System and method of identity verification

A system for identity verification, the system comprising:

• an application installed on a mobile computing device associated with a user, the application configured to:
• receive, from the user, registration information corresponding to the user;
• receive, via the mobile computing device, image data corresponding to an image of an identifying document associated with the user;
• and
• transmit the registration information and the image data;
• and
• a server in communication with the mobile computing device, the server configured to:
• receive the registration information and the image data;
• send at least a portion of the image data to a government verification system;
• receive, from the government verification system, a verification that the at least a portion of the image data matches stored historical information;
• create an account based at least in part on the registration information;
• generate one or more account access credentials associated with the account;
• send the one or more account access credentials to the user;
• generate a computer readable code that uniquely identifies the user and is linked to the one or more account access credentials;
• and
• transmit the computer readable code to the application
• wherein the application is further configured to:
• store the computer readable code in a memory of the mobile computing device;
• and
• cause the mobile computing device to output the computer readable code.