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Integrate the Right eKYC Flow For Your Product

Fast, flexible, secure client verification tailored specifically for your app, platform, or service. Expertly integrated by Ostride Labs

Integrate the Right eKYC Flow For Your Product

Fast, flexible, secure client verification tailored specifically for your app, platform, or service. Expertly integrated by Ostride Labs

Common Challenges When Implementing eKYC

Slow integrations

You need an eKYC solution integrated fast — waiting weeks or months delays your growth.

Expensive, inflexible pricing

You prefer a flexible, pay-as-you-go model rather than costly upfront SaaS with annual commitments.

Regulatory compliance risks:

You must ensure your solution meets strict AUSTRAC and AML/CTF regulations to avoid costly penalties.

Slow integrations

You need an eKYC solution integrated fast — waiting weeks or months delays your growth.

Expensive, inflexible pricing

You prefer a flexible, pay-as-you-go model rather than costly upfront SaaS with annual commitments.

Regulatory compliance risks:

You must ensure your solution meets strict AUSTRAC and AML/CTF regulations to avoid costly penalties.

At Ostride Labs, we customise and integrate eKYC systems that perfectly fit your infrastructure and compliance requirements

Thomas Mynott
Director

Why Ostride Labs is Your Ideal eKYC Integration Partner

Custom Development & Seamless Integration

Fully tailored eKYC solutions are designed specifically around your existing app, platform, or service, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum efficiency.

Regulatory Expertise & Compliance Assurance:

Deep understanding of Australian regulatory frameworks (AUSTRAC, AML/CTF), ensuring your solution is always fully compliant and secure. We work from our multi-year experience in this industry.

Cost-Effective & Flexible Pricing:

Pay-as-you-go pricing model that scales with your business – no large upfront costs, giving you financial flexibility and predictable expenses.

Cloud-Native & On-Premise Integration:

We deploy flexible eKYC solutions tailored to your preferred infrastructure — whether in the cloud (Google Cloud, AWS) or directly on-premise.

eKYC Integration Tailored Specifically for DeFi

We understand the unique challenges of integrating traditional identity solutions into decentralized finance. Our expertise bridges the gap between blockchain anonymity and mandatory regulatory requirements.

Kirill Yarkov
Founder, Ostride Labs

How we specifically help DeFi projects:

Balance Privacy and Compliance

Our solutions preserve user privacy while ensuring regulatory acceptance.

Rapid Blockchain Compatibility

Quickly integrate identity verification workflows directly onto the blockchain-driven backend.

Scalable for Crypto Startups

Flexible and lightweight integrations that scale as your DeFi platform grows.

Balance Privacy and Compliance

Our solutions preserve user privacy while ensuring regulatory acceptance.

Rapid Blockchain Compatibility

Quickly integrate identity verification workflows directly onto the blockchain-driven backend.

Scalable for Crypto Startups

Flexible and lightweight integrations that scale as your DeFi platform grows.

Our Impact on Client Success

Case study 1

Decentralized Liquidity Protocol Seeks Institutional Capital

Case study 1

Decentralized Liquidity Protocol Seeks Institutional Capital

A top-10 decentralized liquidity protocol approached our team with a classic DeFi challenge in Q2 2024. With approximately $120M in total locked value, they faced limitations in further growth due to institutional investors' inability to participate without proper verification systems.

Problem in Detail

The protocol encountered several obstacles when exploring KYC solutions:

  • Major investment funds expressed interest but couldn't participate due to compliance requirements
  • Traditional KYC vendors presented significant barriers:
    1. 1. One provider requested $420K upfront plus additional per-verification fees
    2. 2. Another vendor was unable to accommodate their blockchain-based architecture
    3. 3. A third option required a complete rebuild of their onboarding system
  • The protocol needed a targeted solution for institutional wallets only, while maintaining their existing retail user experience

Working with their CTO and internal compliance team, we designed and implemented:

1. A Unified Verification Backend

  • Handle document verification across multiple countries
  • Scale up during sign-up spikes
  • Support configurable logic for triggering the "manual intervention" process and 4-eyes check

2. Cloud Infrastructure That Actually Works

  • Regional processing to comply with data sovereignty laws
  • "On-demand" infrastructure components for overall cost efficiency of the platform

3. "Plug and Play" Compliance Rules

  • A tech backbone of country-specific verification flow for a quick start with new country onboarding
  • A rules engine that the compliance team can use to initiate the technical deployment of new workflows

