Continuous Trust
Biometric Re-authentication
Trigger a biometric re-verification at any point post-onboarding, for account recovery, high-value transactions, suspicious activity, or regulatory step-up requirements.
Built for Enterprise Integration
Active & running
Real-time verification
On-Demand
Event-driven re-authentication
Biometric
Face match + liveness
API-Driven
Integrated into risk workflows
How it works
On-demand biometric re-verification, for high-risk transactions and step-up authentication.
1
Your system triggers a Face Biometric Authentication
Via the IDWise API, trigger a biometric re-verification for a specific customer, in response to a high-risk event or scheduled review.
2
Customer completes a selfie
The customer captures a new selfie, which is compared against their enrolled biometric from the original onboarding journey.
3
Match score and liveness verdict returned
IDWise returns the face match score, liveness result, and estimated age, with the same quality and accuracy as initial onboarding.
4
Decision applied to the triggering event
Your system receives the result via webhook or API response, enabling real-time step-up authentication for the triggering transaction.
Why Enterprises Choose IDWise for Face Biometric Authentication
01
High-risk transactions
Require biometric re-verification before authorizing high-value withdrawals, transfers, or account changes.
02
Account recovery
Support account-recovery and elevated-risk workflows with biometric re-authentication. with biometric verification for account recovery flows.
03
Step-up authentication
Meet regulatory requirements for step-up authentication on elevated-risk actions without a full re-KYC journey.
04
Suspicious activity response
Trigger immediate re-verification when anomalous activity is detected, as a real-time fraud response measure.
Capabilities
Robust, enterprise-grade features built for regulated industries
API-Triggered Re-verification
Trigger a Face Biometric Authentication for any customer via the IDWise API, integrated with your risk engine, transaction platform, or case management system.
Biometric Matching
New selfie matched against the enrolled biometric from original onboarding, same benchmarked accuracy as onboarding.
Passive Liveness
Full liveness detection on the Face Biometric Authentication selfie, helps defend against account takeover via deepfake or photo attack.
Webhook Result
Re-verification result delivered via webhook, match score, liveness verdict, and pass/fail decision for your step-up flow.
Feature detail
Everything you need for face biometric authentication
High-value withdrawals, account recovery, suspicious activity flags, periodic biometric refresh, and regulatory step-up requirements.
New selfie matched against original enrollment using independently benchmarked face recognition with a configurable match threshold.
Passive liveness detection on every Face Biometric Authentication, preventing account takeover via photo replay or deepfake attack.
Simple API call to initiate a Face Biometric Authentication for a customer. Result returned via webhook or polling endpoint.
Built for Enterprise Integration.
Simple API & SDK
Start with a few lines of code. Full sandbox, webhooks for every event, and docs your engineers will use.
Consistent controls across supported channels
Same fraud models, document coverage, and UX on iOS, Android, Web, React Native, and Flutter.
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// Start a journey with spot-check const journey = await idwise.startJourney({ flowId: 'your_flow_id', referenceNo: 'USR_000001' }); // Receive result via webhook app.get('journey/v2/get/12345667899', (req) => { const { decision } = req.body; // Passed | Refer | Rejected });
Frequently asked questions
Face Biometric Authentication is for on-demand biometric re-authentication in response to specific events (high-risk transactions, suspicious activity). KYC Renewal is for scheduled periodic re-verification of all customers in a segment.
Face Biometric Authentications are triggered via the IDWise API. You pass the customer's journey ID, and IDWise generates a new verification session for the customer.
The Face Biometric Authentication selfie is matched against the enrolled biometric from the customer's original onboarding journey, ensuring the same person is present.
Yes. Face Biometric Authentication is an effective replacement for knowledge-based account recovery, the customer proves they are the account holder via biometric match rather than a security question.
Talk to an IDWise Specialist about Face Biometric Authentication
Discuss your markets, regulatory requirements, risk controls and integration architecture with our team, and see how IDWise fits your operating model.