Sumsub is a KYC compliance and fraud prevention platform built for iGaming operators. It covers player verification, AML screening, address checks, and age verification across 220 countries, with most checks completing in under a minute

The fraud side covers bonus abuse, multi-accounting, deepfakes, account takeovers, and fraudulent payment methods. Device and IP analysis runs in the background, and you can set transaction monitoring rules without needing to write any code.

Everything sits in one dashboard with case management, automated reporting, and compliance workflows included. It works across most major licensing jurisdictions and was listed as a leader in both Forrester and Gartner’s identity verification reports in 2025. An ideal verification solution for African iGaming platforms and operators.

Sumsub: player verification and fraud prevention for iGaming operators

If you’re running an iGaming platform and you’re still stitching together separate tools for KYC, fraud prevention, AML, and case management, Sumsub is worth a proper look. It puts all of that under one roof, and it’s being used by around 400 iGaming operators right now.

Onboarding players

Verification covers 220 countries, supports around 14,000 document types across 40 languages, and the average check takes mere seconds. For 15 countries there’s a no-document option that checks against government databases in about 4.5 seconds and has been shown to push conversion rates up by around 35%. Address checks, AML screening, age verification, and source of funds all sit in the same flow. A no-code workflow builder lets compliance teams set up different verification logic for different jurisdictions without pulling in developers every time something needs to change.

Fraud prevention

Sumsub doesn’t stop at the front door. It monitors device data, IP addresses, and player transactions throughout the lifecycle, catching things like bonus abuse, multi-accounting, account takeovers, deepfakes, and fake identities.

The fraud network detection feature links suspicious players together using shared documents, facial images, addresses, or device fingerprints, which is how you catch coordinated fraud rings that look clean when you check them individually. Payment method verification runs before transactions go through across bank cards, e-wallets, and crypto, so you’re stopping chargebacks and stolen card use before the money moves.

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AML and transaction monitoring

There are hundreds of pre-built transaction monitoring rules built specifically for iGaming, and you can add unlimited custom rules on top with no code required. Screening runs across 11,000 global sources covering sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media. Sumsub can also take on the AML case research itself and deliver final answers, cutting down the false positive workload for your team significantly.

Case management and reporting

One dashboard for everything: case management, analytics, and automated SAR and STR report generation. Reports come out ready to file rather than as raw data dumps. Compliance teams can work faster and cross-team collaboration gets easier when everyone is looking at the same system.

Worth knowing

Sumsub covers the licensing jurisdictions that matter for African operators including South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, the UK, Malta, Gibraltar, and Curaçao. It was named a leader in both the Forrester Wave and the Gartner Magic Quadrant for identity verification in 2025. Integration takes less than an hour, there’s a sandbox for testing, and uptime sits above 99.9%.