Equal APIs are designed to help businesses verify any IDs/documents from their users with exceptional success rates, and guaranteed reliability. By acting as an aggregator of multiple API data partners, Equal APIs leverages its state-of-the-art ID Routing Switch to dynamically route verification requests to the most reliable partner at any given time ensuring higher success rates, better reliability and improving business conversion.

Equal APIs empower businesses to fully customize their verification journeys. By handling data collection and consent management in-house, you can orchestrate the verification process across multiple touchpoints and for various ID types to align with your specific business needs.

Leverage Equal's advanced API capabilities to:

Configure business rules: Implement custom checks on verified data, such as matching OCR data against internal records.
Optimize verification efficiency: Benefit from Equal's ID Routing Switch, which intelligently directs verification requests to the most reliable partner for higher success rates.
Enhance business outcomes: Achieve exceptional verification accuracy and reliability, ultimately driving increased conversions.

Equal APIs are built on two core concepts, using which all your User Identity Exchange and KYC workflows can be streamlined.

1. Exchange Application
2. Verification Journeys

With Equal APIs, businesses get complete control over how they want to leverage Equal's Verification Stack to collect, verify, accept or reject any ID/Document at any point in your user journey.

Key Features of Equal APIs

• Aggregated Data Partners: Leverage all the API data partners and their continuous innovation through a single integration.
• High Success Rates: Optimise verification success rates by dynamically selecting the best data partner.
• Standardised Output: Receive consistent ID/document verification results, regardless of the partner used behind the scenes.
• Configurable Verification: Easily control verification behaviours and fallback mechanisms through configuration with minimal code changes.

An example on how Equal APIs work

Let's see how business can leverage Equal APIs in their PAN Card (Permanent Account Number) verification journey.

Illustration showing PAN verification using API without any User Nudges.

💬 How to get started?

1. Obtain Business Credentials: Contact your account manager to receive business credentials.
2. Create Exchange Application: Work with your account manager to set up an exchange application. Specify required ID types and preferred verification methods.
3. Integrate Equal API: Integrate the Equal API into your app to handle document and consent collection.
4. Implement Verification Journey: Customize the verification process to match your business needs using Equal's tools.
5. Retrieve Verified User Data: Access and store verified user information from Equal.
6. Handle Verification Failures: Plan for and address potential issues during verification to maintain a positive user experience.