SmartSearch has expanded its partnership with Twenty7tec, a prominent UK-based advice tech business supporting mortgage, protection and wealth advisers.
The firms have strengthened their collaboration to deliver smarter, faster and more secure identity verification. Although the value of the agreement has not been disclosed, the deal aims to improve seamless onboarding for advisers, lenders and providers while supporting full regulatory compliance across financial services.
SmartSearch, a RegTech company offering digital compliance tools including instant AML checks, is integrating its SmartDoc product into Twenty7tec’s ADVICE Platform. Twenty7tec, a technology provider to advice firms, supports the delivery of digital client journeys across mortgages, wealth and protection.
This enhanced integration means users can perform secure document and facial recognition checks without switching between systems. SmartDoc, powered by Daon, uses facial recognition and AI-driven validation to confirm a customer’s identity using an ID document and selfie. The technology can verify more than 200 types of official identification documents from over 200 countries and detect potential fraud in real time.
SmartSearch said the updated platform will deliver instant electronic identity and AML checks with pass rates of up to 97%, enabling professionals to quickly onboard clients while remaining compliant with evolving regulatory demands. The integration supports faster verification, improved fraud controls and reduced administrative burden for advice firms.
SmartDoc also gives advisers access to quicker digital identity confirmation, replacing traditional manual checks and helping firms meet Know Your Customer (KYC) and AML requirements, particularly as criminal schemes evolve.
SmartSearch partnership director Kerry Cleary said, “Our relationship with Twenty7tec is about making compliance simpler, smarter and more efficient for financial advisers and lenders. Bringing SmartDoc into this collaboration means firms can focus on supporting their clients, knowing the checks behind the scenes are quick, accurate and fully compliant.”
Twenty7tec commercial director Nathan Reilly said: “Building on our existing AML integration with SmartSearch to also leverage the SmartDoc capability, which will offer advice firms an extra level of KYC / AML surety through an efficient and tech enabled end user journey, was a no brainer.
“As compliance threats become more sophisticated, it was important to deliver this functionality with a partner that is trusted, and prides itself on its data and accuracy, which is why we selected SmartSearch.”
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