Coverage figures are indicative of the aggregate reach of the third-party providers First Mile Labs orchestrates, not data First Mile Labs owns. Actual coverage depends on the vendors you connect and your own commercial terms with them.
Coverage by country →Key capabilities
How it works
When a director or UBO is added to an application, the platform determines whether IDV is required based on your configuration.
A synchronous, server-to-server lookup verifies the person against authoritative databases using the name, date of birth, and address already on file. No upload, no selfie, no customer action — the result returns in seconds.
If the government data check can't match the person, or their country isn't covered, the platform automatically sends a secure link to scan a passport, national ID, or driving licence and complete a biometric liveness check — on any device, in under two minutes.
Whichever method verifies the person, the result is written back to the case and feeds the overall risk score. A failed or expired IDV flags the case for analyst attention — no analyst intervention needed for clean results.
Two ways to verify an individual
First Mile Labs verifies directors, beneficial owners, and signatories through two complementary methods. The government data check is a non-document, server-to-server lookup that confirms a person against authoritative databases — electoral roll, national ID register, and AML data — using the name, date of birth, and address already on file. It is instant and requires nothing from the customer: no upload, no selfie. Where it confirms the person, onboarding moves on without friction. The government data check runs first; if it can't find a confident match, or the individual's country isn't covered, the platform automatically falls back to document + biometric verification — a browser-based passport, national ID, or driving-licence scan with a liveness check, completed on the customer's own device in under two minutes. Both methods return a structured pass/fail result that is written back to the case and factored into the risk score, so the right level of assurance is reached for every person without an analyst chasing anyone.
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