Sightline Debit Integrates GeoComply’s Digital Identity Platform to Move Beyond Static KYC and Stop Advanced Fraud at Signup

The need for stronger verification has intensified as fraud becomes more sophisticated across both gaming and financial services. GeoComply’s technology detects high-risk activity at signup with exceptional precision — preserving a fast, frictionless onboarding experience for legitimate users while blocking fraudulent accounts before they can be opened or misused.

With the initial integration now live, Sightline and GeoComply are already collaborating on an expanded phase that will incorporate additional real-world identity signals — such as precise location intelligence, device integrity checks, and behavioral analysis — to move beyond static KYC and materially strengthen protection against emerging fraud threats such as synthetic identities, deepfake-enabled fraud, coordinated fraud rings, and device spoofing.

This work builds on the partnership first announced last year, deepening how GeoComply supports identity verification checkpoints throughout the Sightline Debit onboarding flow and providing a stronger foundation for compliance and fraud prevention.

What the integration means for operators and cardholders:

• Stronger identity validation at signup
  Sightline now uses GeoComply’s multi-layered KYC validation to confirm real personhood, ensure the data provided matches authoritative sources, and verify a fully compliant identity footprint. This reduces the risk of synthetic identities, inaccurate user data, and downstream account misuse.
  
  
• A more secure onboarding flow
  By strengthening identity validation at the beginning of the user journey, Sightline can more confidently prevent fraudulent account creation and reduce the likelihood of account takeovers later in the lifecycle.
  
  
• Enhanced real-world identity signals
  Sightline and GeoComply are already working together on the next phase of the integration, which will expand the solution beyond traditional, document-based KYC. This phase will incorporate precise location intelligence, device integrity checks, and behavioral analysis — providing a more complete picture of user legitimacy and materially strengthening protection against emerging fraud. These additional signals will help detect high-risk patterns such as coordinated device behavior, location tampering, GPS spoofing, identity-switching behavior, and activity linked to fraud rings or bonus abuse.

“By integrating GeoComply’s digital identity and location intelligence directly into Sightline Debit, we’re giving operators the confidence to approve legitimate customers faster and block bad actors earlier,” said Rose Zwirn, Sightline Payments SVP of Business Development. “Security leads our innovation, and these real-world signals help us deliver modern payments experiences that stay aligned with regulator expectations”.

"It's a race that many financial institutions are losing—AI-driven fraud and synthetic identities are becoming harder to detect, and the old model isn't working anymore," said Kip Levin, CEO of GeoComply. "In order to get ahead of these risks, you need trust signals that cybercriminals can't easily replicate. Sightline will be grounding identity in real-world proof: when precise location and device signals are fused with behavioral patterns and KYC data, you see the difference between legitimate customers and high-risk activity. Then you have the foresight (no pun intended) to streamline things for good players and deal with the bad ones.

Together, these checks reinforce Sightline’s core principles of security and compliance — ensuring every product is built to protect operators, financial partners, and players at every step of the journey. They also strengthen Sightline Debit’s broader security posture, which includes bank-grade protections, FDIC-insured partner coverage, advanced authentication options, and ongoing support for Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC) requirements.

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