Shufti powers KYC and compliance for Prime Focus in Zimbabwe

Shufti has partnered with Zimbabwean fintech Prime Focus to provide identity verification, biometric checks and AML screening across two flagship platforms. The deal expands Shufti’s reach in Africa as Prime Focus pursues regulated payments growth and a PSP license in Zimbabwe.

Why it matters: - Prime Focus is building regulated financial infrastructure for small and medium enterprises across Africa, and secure onboarding is central to that effort. - The partnership puts Shufti's identity and compliance tools inside both consumer and merchant payment products. - The deal also extends Shufti's footprint deeper into Africa's fintech market.

What happened: - Shufti partnered with Prime Focus Private Limited, a Zimbabwean fintech, on identity verification and compliance services. - The integration covers Prime Focus's Purse Universal Wallet and Savant Payment Gateway. - Shufti now handles KYC, biometric verification, AML screening, PEP screening and sanctions screening for the platforms. - Prime Focus is pursuing a Payment Service Provider license in Zimbabwe.

The details: - Prime Focus uses Shufti's Document Verification with OCR, Facial Biometrics, Duplicate Account Detection, AML Screening, PEP Screening and Sanctions Screening. - Purse Universal Wallet supports fiat and crypto or stablecoin transactions. - Every customer must be verified through Shufti before transacting on Purse Universal Wallet. - Savant Payment Gateway now screens merchants on the platform. - Prime Focus already serves banks, microfinances, SMEs, fintechs, regulators and insurers. - Shufti says its technology has run 4.29 billion identity checks worldwide. - Shufti says its face verification has iBeta ISO/IEC 30107-3 Level 3 PAD conformance for single-selfie liveness detection on Android and iOS. - Shufti says its screening reaches 99.7% biometric accuracy and a 96.24% automation rate. - Shufti is certified to ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II. - Shufti says Purse Universal Wallet can onboard customers in more than 200 countries through the partnership. - Prime Focus was founded in 2018 and builds software for the financial services industry. - Prime Focus also offers an invoicing and billing service and a KYC verification engine.

Between the lines: - The partnership shows how compliance tooling is becoming a competitive requirement, not just a back-office function, for African fintechs expanding across borders. - Shufti is using enterprise security and certification claims as a selling point for regulated markets. - Prime Focus is signaling that growth in wallets and payment gateways now depends on faster identity checks and broader risk screening.

What's next: - Prime Focus is expected to keep using Shufti as it advances its licensing push in Zimbabwe. - The partnership could support further scale across Zimbabwe, the wider African market and other international corridors. - Shufti is likely to continue targeting fintech growth in emerging markets, with the Middle East and Africa a stated priority.

The bottom line: - Shufti has become a core compliance layer for Prime Focus as the Zimbabwean fintech pushes deeper into regulated digital payments.