London - based data enterprise firm Onfido is looking to expand into the e - commerce and financial markets with its cloud - based identity verification system . It competed against the likes of Checkr in the U.S. (And, it should be pointed out, among its customers was Uber, which had used Onfido in the past to run criminal background checks on drivers. The system uses software which compares a live selfie of the potential customer to a photo from a traditional form of documentation , like a passport , while simultaneously conducting a background check . Onfido recently raised $ 30 m in funding from backers including Microsoft Ventures .
London - based data enterprise firm Onfido is looking to expand into the e - commerce and financial markets with its cloud - based identity verification system . The system uses software which compares a live selfie of the potential customer to a photo from a traditional form of documentation , like a passport , while simultaneously conducting a background check . Onfido recently raised $ 30 m in funding from backers including Microsoft Ventures .