Legal Practice Management
Biometric Identity Verification System
We use artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, via our partner Onfido, to analyse and verify identity documents provided by users. These algorithms can detect various forms of forgery, including counterfeit documents, manipulated images, or fake identities. By comparing document features with extensive databases and leveraging machine learning, we can identify fraudulent or suspicious documents.
Place an order, and have your client follow the step by step guide to become verified, from the comfort of their home, in as little as 60 seconds.
The Benefits of Access Legal Biometric Identity Checks for Law Firms
Biometric identity checks offer several benefits. They ensure accurate document verification and compliance with KYC requirements, enabling quick detection and prevention of fraud. This technology enhances streamlines the verification process and significantly improves customer experience and satisfaction through its ease of use. Additionally, it contributes to environmental sustainability by reducing paper usage and lowering the carbon footprint of business operations.
Increased Security & Fraud Prevention
Law firms need to safeguard client information, ensure identity documents are presented by their rightful owners, and protect against data breaches. Our biometric identity checks provide an added level of protection by using cutting-edge facial recognition software to authenticate clients and verify their scanned documents. By analysing facial landmarks and patterns, it can determine if the person presenting the document is the legitimate owner.
Through this process, we can identify potential red flags, such as suspicious behaviour, unusual activity, or data inconsistencies, which can significantly reduce the risk of identity theft and fraud. Traditional methods of identification, such as presenting ID cards or documents, can be easily forged or manipulated. By leveraging biometric traits, law firms can establish a stronger link between the individual and their identity, making it much more difficult for fraudsters to deceive the system.
This eliminates the need for paper-based identity checks and reduces the potential for identity theft, manipulation or forgery.
Improved Efficiency
Biometric identity checks help streamline the onboarding process for law firms by reducing the time and effort it takes to authenticate a client.
The biometric authentication process is quick and easy, and eliminates the need for manual identity checks, while also improving first time pass rates by as much as 90%.
Users can be verified in as little as 10 seconds. This helps to reduce administrative costs and improve efficiency for law firms.
Our biometric checks are also integrated with Access Legal Case Management Software so you can order checks and have them returned directly to the relevant matter without leaving your case management system.
Increased Compliance
Biometric identity checks are also useful for supporting compliance with regulatory requirements such as Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML). Biometric ID checks can help meet these requirements by verifying the identity of individuals more effectively. By using biometrics, businesses can strengthen their identity verification processes and provide a higher level of assurance that the person being verified is who they claim to be. This helps to reduce the risk of identity theft and increase client satisfaction.
Biometric checks can create a digital trail of authentication events, including timestamps and unique identifiers associated with biometric data. This information can be valuable for compliance purposes, allowing firms to track and audit user access, transactions, and other activities. It enhances accountability and provides an audit trail that demonstrates compliance with regulatory requirements.
How does it work?
- Place Biometric order from your Access Legal Case Management System, via a Legal Bricks API or from the Legal Bricks Software
- Receive a link via phone, tablet or PC
- A real-time "liveness check" is performed on the client
- Image recognition then matches this against the driving licence or passport
- Results are returned within 60 seconds
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