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Identity


Identity

Verify government-issued IDs, match documents to selfies and validate SSNs to prevent fraud.

Use Stripe Identity to confirm the identity of global users to prevent fraud, streamline risk operations, and increase trust and safety. Learn about the verification use cases and business locations supported by Stripe Identity.

Stripe Identity allows you to:

  • Verify the authenticity of government-issued ID documents from more than 120 countries
  • Capture government-issued photo IDs with a conversion-optimised verification flow
  • Match government-issued photo IDs with selfies and validate Social Security numbers (SSNs)
  • Access collected images and extracted data from government-issued ID documents

Available for users in:

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Bulgaria

Canada

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

United States

Get started

Sign up

Activate Identity in the Dashboard.

Verify your users’ identity documents

Begin by creating sessions and collecting identity documents.

Handle verification outcomes

Listen for verification outcomes so your integration can automatically trigger reactions.

Create re-usable configuration

Use verification flows to create re-usable configuration and manage identity verification in the Dashboard.

More verification checks

Verification checks

Learn about all the different verification checks supported by Stripe Identity.

Adding selfie checks

Add face similarity checks to prevent fraudsters from using stolen documents.

Additional verifications for Connect

Collect additional identity verification as part of Connect onboarding.

Clone a sample project

Try out the demo

Preview a demo of Stripe Identity

Pricing

Learn about pricing

Learn about pay-as-you-go and custom pricing.

Last verified 2026-09-25

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