Title: Security: How Sentvia Protects Accounts and Funds | Sentvia
Source: https://www.sentvia.com/security
Description: Biometric verification, two-factor authentication, payment approval controls, screening of every incoming stablecoin payment and safeguarded banking structures.

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Security

# How Sentvia protects your account and your funds

Security at Sentvia works in layers: who can get into the account, what can leave it, and where the money sits in between. Each layer is described below.

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Access

Biometric verification and two-factor authentication

Payments

Approval controls and approved beneficiaries

Screening

Every incoming stablecoin payment, before conversion

Funds

Safeguarded banking structures

## Access

-   **Biometric verification** when the account is created.
-   **Two-factor authentication** to stop unauthorised access at every step.

## Payments

-   **Approval controls** on outgoing payments.
-   **Approved beneficiaries.** Third-party payments go only to beneficiaries reviewed by our compliance team.
-   **Screening.** Every incoming stablecoin payment is screened before conversion, and monitoring runs in real time on every transaction.

Screening is part of a wider anti-money laundering programme; our guide to [source of funds](https://www.sentvia.com/guides/source-of-funds-stablecoin-payments) explains what we may ask for and why.

## Infrastructure

Network-level safeguards detect, deflect and protect against malicious traffic in real time, and the platform is monitored continuously.

## Funds

Client funds are held within safeguarded banking structures in accordance with applicable regulatory standards. Accounts and IBANs are provided through regulated banking partners. As a payment service provider under the Retail Payment Activities Act, Sentvia is supervised by the Bank of Canada on operational risk and the protection of users' funds, and it is registered with FINTRAC as a Money Services Business, MSB No. C100000474.

## People

Our team brings experience from trading, payments, custodial services and exchange. A designated Money Laundering Reporting Officer is responsible for our anti-money laundering programme.

Our [compliance and regulation](https://www.sentvia.com/compliance) page sets out our registrations and how compliance works day to day.

FAQ

## Common questions

Is client money safeguarded?

Client funds are held within safeguarded banking structures in accordance with applicable regulatory standards.

How do you stop someone else using our account?

Biometric verification when the account is created, two-factor authentication on access, and approval controls on payments.

Do you check incoming stablecoin payments?

Yes. Every incoming stablecoin payment is screened before it is converted.

## Further reading

-   [Compliance and regulation](https://www.sentvia.com/compliance)
-   [How do I screen an incoming stablecoin payment for AML risk?](https://www.sentvia.com/blog/screen-stablecoin-payment-aml-risk)
-   [Named IBAN accounts](https://www.sentvia.com/platform/named-iban-accounts)

Get started

## Open an account in your own name

Tell us about the payments you expect and a dedicated onboarding officer will guide you through set-up.

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