About Uqudo
Uqudo is a Dubai-based technology company that helps businesses verify customers' identities digitally. Its tools let banks, fintechs, telecom companies and other regulated businesses onboard customers remotely, confirming who they are without requiring a branch visit.
Know Your Customer (KYC) checks are a legal requirement for many businesses, particularly in financial services. Traditionally, customers had to present original documents in person, and staff had to check them manually. This slows onboarding and adds cost. Digital identity verification allows the process to happen on a phone in minutes.
Uqudo's technology can scan identity documents, such as Emirates IDs and passports, and extract the information automatically. It can also read the chip embedded in many modern ID documents using a phone's NFC capability, which provides a secure way to confirm that a document is genuine.
Face verification is another key element. Customers take a selfie, and the system compares it with the photo on their ID document. Liveness detection checks that the person is physically present, helping prevent fraud using photos, videos or masks.
The company provides its technology as software development kits (SDKs) and APIs that businesses integrate into their apps and websites. This allows clients to build smooth onboarding experiences under their own brand while relying on Uqudo's verification engine.
Uqudo serves clients in the UAE and other markets in the region. Regulated sectors such as banking, insurance, investment and telecoms are its main customers, along with digital platforms that need to confirm users' identities.
The UAE's push toward digital government and financial services has increased demand for secure digital onboarding. Regulators have supported remote identity verification, provided it meets strict standards.
Fraud prevention has become more important as more financial activity moves online, and businesses need reliable ways to confirm identities.
Uqudo works in the background of many sign-up processes, making it faster to open accounts while keeping fraud out. It is profiled on Startups UAE among the country's identity and regtech startups.
Know Your Customer (KYC) checks are a legal requirement for many businesses, particularly in financial services. Traditionally, customers had to present original documents in person, and staff had to check them manually. This slows onboarding and adds cost. Digital identity verification allows the process to happen on a phone in minutes.
Uqudo's technology can scan identity documents, such as Emirates IDs and passports, and extract the information automatically. It can also read the chip embedded in many modern ID documents using a phone's NFC capability, which provides a secure way to confirm that a document is genuine.
Face verification is another key element. Customers take a selfie, and the system compares it with the photo on their ID document. Liveness detection checks that the person is physically present, helping prevent fraud using photos, videos or masks.
The company provides its technology as software development kits (SDKs) and APIs that businesses integrate into their apps and websites. This allows clients to build smooth onboarding experiences under their own brand while relying on Uqudo's verification engine.
Uqudo serves clients in the UAE and other markets in the region. Regulated sectors such as banking, insurance, investment and telecoms are its main customers, along with digital platforms that need to confirm users' identities.
The UAE's push toward digital government and financial services has increased demand for secure digital onboarding. Regulators have supported remote identity verification, provided it meets strict standards.
Fraud prevention has become more important as more financial activity moves online, and businesses need reliable ways to confirm identities.
Uqudo works in the background of many sign-up processes, making it faster to open accounts while keeping fraud out. It is profiled on Startups UAE among the country's identity and regtech startups.