Identity

Enable fraud prevention, risk management and identity verification

Simplify the integration of user authentication and identity management features into your applications.

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With Identity APIs you will...

Boost Sign-ups

Improve conversions by up to 25% compared to one-time passwords delivered by SMS.

Improve Experience

Keeping your users and your company safe doesn’t have to mean a messier user experience.

Combat Fraud

Build a 360 degree identity picture using account and network data.

Remove Friction

Silently verify user identity using their phone number and SIM card.

Use cases

Making sure people are the age they say they are

Vodafone's Age Verify API streamlines age verification for age-restricted products like alcohol or tobacco, eliminating the need for traditional ID checks. By verifying if postpaid Vodafone customers meet the age requirement using their mobile number, the API respects user privacy and helps businesses comply with regulations. It seamlessly integrates across devices, ensuring a consistent user experience without sharing personal details.

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Age Verify
  • Ease of use
  • Improved User Privacy
  • Self-service

 

Simplify User Registration

Simplify user registration by leveraging Vodafone's SIM-based verification. The system uses the network to validate user identity directly through their mobile number, eliminating the need for passwords or external verification steps. This reduces friction in the registration process, improves user experience, and decreases drop-off rates. The integration ensures consistent service across devices, protecting privacy while maintaining high-security standards.

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Number Verify
  • Enhanced Accuracy
  • Faster Onboarding
  • Improved Trust

 

Build an identity confidence score

Build a dynamic confidence score to assess a user’s trustworthiness in real time. Vodafone’s system combines network insights, such as SIM activity, account usage, and authentication logs, to create a score that reflects the risk level. Businesses can use this for applications like financial transactions or high-security portals, enabling smarter fraud detection and adaptive responses to potential threats.

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Number Verify
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SIM Swap
 
  • Fraud Prevention
  • Instant Trust Evaluation
  • Enhanced Security

 

Preventing Account Lockouts

The Number Recycle API helps reduce account lockouts and incorrect notifications by identifying when a mobile number has been deactivated and recycled. By checking the status of a number before sending SMS messages or notifications, businesses can prevent the risk of messages being sent to the wrong user, enhancing customer satisfaction and operational reliability.

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Number Recycle
  • Reduced Errors
  • Enhanced Reliability
  • Better Customer Experience

 

Preventing Call Divert Fraud

Fraudsters often use call divert techniques to hijack communications, posing a significant threat to businesses and individuals. The Call Divert API enables businesses to detect and assess the risk of call divert fraud by verifying if calls have been redirected. This helps organisations mitigate the risks of account takeovers, unauthorised transactions, and financial losses while safeguarding sensitive customer data.

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Call Divert
  • Fraud Detection
  • Customer Protection
  • Financial Security

 

Streamlining Identity Verification

Fraudulent accounts and cumbersome verification processes challenge both businesses and customers. Match API provides a solution by verifying identity attributes tied to a mobile number. This creates a seamless, low-friction identity verification process, enhancing trust while reducing fraud risks.

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Match
  • Reduced Fraud
  • Improved User Experience
  • Secure Verification

 

Identity APIs

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Age Verify

Checking customer’s eligibility for age-restricted products and services.

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Sim swap

Enables verification that a SIM card has not recently been swapped.

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Match

Matching or find similarities between phone numbers for better data outcomes.

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Number verify

Combat cybercrime by checking if the mobile number of a device accessing an online service or app matches the one provided by the customer while improving customer experience.

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Tenure

Tenure enables you to verify how long someone has been a customer (subscriber) on the Vodafone mobile network.

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Number Lookup For Vodafone

Number Lookup is an API for identifying whether Vodafone is the current manager/owner of an MSISDN

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MVNO Discovery for Vodafone

MVNO Discovery is an API that enables an Aggregator to perform a pre-check before calling our Know Your Customer API (which is called Match).

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Call Divert

Call Divert can help in calculating the risk of "Call divert fraud". Call divert fraud is a technique that fraudsters use to take over a victim's account.

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Number Recycle

Use this API to find out when a mobile number has been deactivated and recycled. Number Recycle helps reduce account lockouts and SMS notifications going to the wrong user.

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