In this environment, success depends on getting identity verification right. Fraud is a significant concern. In 2024, Brazil experienced losses of R$297.7 billion due to digital fraud, with businesses incurring an average cost of R$3.59 for every real lost to fraud.
Moreover, 80% of identity fraud incidents occur during the verification stage, often involving physical fake IDs.
That’s why SONIO and idwall have teamed up: to make onboarding in Brazil faster, more reliable, and built for both operators and players.
A partnership built on strengths
SONIO works with global operators across sports betting, gaming, and fintech, helping them balance user experience with compliance and security.
idwall, with nearly a decade of focus on the Brazilian market, develops local ID products, like its SDK, specifically designed for Brazilian devices, cameras, and network conditions.
Most competitors use foreign SDKs, which can create challenges when adapting to Brazil’s unique environment.
Together, we connect these two strengths:
* Global expertise: SONIO’s experience with leading operators worldwide.
* Local precision: idwall’s purpose-built tools and SDK designed for Brazilian documents, devices, and databases.
With SONIO, operators also gain clear advantages: integration is simple, maintenance costs are lower, and platforms can go to market quickly.
This combination of global expertise and practical efficiency makes the partnership a strong choice for operators expanding in Brazil.
For operators, this means a single partnership that removes uncertainty and creates a clear path to success in Brazil.
What changes for operators?
* Onboarding without delays: Verification can be completed in as little as 2 seconds with Facelink.
* Better validation rates: The capture suite improves results by 34%, while data extraction achieves 92% accuracy. Additionally, idwall’s SDK is optimized for local devices and conditions, ensuring smoother performance.
* Real protection against fraud: Over 250 local data sources power background checks and validation.
* Document verification technologies: OCR for Brazilian documents with high accuracy, Documentoscopy (hybrid-AI document forensic analysis), and Doclink – a document database for clients to retrieve information that accelerates onboarding by up to 5x.
* Regulation handled: All image and data use is fully aligned with Brazil’s LGPD requirements.
And for players, it means something simple but powerful: a quick sign-up, less friction, and more trust in the platforms they use.
Why Brazil needs a different approach
Verifying identities in Brazil is not like anywhere else. The majority of the population uses devices of varying quality, and Brazil’s mixed-race population creates additional challenges for ID verification systems. Three main documents are in use: driver’s licenses, the national RG, and professional IDs such as lawyer or doctor cards.
Each comes with its own challenges:
-Driver’s licenses: Standardized, but only 30–40% of people have them.
-RG cards: Used by most, but vary by state and change often, making them a favorite target for fraud. There are over 350 different RG types in Brazil.
-Other IDs: RNM for foreigners, CRLV for car registration, and others with inconsistent formats.
Although many IDs now carry QR codes, they don’t eliminate fraud. Operators that try to handle this complexity alone face delays, high costs, and frustrated users.
idwall solves this with three technologies: Face Match, Liveness, and Facelink (its unique idless verification), all designed for Brazil’s specific challenges. In addition, idwall offers OCR, Documentoscopy, and Doclink for document verification.
Looking forward
This partnership is more than an integration. It’s a commitment to giving operators the confidence to grow in Brazil without adding complexity, and to giving players a safer and faster way to get started.
SONIO and idwall share the same goal: helping the sports betting market grow responsibly, by combining global reach with local expertise.
Source: GMB