The implementation delivered significant improvements:

  • Handling the Volume: Within three weeks of deployment, verification capability expanded dramatically, with average processing times falling from hours to under a minute. The system efficiently handled peak periods without creating backlogs.
  • Unexpected Benefits:
    • Fraud detection improved - the system caught patterns humans were missing
    • Customer satisfaction scores for onboarding jumped 47%
    • The compliance team went from drowning in reviews to focusing on edge cases
  • The Singapore Launch:They added new document types on Friday, tested over the weekend, and were live on Monday with no delays or issues.
  • Cost Efficiency: They spent 40% less on verification than before, even with 2.5x the volume.

Conclusion

What used to take a 6-person team all day now happens automatically, and with better accuracy. The unified system successfully replaced their patchwork solution, enabling rapid expansion to new markets while maintaining compliance.

Challenge

A top-10 decentralized liquidity protocol approached our team with a classic DeFi challenge in Q2 2024. With approximately $120M in total locked value, they faced limitations in further growth due to institutional investors’ inability to participate without proper verification systems.

Problem in Detail

The protocol encountered several obstacles when exploring KYC solutions:

  • Major investment funds expressed interest but couldn’t participate due to compliance requirements
  • Traditional KYC vendors presented significant barriers:
    1. 1. One provider requested $420K upfront plus additional per-verification fees
    2. 2. Another vendor was unable to accommodate their blockchain-based architecture
    3. 3. A third option required a complete rebuild of their onboarding system
  • The protocol needed a targeted solution for institutional wallets only, while maintaining their existing retail user experience

Our Approach

Working with their CTO and internal compliance team, we designed and implemented:

1. A Unified Verification Backend

  • Handle document verification across multiple countries
  • Scale up during sign-up spikes
  • Support configurable logic for triggering the “manual intervention” process and 4-eyes check

2. Cloud Infrastructure That Actually Works

  • Regional processing to comply with data sovereignty laws
  • “On-demand” infrastructure components for overall cost efficiency of the platform

3. “Plug and Play” Compliance Rules

  • A tech backbone of country-specific verification flow for a quick start with new country onboarding
  • A rules engine that the compliance team can use to initiate the technical deployment of new workflows

Results

The implementation delivered significant improvements:

  • Handling the Volume: Within three weeks of deployment, verification capability expanded dramatically, with average processing times falling from hours to under a minute. The system efficiently handled peak periods without creating backlogs.
  • Unexpected Benefits:
    • Fraud detection improved – the system caught patterns humans were missing
    • Customer satisfaction scores for onboarding jumped 47%
    • The compliance team went from drowning in reviews to focusing on edge cases
  • The Singapore Launch:They added new document types on Friday, tested over the weekend, and were live on Monday with no delays or issues.
  • Cost Efficiency: They spent 40% less on verification than before, even with 2.5x the volume.

Conclusion

What used to take a 6-person team all day now happens automatically, and with better accuracy. The unified system successfully replaced their patchwork solution, enabling rapid expansion to new markets while maintaining compliance.

Case study 2

Rapidly-Growing Fintech Hits Verification Breaking Point

A top-10 decentralized liquidity protocol approached our team with a classic DeFi challenge in Q2 2024. With approximately $120M in total locked value, they faced limitations in further growth due to institutional investors' inability to participate without proper verification systems.

Problem in Detail

The protocol encountered several obstacles when exploring KYC solutions:

  • Major investment funds expressed interest but couldn't participate due to compliance requirements
  • Traditional KYC vendors presented significant barriers:
    1. 1. One provider requested $420K upfront plus additional per-verification fees
    2. 2. Another vendor was unable to accommodate their blockchain-based architecture
    3. 3. A third option required a complete rebuild of their onboarding system
  • The protocol needed a targeted solution for institutional wallets only, while maintaining their existing retail user experience

Working with their CTO and internal compliance team, we designed and implemented:

1. A Unified Verification Backend

  • Handle document verification across multiple countries
  • Scale up during sign-up spikes
  • Support configurable logic for triggering the "manual intervention" process and 4-eyes check

2. Cloud Infrastructure That Actually Works

  • Regional processing to comply with data sovereignty laws
  • "On-demand" infrastructure components for overall cost efficiency of the platform

3. "Plug and Play" Compliance Rules

  • A tech backbone of country-specific verification flow for a quick start with new country onboarding
  • A rules engine that the compliance team can use to initiate the technical deployment of new workflows

