using Data Zoo increase successful verifications by improving match performance and reducing unnecessary verification failures, helping more legitimate customers complete transactions.

$30m

More revenue from new customers

5%

Pass rate uplift for each country

112%

ROI after switching to Data Zoo

Excellence in customer success

Unbelievable - setting the new benchmark in KYC / KYB technology and service levels! Data Zoo is future focused and has developed a platform that is not just industry leading but industry disruptive. Unparalleled in match rates and quality of service.

— Eric D.

Data Zoo Help Desk is 24/7 there for any problem solving. They understand our business nature and needs. We always have positive feedback from Data Zoo.

— David D.

Data Zoo have been incredibly responsive in supporting the integration and implementation of their services to our offering. Data Zoo offer marketing leading solutions that are feature rich for a variety of use cases.

— Richard W.

Superb, All-Around Offering. Great combination of attractive costs, straightforward API documentation and top-notch support.

— Ezra W.

Data Zoo - Unparalleled Service for KYC and KYB Solutions. It's the perfect blend of simplicity and sophistication, enabling us to perform KYC and KYB tasks with a level of ease that surpasses all prior experiences.

— John F.

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