Currency Exchange Bureau Customer ID Capture with OCR

The Requirement

Exchange bureaus record customer identity for transactions above local thresholds, and tourists usually present a passport. Counter staff copy passport details by hand while queues build at airports and tourist areas.

Capture Once, Confirm, Then Report

Scan the passport at the counter, attach the extracted fields to the transaction record, and keep threshold checks in your system. The passport OCR API returns structured JSON, so the same record can feed your forms, reports, and audit trail. Anti-money-laundering thresholds and reporting are set by your regulator.

Workflow Applications

Server-Side Integration

Send the passport image from your backend and keep only the fields your process needs.

import base64
import os
import requests

with open("passport.jpg", "rb") as image_file:
    image = base64.b64encode(image_file.read()).decode("ascii")

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.structocr.com/v1/passport",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["STRUCTOCR_API_KEY"]},
    json={"img": image},
    timeout=30,
)

if response.ok:
    data = response.json()["data"]
    print("passport_number:", data.get("passport_number"))
    print("surname:", data.get("surname"))
    print("given_names:", data.get("given_names"))
    print("nationality:", data.get("nationality"))
else:
    print("Retake or review:", response.json().get("error"))

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "passport_number": "SAMPLE",
    "surname": "SAMPLE",
    "given_names": "SAMPLE",
    "nationality": "SAMPLE"
  }
}