Configure a Plaid Identity Verification template with a Selfie Check step and AML watchlist screening enabled

domain: plaid.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Open the Template Editor in the Plaid Dashboard for the relevant IDV template
  2. Enable Selfie Check and Documentary Verification as checks within the template's step configuration
  3. In the template's Setup tab, turn on 'Screen customers' and select the AML Monitor program to apply to sessions using this template
  4. Save and publish the template, then create verification sessions referencing that template ID
  5. After a session completes, read the watchlist_screening_id field from the /identity_verification/get response to pull the screening result

Known gotchas

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