Age and Identity Verification

URU® is a service owned and developed jointly by BT and GB Group. DataCash provides merchants with access to the service through its XML APIs.

URU® provides you with an easy way to verify your customers' age and identity details against a comprehensive and reliable range of data sources in real time. It provides a fast and cost effective means of verifying that individuals are who they say they are ensuring that regulations are met and fraud is minimised.

Key Features

• Can be tailored to meet your requirements. Confirm a customer's age and identity quickly and reliably or carry out full identity checks for accurate credit ratings
• Online identity verification removes the need for paper documentation, improving the customer experience and streamlining the checking process
• Checks identification data from a wide range of sources ensuring checks are automated, comprehensive and reliable
• Perform "Know Your Customer" (KYC) checks for businesses regulated by the Financial Services Authority
• Ease of integration via XML API

Key Benefits

• Enhance the customer experience and significantly reduce the inconvenience of ID checking for all customers
• Minimise online credit and debit card fraud
• Implement easily via single Internet connection or single software component
• Reduce operational costs by removing the need for paper documentation

Also see: 3-D Secure, Address and Security Code Verification

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