Identity verification
built for Iceland 
Iceland's Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) mandates CDD for every regulated entity — Didit delivers ID, liveness, AML, and the $0.33 bundle at 500 free checks per month.




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How identity verification works in Iceland.
- Fraud landscape
- Iceland faces deepfake and synthetic-identity fraud pressure on its growing fintech and crypto sectors, amplified by cross-border exposure from the Schengen zone. Didit scores 200+ real-time fraud signals on every session — face morph, replay, injection, document tampering, device intelligence, IP geolocation.
- Compliance frameworks
- Act on Measures Against Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing No. 140/2018
- GDPR (via EEA Agreement, Act No. 90/2018)
- FATF 40 Recommendations
- MONEYVAL evaluation framework
- eIDAS 2.0 (via EEA Agreement alignment)
Who supervises identity verification in Iceland.
FME
Fjármálaeftirlitið (Financial Supervisory Authority) — primary regulator for banks, payment institutions, insurers, and securities dealers. Enforces AML/CFT under Act No. 140/2018 (the AMLD transposition).
Persónuvernd
Icelandic Data Protection Authority — enforces GDPR as adopted under the EEA Agreement. Governs every identity verification conducted on Icelandic residents.
Þjóðskrá Íslands
Statistics Iceland / National Registry — issues national IDs, maintains the Kennitala personal identification number registry, and is the authoritative source of civil identity records.
Seðlabanki Íslands
Central Bank of Iceland — oversees payment systems, foreign exchange, and macro-prudential stability. Coordinates with FME on systemic financial risk.
Ríkisskattstjóri
Directorate of Internal Revenue — collects beneficial ownership and UBO information under the Company Registration Act and AML framework for tax-compliance cross-referencing.
Samkeppniseftirlitið
Icelandic Competition Authority — PEP Level 3 regulatory body whose senior officials appear in the Didit AML screening layer under FME guidance.
Four modules. One verification.
Capture and read the Icelandic ID.
Captured on any phone — auto-classified, OCR-parsed, and template-verified.
- Vegabréf (biometric passport), Nafnskírteini (national ID card), Ökuskírteini, and EEA residence permits.
- Returns: full name, Kennitala (personal ID number), date of birth, document number, expiry, MRZ.
- Vegabréf (biometric passport) — NFC chip read
- Nafnskírteini (national identity card)
- Ökuskírteini (driving licence)
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 Iceland watchlists:
- Parliament of Iceland (Alþingi) — PEP Level 1 (legislators and senior state officials).
- Supreme Court of Iceland — judgements and enforcement designations.
- Fjármálaeftirlitið (FME) — regulatory warnings and enforcement notices.
- Financial Intelligence Unit Iceland (FIU-IS) — SAR-derived designations.
- MONEYVAL — Council of Europe AML evaluation findings.
- FATF 40 Recommendations — risk-jurisdiction monitoring.
- UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List — global designations (S/RES/1267 et seq.).
- OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) — US Treasury designations.
- EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List — EEA-applicable enforcement.
- Interpol Notices — international law enforcement designations.
- Basel AML Index — annual risk-scoring for Iceland.
- Europol Most Wanted — cross-border European law enforcement.
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.
Document validation — no public registry API in Iceland.
Document validation — no public registry API in Iceland — see the docs for the full module surface.
Every Iceland document Didit accepts.
Civil-registry and AML coverage for Iceland.
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Common questions about Iceland.
Infrastructure for identity and fraud.
One API for KYC, KYB, Transaction Monitoring, and Wallet Screening. Integrate in 5 minutes.