The implementation delivered significant improvements:

  • Handling the Volume: Within three weeks of deployment, verification capability expanded dramatically, with average processing times falling from hours to under a minute. The system efficiently handled peak periods without creating backlogs.
  • Unexpected Benefits:
    • Fraud detection improved - the system caught patterns humans were missing
    • Customer satisfaction scores for onboarding jumped 47%
    • The compliance team went from drowning in reviews to focusing on edge cases
  • The Singapore Launch:They added new document types on Friday, tested over the weekend, and were live on Monday with no delays or issues.
  • Cost Efficiency: They spent 40% less on verification than before, even with 2.5x the volume.

Conclusion

What used to take a 6-person team all day now happens automatically, and with better accuracy. The unified system successfully replaced their patchwork solution, enabling rapid expansion to new markets while maintaining compliance.

Challenge

A top-10 decentralized liquidity protocol approached our team with a classic DeFi challenge in Q2 2024. With approximately $120M in total locked value, they faced limitations in further growth due to institutional investors’ inability to participate without proper verification systems.

Problem in Detail

The protocol encountered several obstacles when exploring KYC solutions:

  • Major investment funds expressed interest but couldn’t participate due to compliance requirements
  • Traditional KYC vendors presented significant barriers:
    1. 1. One provider requested $420K upfront plus additional per-verification fees
    2. 2. Another vendor was unable to accommodate their blockchain-based architecture
    3. 3. A third option required a complete rebuild of their onboarding system
  • The protocol needed a targeted solution for institutional wallets only, while maintaining their existing retail user experience

Our Approach

Working with their CTO and internal compliance team, we designed and implemented:

1. A Unified Verification Backend

  • Handle document verification across multiple countries
  • Scale up during sign-up spikes
  • Support configurable logic for triggering the “manual intervention” process and 4-eyes check

2. Cloud Infrastructure That Actually Works

  • Regional processing to comply with data sovereignty laws
  • “On-demand” infrastructure components for overall cost efficiency of the platform

3. “Plug and Play” Compliance Rules

  • A tech backbone of country-specific verification flow for a quick start with new country onboarding
  • A rules engine that the compliance team can use to initiate the technical deployment of new workflows

Results

The implementation delivered significant improvements:

  • Handling the Volume: Within three weeks of deployment, verification capability expanded dramatically, with average processing times falling from hours to under a minute. The system efficiently handled peak periods without creating backlogs.
  • Unexpected Benefits:
    • Fraud detection improved – the system caught patterns humans were missing
    • Customer satisfaction scores for onboarding jumped 47%
    • The compliance team went from drowning in reviews to focusing on edge cases
  • The Singapore Launch:They added new document types on Friday, tested over the weekend, and were live on Monday with no delays or issues.
  • Cost Efficiency: They spent 40% less on verification than before, even with 2.5x the volume.

Conclusion

What used to take a 6-person team all day now happens automatically, and with better accuracy. The unified system successfully replaced their patchwork solution, enabling rapid expansion to new markets while maintaining compliance.

Case study 3

Enabling a Nationwide eKYC System for a Government-backed Initiative

Case study 3

Enabling a Nationwide eKYC System for a Government-backed Initiative

Challenge

A top-10 decentralized liquidity protocol approached our team with a classic DeFi challenge in Q2 2024. With approximately $120M in total locked value, they faced limitations in further growth due to institutional investors’ inability to participate without proper verification systems.

Problem in Detail

The protocol encountered several obstacles when exploring KYC solutions:

  • Major investment funds expressed interest but couldn’t participate due to compliance requirements
  • Traditional KYC vendors presented significant barriers:
    1. 1. One provider requested $420K upfront plus additional per-verification fees
    2. 2. Another vendor was unable to accommodate their blockchain-based architecture
    3. 3. A third option required a complete rebuild of their onboarding system
  • The protocol needed a targeted solution for institutional wallets only, while maintaining their existing retail user experience

Our Approach

Working with their CTO and internal compliance team, we designed and implemented:

1. A Unified Verification Backend

  • Handle document verification across multiple countries
  • Scale up during sign-up spikes
  • Support configurable logic for triggering the “manual intervention” process and 4-eyes check

2. Cloud Infrastructure That Actually Works

  • Regional processing to comply with data sovereignty laws
  • “On-demand” infrastructure components for overall cost efficiency of the platform

