Identity verification
built for Hungary 
Személyazonosító igazolvány (eSzemélyi), útlevél, vezetői engedély on one session — EU 2019/1157 + ICAO 9303 + MNB-aligned. $0.33 full KYC, 500 free every month.




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How identity verification works in Hungary.
- Fraud landscape
- Two pressures shape Hungarian identity fraud: deepfake and synthetic-eSzemélyi attacks on the wave of MNB-licensed neobanks and MiCA-supervised crypto exchanges, and cross-border forgery pressure as Hungarian banks onboard Romanian, Slovak, Serbian, and Ukrainian residents under AMLD6 mutual recognition. Didit scores 200+ real-time fraud signals on every session — face morph, replay, injection, document tampering, device intelligence, IP geolocation.
- Compliance frameworks
- Act LIII of 2017 (AML Act)
- AMLD6
- MiCA
- DORA
- GDPR / Info Act 2011
- EU Reg. 2019/1157 (eSzemélyi)
- FATF 40 recommendations
Who supervises identity verification in Hungary.
MNB
Magyar Nemzeti Bank — central bank and unified prudential supervisor for banks, payment institutions, securities firms, insurers, and Crypto-Asset Service Providers under MiCA.
Pénzmosás Elleni Hivatal
Hungarian Financial Intelligence Unit, inside the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV). Receives Suspicious Activity Reports under Act LIII of 2017.
NAIH
Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság — General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) supervisor. Governs every identity verification on Hungarian residents.
GVH
Gazdasági Versenyhivatal — Hungarian Competition Authority. Issues warnings + decisions referenced in AML screening (GVH SIE list).
NAV
Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal — Hungarian National Tax and Customs Administration. Maintains Canceled tax numbers + Tax-number-deletion sanctions registers.
Four modules. One verification.
Capture and read the ID.
Captured on any phone — auto-classified, OCR-parsed, and template-verified.
- eSzemélyi (the chip-enabled személyazonosító igazolvány mandated under EU Reg. 2019/1157), útlevél (with the chip read on e-Passports), vezetői engedély, and tartózkodási engedély for non-EU residents.
- Returns the name, adóazonosító jel (tax ID), date of birth, place of issue, and expiry.
- eSzemélyi · Tartózkodási engedély
- Vezetői engedély
- Útlevél — chip read on e-Passport
Match the face. Prove it's a real person..
Selfie confirmed live and matched against the ID portrait.
- Duplicate check: 1:N face search across existing users. Free.
- Active liveness ($0.15) for elevated-risk flows — user turns or blinks.
- Selfie on any phone or laptop camera
- Mobile-handoff QR when the user starts on desktop
Screen for sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media.
1,300+ global sanctions, PEP, and adverse-media lists — plus Hungarian watchlists:
- National Tax and Customs Administration (NTCA / NAV) — Canceled tax numbers — entities with cancelled tax identifiers under Hungarian tax law.
- National Tax and Customs Administration (NTCA / NAV) — Announcement on decisions deleting the tax number — enforcement decisions on tax-number deletion.
- Hungarian Police — Warnings — law enforcement warnings register.
- Hungary Competition Authority (GVH — Gazdasági Versenyhivatal) — Sanctions for Irregularities (SIE) — competition-authority enforcement decisions.
- National Assembly of Hungary — Politically Exposed Persons (Pep Level 1) — Országgyűlés member PEP register.
- Attorney General's Office of Hungary — PEP register — senior prosecutorial and judicial PEPs.
- ZAOL (Zala vármegyei hírportál) — Adverse media (SIP) — regional adverse-media signals.
Severity-scored. Ongoing monitoring ($0.07/user/yr) re-checks daily and fires a webhook on new hits.
Screen for sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media — see the docs for the full module surface.
Cross-check against the Hungary residential registry.
Cross-checked against the authoritative civil registry.
- The Hungary Residential check (
hun_residential,$1.14) hits combined consumer and public records — proof-of-address for MNB account opening, securities onboarding, and EMI compliance. - Required inputs include
date_of_birthfor stronger identity binding. No consent required.
Cross-check against the Hungary residential registry — see the docs for the full module surface.
Every Hungary document Didit accepts.
Civil-registry and AML coverage for Hungary.
Hungary Residential
Source: Combined consumer and public records. $1.14 per successful query.
AML lists screened in Hungary
1,300+ sanctions, Politically Exposed Persons (PEP), and adverse-media lists, plus the country's regulatory watchlists and PEP registries.
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Common questions about Hungary.
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