In 2025, the number of foreigners living in Korea rose 5.7% year-on-year to around 2.65 million, driving strong demand for overseas remittance services. Yet, quickly and accurately verifying the identity of multinational customers with different passports and ID cards remains a major challenge. Traditional verification methods struggle to prevent fraudulent activities such as forged IDs, stolen accounts, and money laundering.
SentBe x ARGOS: Innovating Online id Verification
To address these challenges, SentBe a leading Korean fintech company specializing in overseas remittances introduced ARGOS’s AI-powered eKYC service, ‘ID check.’ Although SentBe operates in Korea, its case illustrates how remittance platforms worldwide can benefit from stronger digital identity verification. ‘ID check’ enables fast and accurate verification of customer identities in non-face-to-face environments through advanced technologies such as:- Multi-ID support: Resident IDs, driver’s licenses, foreigner registration cards, and passports
- AI-driven forgery detection: Precise identification of counterfeit IDs and facial spoofing
- Enhanced OCR accuracy: Seamless extraction of data even from foreign-language IDs
- Automatic format recognition by country: Optimized authentication for multinational customers
Adding Security to Speed, Cost, and Convenience - eKYC Solutions!
By integrating ARGOS’s ID check, SentBe can now prevent fraudulent account creation, identity theft, and money laundering more effectively. This strengthens SentBe’s existing advantages:- Fast remittance speed
- Low transaction fees
- Easy and intuitive user experience
Why This Matters Globally
While SentBe is based in Korea, its adoption of ARGOS technology reflects a universal challenge in remittances: balancing user convenience with security and compliance. Financial service providers in any market including the US face the same risks from fraud, identity theft, and money laundering. The SentBe example shows how AI-based eKYC can help platforms:- Build trust with multinational users
- Streamline onboarding processes
- Strengthen compliance with AML/KYC regulations
Message from ARGOS
Lee Won-kyu, CEO of ARGOS Identity, shared:“We are pleased to support SentBe in providing safer and more efficient remittance services. Moving forward, ARGOS will continue expanding tailored authentication solutions across industries to help companies build user trust and improve operational efficiency.”