Facial biometric authentication for passwordless login and account recovery.
The Face Authentication Check is a facial biometric authentication service.
It uses our face match and liveness engine to authenticate your customer's facial attributes against their enrolled face.
This type of check requires a customer's face to be enrolled first.
We recommend running this type of check through our Hosted Solution, Web SDK, or native Mobile SDKs.
Learn about the Face Authentication Checks API.
Use Face Authentication when you need fast biometric customer authentication:
Passwordless login: Replace passwords with selfie-based face authentication.
Account recovery: Re-authenticate users for account reactivation and unlock flows.
Step-up authentication: Add a biometric challenge for high-risk actions.
Periodic KYC re-verification: Confirm the same user returns over time.
The Face Authentication Check confirms whether a customer’s live face matches their previously enrolled face.
The diagram below outlines the key analysis categories.
Detailed verification checks
Face authentication
Determines whether the live selfie matches the enrolled face.
Liveness scoring
Returns a confidence score between 0–100%. 100% indicates a highly reliable live presence. 0% indicates a likely spoof attempt.
A Face Authentication Check takes an average of 2 seconds to complete.
Face Authentication Check compares a live selfie to a previously enrolled face.
Identity Check compares a live selfie to an ID document photo during onboarding.
Yes.
Face Authentication Check requires the customer’s face to be enrolled before authentication can take place.
Face Authentication Check includes liveness scoring to help detect spoofing attempts and confirm the customer is physically present during capture.
It helps reduce account takeover risk by confirming that the person attempting access matches the enrolled biometric identity.
You’ll typically run Face Authentication Check alongside:
Identity Check runs selfie liveness and face match against an ID photo. It can also enroll the face.
Enhanced Identity Check when you need video challenges for higher assurance.
Device Intelligence to add device-level fraud signals to authentication flows.
Use these docs when designing end-to-end onboarding and authentication journeys:
Workflows to orchestrate step-up authentication and follow-up decisions.
Hosted Solution, Web SDK, and Mobile SDKs for guided selfie capture.
Was this helpful?
