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Liechtenstein identity card and biometric passport on one session — FMA-supervised, MONEYVAL-evaluated, screened against the FIU Liechtenstein watchlist and global sanctions. $0.33 full KYC, 500 free every month.

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Country brief

How identity verification works in Liechtenstein.

The fraud surface and the frameworks an engineering or compliance lead needs before scoping an integration.
Fraud landscape
Liechtenstein's private-banking and VASP sector faces sophisticated shell-company beneficial-ownership fraud, cross-border deepfake attacks on digital-onboarding flows, and elevated PEP risk from its significant international clientele. Didit scores 200+ real-time fraud signals on every session — face morph, replay, injection, document tampering, device intelligence, IP geolocation.
Compliance frameworks
  • Due Diligence Act (Sorgfaltspflichtgesetz, SPG — 1996, as amended 2022)
  • Token and TT Act (TVTG — Gesetz über Token und VT-Dienstleister, 2019)
  • Liechtenstein Data Protection Act (DSG) + GDPR (EEA application)
  • EU AMLD6 — applied via EEA Agreement
  • MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation — applicable under EEA agreement)
  • EU Regulation 2019/1157 (chip ID cards — harmonised format)
Regulators

Who supervises identity verification in Liechtenstein.

These are the supervisors a Liechtenstein verification flow has to answer to. One Didit hosted flow + one audit log covers every one of them — no separate integration per agency.
  • FMA

    Financial Market Authority Liechtenstein (Finanzmarktaufsicht Liechtenstein) — the integrated regulator for banks, investment firms, insurance companies, fund managers, and Virtual Asset Service Providers. Sets Customer Due Diligence requirements under the Due Diligence Act (SPG).

  • FIU Liechtenstein

    Liechtenstein Financial Intelligence Unit — operates under the Due Diligence Act (Sorgfaltspflichtgesetz, SPG — 1996 as amended). Receives Suspicious Activity Reports and coordinates with MONEYVAL and Egmont Group on AML/CFT enforcement.

  • MONEYVAL

    Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures — Council of Europe FATF-style body. Liechtenstein is a member subject to periodic mutual evaluation against FATF 40 Recommendations.

  • DSB

    Datenschutzstelle (Data Protection Authority) — Liechtenstein's supervisory authority for data-protection obligations under the Liechtenstein DSG and GDPR (applied via EEA agreement). Governs how identity verification data on residents is processed.

  • Egmont Group

    International network of Financial Intelligence Units including FIU Liechtenstein. Facilitates cross-border intelligence sharing and coordinated AML enforcement on Liechtenstein-linked financial flows.

Verification flow · One API

Four modules. One verification.

ID, biometric, AML, and a Liechtenstein database cross-check — composed on one workflow, billed per success, returned in one report.
01 · ID

Capture and read the ID.

Captured on any phone — auto-classified, OCR-parsed, and template-verified.

  • Liechtenstein Identitätskarte (chip), Reisepass (NFC chip read), EWR-Aufenthaltskarte, Führerschein, and EU/EEA national identity cards.
  • Returns: full name, date of birth, document number, expiry, MRZ.
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Stage 01Capture and read the ID
  • Identitätskarte — national ID card with chip (EU Reg. 2019/1157)
  • Reisepass — biometric passport, NFC chip read
  • EWR-Aufenthaltskarte · Führerschein
02 · Biometric

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.
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Stage 02Match the face. Prove it's a real person.
  • Selfie on any phone or laptop camera
  • Mobile-handoff QR when the user starts on desktop
03 · AML

Screen for sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media.

1,300+ global sanctions, PEP, and adverse-media lists — plus Liechtenstein watchlists:

  • FIU Liechtenstein — Suspicious Activity Report register under the Due Diligence Act (SPG).
  • FMA Liechtenstein — regulatory enforcement notices and warnings against obliged entities.
  • Landtag Liechtenstein — PEP Level 1 register (members of the Liechtenstein parliament).
  • EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List — applies in Liechtenstein via EEA agreement.
  • OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) — US Treasury asset-freeze designations.
  • UK Sanctions List (FCDO) — financial sanctions with Liechtenstein cross-border relevance.
  • MONEYVAL — Council of Europe mutual evaluation findings and risk flags.
  • UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List — global designations.
  • Egmont Group — cross-border FIU intelligence network designations.
  • Interpol Red Notices — international law-enforcement alerts.
  • Basel AML Index — Liechtenstein country-risk benchmark.
  • FATF 40 Recommendations — risk-jurisdiction monitoring.

Severity-scored. Ongoing monitoring ($0.07/user/yr) re-checks daily and fires a webhook on new hits.

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Stage 03Screen for sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media

Screen for sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media — see the docs for the full module surface.

04 · Registry

Database validation for Liechtenstein identities.

  • There is no public government database validation API for Liechtenstein currently exposed as a standalone Didit service — the Ausländer- und Passamt civil registry does not currently offer a public consumer API open to third-party integrators.
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Stage 04Database validation for Liechtenstein identities

Database validation for Liechtenstein identities — see the docs for the full module surface.

Documents covered

Every Liechtenstein document Didit accepts.

One row per accepted credential — flag, document name, document type. Live from the Didit Business Console.
Authoritative datasets

Civil-registry and AML coverage for Liechtenstein.

One card per dataset Didit cross-checks against — civil registries on the Database Validation API plus the global AML watchlist pool. Each card links to the technical docs.
Compliant by design

Open a new country in one click. We do the hard work.

We open the local subsidiaries, secure the licenses, run the penetration tests, earn the certifications, and align with every new regulation. To ship verifications in a new country, flip a toggle. 220+ countries live, audited and pen-tested every quarter — the only identity provider an EU member-state government has formally called safer than in-person verification.
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EU financial sandbox
Tesoro · SEPBLAC · BdE
ISO/IEC 27001
Information security · 2026
SOC 2 · Type I
AICPA · 2026
iBeta Level 1 PAD
NIST / NIAP · 2026
GDPR
EU 2016/679
DORA
EU 2022/2554
MiCA
EU 2023/1114
AMLD6 · eIDAS 2.0
EU-aligned by design
FAQ

Common questions about Liechtenstein.

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