> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://grandcentral.backbase.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> Streamline identity verification and accelerate customer onboarding with the Onfido connector

The Onfido connector provides connectivity with [Onfido](https://www.entrust.com/products/identity-verification), designed to help you streamline identity verification, enhance security, and accelerate customer onboarding.

**Version supported :** 3.6

### Key capabilities

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  <Card title="Real-time verification" icon="bolt">
    AI and biometric authentication for instant identity verification
  </Card>

  <Card title="Automated compliance" icon="shield-check">
    Streamlined KYC processes to meet regulatory requirements
  </Card>

  <Card title="Document downloads" icon="download">
    Access workflow artifacts, evidence reports, and audit trails
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  <Card title="Webhook events" icon="bell">
    Receive push notifications when an Onfido identity verification workflow completes, without polling for results.
  </Card>
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## Supported operations

The Onfido connector supports the following operations from our Grand Central Unified API:

### Outbound

| Operation                                 | Endpoint                    |
| :---------------------------------------- | :-------------------------- |
| Create an application and invoke workflow | `POST /applicant-workflow`  |
| Get workflow results                      | `POST /workflow-result`     |
| Download document from Onfido             | `POST /downloads/documents` |

### Inbound (webhook)

| Operation                                     | Endpoint                                                             |
| :-------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Receive Onfido identity verification callback | `{PARTY_LIFECYCLE_INBOUND_BASE_URL}/webhooks/identity-verifications` |

<Note>
  Replace `{PARTY_LIFECYCLE_INBOUND_BASE_URL}` with the Party Lifecycle inbound API base URL provided during setup. Register this URL in your Onfido configuration to receive identity verification workflow results.
</Note>

### Core use cases supported

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  <Card title="Identity verification" icon="id-card" />

  <Card title="Biometric authentication" icon="fingerprint" />

  <Card title="Document verification" icon="file-check" />

  <Card title="Receive IDV workflow results" icon="bell" />
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<Info>
  For information about the Grand Central Unified API endpoints that support these features, see [Reference](/connectors/kyc-kyb/onfido/reference).
</Info>

**Want to adopt the journey?** Check out the [Onboarding Backbase Engagement Banking Platform journey](https://backbase.io/documentation/digital-onboarding/latest/onboarding-journeys-steps/identity-verification-onfido/idv-onfido-journey-understand).