3. “Plug and Play” Compliance Rules

  • A tech backbone of country-specific verification flow for a quick start with new country onboarding
  • A rules engine that the compliance team can use to initiate the technical deployment of new workflows

Results

The implementation delivered significant improvements:

  • Handling the Volume: Within three weeks of deployment, verification capability expanded dramatically, with average processing times falling from hours to under a minute. The system efficiently handled peak periods without creating backlogs.
  • Unexpected Benefits:
    • Fraud detection improved – the system caught patterns humans were missing
    • Customer satisfaction scores for onboarding jumped 47%
    • The compliance team went from drowning in reviews to focusing on edge cases
  • The Singapore Launch:They added new document types on Friday, tested over the weekend, and were live on Monday with no delays or issues.
  • Cost Efficiency: They spent 40% less on verification than before, even with 2.5x the volume.

Conclusion

What used to take a 6-person team all day now happens automatically, and with better accuracy. The unified system successfully replaced their patchwork solution, enabling rapid expansion to new markets while maintaining compliance.

A top-10 decentralized liquidity protocol approached our team with a classic DeFi challenge in Q2 2024. With approximately $120M in total locked value, they faced limitations in further growth due to institutional investors' inability to participate without proper verification systems.

Problem in Detail

The protocol encountered several obstacles when exploring KYC solutions:

  • Major investment funds expressed interest but couldn't participate due to compliance requirements
  • Traditional KYC vendors presented significant barriers:
    1. 1. One provider requested $420K upfront plus additional per-verification fees
    2. 2. Another vendor was unable to accommodate their blockchain-based architecture
    3. 3. A third option required a complete rebuild of their onboarding system
  • The protocol needed a targeted solution for institutional wallets only, while maintaining their existing retail user experience

Working with their CTO and internal compliance team, we designed and implemented:

1. A Unified Verification Backend

  • Handle document verification across multiple countries
  • Scale up during sign-up spikes
  • Support configurable logic for triggering the "manual intervention" process and 4-eyes check

2. Cloud Infrastructure That Actually Works

  • Regional processing to comply with data sovereignty laws
  • "On-demand" infrastructure components for overall cost efficiency of the platform

3. "Plug and Play" Compliance Rules

  • A tech backbone of country-specific verification flow for a quick start with new country onboarding
  • A rules engine that the compliance team can use to initiate the technical deployment of new workflows

The implementation delivered significant improvements:

  • Handling the Volume: Within three weeks of deployment, verification capability expanded dramatically, with average processing times falling from hours to under a minute. The system efficiently handled peak periods without creating backlogs.
  • Unexpected Benefits:
    • Fraud detection improved - the system caught patterns humans were missing
    • Customer satisfaction scores for onboarding jumped 47%
    • The compliance team went from drowning in reviews to focusing on edge cases
  • The Singapore Launch:They added new document types on Friday, tested over the weekend, and were live on Monday with no delays or issues.
  • Cost Efficiency: They spent 40% less on verification than before, even with 2.5x the volume.

Conclusion

What used to take a 6-person team all day now happens automatically, and with better accuracy. The unified system successfully replaced their patchwork solution, enabling rapid expansion to new markets while maintaining compliance.

What Our Clients Say

“We prefer to work with experienced professionals and the Ostride team was recommended to us as such. They ensure exceptional quality and take a proactive approach to everything they do. The outcome of our collaboration was exactly what we were looking for, we are very much satisfied – the work goes on!”

Stu-Adam

Agronomeye

Stu Adam, Co-Founder

“Over the last few years, the Ostride team has been our DevOps and cloud configuration partner. They’ve proven to be highly experienced, reliable and helped us with numerous tasks, including cost reduction, clarity and predictability of release cycles, data security, compliance and legal-driven data processing requirements. Being client-centric at their core, the Ostride team is a pleasure to work with and remains our preferred partner.”

Maxim

Fireant Australia

Maxim Cherepovitsyn, CEO

“The entire Ostride team is very quick and proactive, communication is just exceptional. This is what we call “delivering a turn-key solution” – we have asked and they have delivered to our exact requirements.”

Marc

Finanzcheck GmbH

Marc Houben, Performance Marketing Manager

“Trust and transparency are the key qualities we look for in our partners – this is where we start. We have been working with the Ostride team for over a year now and are very satisfied with the results. The team took over all stability, availability and cloud-related matters altogether, and they now work like clockwork.”

