Crypto Sees the Lowest KYC Fraud in Africa in H1 2022, Reveals Latest KYC Report
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Crypto Sees the Lowest KYC Fraud in Africa in H1 2022, Reveals Latest KYC Report
The report also reveals an increase in usage of remote KYC services by fintech and crypto service providers across the continent by about 30%.
Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) companies are seeing
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high rates of fraudulent attempts as fraudsters
try to get away with more opportunistic crimes.
On the other hand, crypto companies in #Africa are
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According to the latest KYC fraud report by leading KYC service, Smile Identity, crypto seems to have experienced the lowest cases of fraud despite a 30% increase in KYC onboarding in Africa.
The report also reveals an increase in usage of remote KYC services by fintech and crypto service providers across the continent by about 30%.
The report compared attempts of fraud during KYC verification on their services as shown below:
- 26% in the first half of 2022
- 20% in all of 2021, and
- 17% in 2020
Fraud attempts have also increased by 55% in the last 2 years.
‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’ process is a requirement that helps businesses identify their users and verify their credentials.
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The report lists 2 reasons why fintech and crypto firms conduct KYC checks:
- Regulatory compliance
- Fraud prevention
As for the sectors experiencing fraud, Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) has become the leading target, while crypto was the least affected despite the attention the sector gets.
Here are the stats according to the report:
- BNPL – 39%
- Investments and Saving – 31%
- Banking and Lending – 14%
- Professional Services – 14%
- Remittances – 12%
- Crypto – 12%
According to the report:
“Large, difficult to trace, high-profile scams have plagued the crypto market often giving them a notoriously bad reputation and intense scrutiny from regulators.
Yet, Smile Identity’s data shows that the crypto platforms conducting KYC on with our system are actually reporting a lower rate of attempted fraud than other industries.”
– Smile Identity
Smile Identity plugs its software to Identification (ID) databases across several jurisdictions including:
- Kenya
- South Africa
- Nigeria
According to their data, Kenya has seen an increase in biometric fraud while the same has declined in the other two countries in H1 2022.
The main types of fraud that have been registered in Kenya include:
- Stolen ID Information
- Selfie Spoofs
- Duplicate Accounts
- Synthetic Identity Fraud
Stolen ID Information occurs when a user tries to sign up to a service using an ID number or document that is not their own.
A selfie spoof is when someone tries to forge the presence of an authentic user with a photo. Some examples of this includes photos of prints, photo from a device, and printed face masks. These are sometimes referred to as ‘cheapfakes.’
Duplication fraud occurs when users create multiple accounts in order to gain some reward being offered by a service such during promotional activities.
The last form of fraud they have found is Synthetic Fraud and Deep-fakes. Synthetic identity fraud combines legitimate and fake information to create a new fake persona.
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Read / Download the full report here.
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RECOMMENDED READING: Kenya’s Latest Forensics Lab to Investigate Rising Cryptocurrency Fraud
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