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Onboarding customer Identity Verification

Speed Remit is a financially regulated company and required by laws to verify the information prior to onboarding customers. Below are the more information on our verification processes and policies for our onboarding customers.

1. Why does Speed Remit need to verify me?

1.1 Normally, we will only need to check/Screen your name, address date of birth and country of origin.
1.2 We may also do enhance due diligence (EDD) that will be depend on amount to comply with the sending country regulations.
1.3 We will contact you if we need anything from you, so please ensure you check your emails regularly after you’ve made your transfer. In very rare cases the funds remain undelivered in absence of any additional information required under the prevalent laws of the territories.

2. What ID is required for the country I’m registered in?

2.1As a financially regulated company we are required by laws to verify all of our customers. Part of this process is 'identity verification'. Usually this involves collecting a copy of Government issued Valid ID from you and you can upload your ID securely at any time for our screening / verification during registration process.
2.2 Please upload your ID front side and back side to complete your verification process.

3. .Is there anything I need to know before I upload my ID?

3.1 When submitting your ID, please make sure that it's a high quality photo or scan of a valid original government-issued ID card, and the image should be clearly displaying the below information:

- ID Number
- Your Photo
- Your Complete name
- Your Date of Birth
- ID’s expiry date
- The full machine readable zone (the two lines of letters and numbers at the bottom of the document) if present
- Resident Address

3.2 The complete name and date of birth must match with your details on your Speed Remit account.

3.2 If any details do not match, please contact the Speed Remit Customer Support team (sr.cs@speedremit.com) to have your details amended. For more information on this click "My Account" option

4. What types of ID can I use?

4.1 In case the Government issued ID card is not available incidentally at the time of registration / transaction, we may alternatively accept below ID's in case it is allowed your local central bank / financial regulator. At the end of the day, you must be holder of a valid ID even if you are unable to present it at the time of transaction.

- Driving License
- National ID
- Passport - All four corners of the document must be visible and it should visibly display the vital information.

4.2 Always upload the front and back of the ID or any alternate document (if any). The document number must be visible and there should be no glare or defocused image.
* Must match the details in your Speed Remit account

5. What is address verification?

Address verification is part of our customer verification.

5.1 If we need to verify your resident address we will contact you by email. You’ll need to reply to the email with your address and any proof of Address document as an attachment e.g. Last Utility Bill etc.

5.2 When submitting your proof of address, please ensure that it is a high quality photo or scan of a valid document showing:

- Your full name
o This must match what appears on your Speed Remit account
- Your full Resident address
o This must match what appears on your Speed Remit account

5.3 The name and address on the document must match the details on your Speed Remit account.

5.4 If any detail does not match, you can update them on our app or website by visiting the My Account Option of the Speed Remit.

6. What types of document you required to accept for address verification?

6.1 ID documents we can usually accept include:

- Utility Bill
o This can be a gas, electricity, water or insurance bills.
o We can’t accept mobile phone bills
o The bill must be no older than 3 months
- Driving Licence
o This must show your address
o This must be in date – we cannot accept expired documents
- Bank / Credit card statement
o This must be no older than 3 months

6.2 If your document is not accepted, it could be for a number of reasons. Some of the reasons documents cannot be accepted are:

- The date on document
o If the document is older than 3 months, we cannot accept it
- The details on your document
o The details (including name and address) on the document are not matched with information on your Speed Remit account
o The details must be for your home residence, not a PO Box or workplace
- The document type
o The type of document may not be one we can accept (for example a mobile phone bill)

7. What happens to my personal information after I upload it?

7.1 We only use these when we are completing Know Your Customer (KYC) checks, which is an essential process.

7.2 You can read more about our privacy policy and how we use your information here.

8. Need to send us your documents?

8.1 TIf we've emailed you and asked you to send us some documents, use the link in our email to upload your photo ID or selfie, and provide your proof of address by attaching it and replying to our email.

- To provide your photo ID or selfie: use the shared link in the email, or upload them here:
o Photo ID
o Selfie
- To provide your proof of address or any other document, reply to our email with your document as an attachment