Steve

Neurocog

Dr. Stephen Wolfson, Founder

“We originally engaged Ostride to assist in the development of a mobile application but they have since become a trusted extension of our core team. They now lead the development of our mobile apps and have developed multiple customer facing web applications for us. They are conscientious, highly skilled and produce work of exceptional quality.

I couldn’t be happier and I look forward to a long and productive partership.”

dan

Whispli Inc

Daniel Walker, CTO

“In our collaboration with Ostride, we have been lucky to launch a brand new product in our lineup: Score Kompass. This web application was delivered in just 6-weeks prior to the Christmas period, giving us enough time to prepare and conduct timely advertising campaigns. We have experienced a growth in traffic to our products which we had somewhat underestimated initially. We hope to work with the Ostride team on new projects now, as it was a valuable partnership.”

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Smava GmbH

Eric Salbert, Senior Product Manager

“Our partnership with Ostride’s team is a key factor in helping us bring our SaaS platform live and achieve our outstanding engagement and retention rates. Professionalism, exceptional communication and a sincere eagerness for our business to grow and succeed is what makes Ostride a perfect IT supplier for us. We look forward to continuing our partnership and work together in solving one of the worlds biggest challenges!”

Dan-Rigby

SlaveCheck

Dan Rigby, Head of Product

“Our partnership with Ostride has been one of our key assets when handling complex projects requiring technical excellence. We have done a few projects together and it has been a success for us and our clients – every time!”

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Scott Forrester, CEO & Co-Founder

Frequently Asked Questions

How can eKYC be integrated into DeFi without compromising decentralization?

Australian financial regulators, including AUSTRAC, require compliance with AML/CTF laws and the Travel Rule, which mandates identity verification for financial transactions. Regulations are evolving, and platforms that proactively integrate compliance solutions will have a competitive advantage as institutional adoption increases.

What are the current DeFi regulations in Australia, and how are they evolving?

Australian financial regulators, including AUSTRAC, require compliance with AML/CTF laws and the Travel Rule, which mandates identity verification for financial transactions. Regulations are evolving, and platforms that proactively integrate compliance solutions will have a competitive advantage as institutional adoption increases.

Can I use eKYC only for specific transactions (e.g., large withdrawals)?

Australian financial regulators, including AUSTRAC, require compliance with AML/CTF laws and the Travel Rule, which mandates identity verification for financial transactions. Regulations are evolving, and platforms that proactively integrate compliance solutions will have a competitive advantage as institutional adoption increases.

How does eKYC help DeFi platforms attract institutional investors?

Australian financial regulators, including AUSTRAC, require compliance with AML/CTF laws and the Travel Rule, which mandates identity verification for financial transactions. Regulations are evolving, and platforms that proactively integrate compliance solutions will have a competitive advantage as institutional adoption increases.

Are there ways to implement eKYC without storing user data in centralized systems?

Australian financial regulators, including AUSTRAC, require compliance with AML/CTF laws and the Travel Rule, which mandates identity verification for financial transactions. Regulations are evolving, and platforms that proactively integrate compliance solutions will have a competitive advantage as institutional adoption increases.

How long does it take to integrate eKYC into a DeFi protocol?

Australian financial regulators, including AUSTRAC, require compliance with AML/CTF laws and the Travel Rule, which mandates identity verification for financial transactions. Regulations are evolving, and platforms that proactively integrate compliance solutions will have a competitive advantage as institutional adoption increases.

What makes custom eKYC integration better than using a standard SaaS provider?

Australian financial regulators, including AUSTRAC, require compliance with AML/CTF laws and the Travel Rule, which mandates identity verification for financial transactions. Regulations are evolving, and platforms that proactively integrate compliance solutions will have a competitive advantage as institutional adoption increases.

Does your solution support Australian identity documents?

Australian financial regulators, including AUSTRAC, require compliance with AML/CTF laws and the Travel Rule, which mandates identity verification for financial transactions. Regulations are evolving, and platforms that proactively integrate compliance solutions will have a competitive advantage as institutional adoption increases.

How does eKYC ensure compliance with AUSTRAC and the Travel Rule?

Australian financial regulators, including AUSTRAC, require compliance with AML/CTF laws and the Travel Rule, which mandates identity verification for financial transactions. Regulations are evolving, and platforms that proactively integrate compliance solutions will have a competitive advantage as institutional adoption increases.

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