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Don’t be fooled by fraudsters with our cutting-edge biometric ID checks and document verification. All we need is a name and email address to confirm your client’s identity.

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REAL-TIME IDENTITY CHECKS AND DOCUMENT VERIFICATION.

In an increasingly digital world, we often take trust for granted, relying on a person’s honesty but identity theft is a major issue.

Criminals and professional fraudsters are using the internet and inventive ways to assume another person’s identity to commit fraud and enable financial crime.

Whether your onboarding a customer or appointing a new employee, you want to be sure the person is who they say they are.

Can you be confident that your identity verification process is robust enough to protect your business?

With Credas’ ID checks, the verification process just got a lot simpler. Our biometric facial recognition ID software verifies the person against an identity document, and our technology confirms the that document is genuine.

Results are in real-time and data stored securely in the cloud, available to you when and where you need it.

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KEY FEATURES OF OUR ID CHECKS

Passiveness liveness to increase outcome rates
Verification of 4,000+ ID documents
Remote or in-person checks
NFC document verification
Digital Proof of Address
Browser or app compatible
Amberhill Police Database Checks
HALO database mortality checks
Government certified ID checks

HOW CREDAS HELPS STREAMLINE YOUR ID CHECKS

Credas helps clients perform ID checks in real-time using cutting-edge facial recognition – reducing complex, time-consuming, resource intensive and often, expensive processes.

By working with a wide range of leading commercial data suppliers, Credas offers comprehensive checks on individuals, companies and can verify over 4,000 types of identity documents.

Credas enables firms to manage the complexity of onboarding and monitoring customers and employees while ensuring our clients meet their compliance obligations.

ID checks can be completed through the industry leading Credas mobile app or via a standard internet browser.

How do your ID checks work?

Our ID checks were built to meet the Government’s Good Practice Guide 45 which clearly states best practices for establishing someone’s identity is both real and belongs to them. There are five steps the government guidance recommends you should take when verifying a customer’s identity. The guidance, makes it’s clear that confirming the identity exists alone isn’t sufficient. You need to tie the person to the claimed identity.

The 5 steps in GPG 45 are:

Get evidence of the claimed identity
Our market-leading app makes it easy to capture ID documents anytime, anywhere

Check the evidence is genuine or valid
Through machine learning & AI we can verify 1000s of ID documents, spotting errors that the organic eye cannot

Check the claimed identity has existed over time
We check multiple data sources including the electoral roll to verify the claimed identity exists

Check if the claimed identity is at high risk of identity fraud
In the background our software searches national database for suspicious activity

Check that the identity belongs to the person whose claiming it
Our biometric facial recognition and liveness detection matches the individual to submitted

Our software helps with each step, from biometric facial recognition that ties the individual to the submitted ID through to data checks that confirm the ID is genuine and has existed over time. Each of these steps help to build a clearer picture of the individual increasing the confidence they are who they say they are.

Verified ID checks in four simple steps

Our ID checking is as simple as send, snap, scan and submit. That’s it. We remove outdated processes such as uploading utility bills or bank statement as proof of address, replacing them with data enrichment from authoritative sources such as the electoral roll or credit bureaus.

ID CHECKING FAQs

What types of documents can you check?
Our software is able to extract data from official ID documents from all around the world using either NFC to read biometric passports/cards or through machine reading. We run a range of checks to ensure to the document hasn’t been tampered with, check security features and that the document in the persons possession at the time (its not a digital image).

Why do I need to do an ID check?
Many businesses fall under AML supervision and are required to verify their customer’s claimed identity to ensure they are not working with known criminals and sanctioned individuals. Also as part of Right to Work legislation, the Home Office also requires businesses to verify candidates’ IDs before employment to prevent illegal working in the UK.

How big of a problem is ID fraud?
Over the last few years, there has been a significant shift in the way we do business. More and more transactions are completed remotely or with minimal face-to-face contact. Cases of fraud have increased dramatically with over 309,000 cases reported to the National Fraud Database in the first nine months of 2022, a 17% compared to the previous year. This was driven mainly by a 34% increase in ID fraud with criminals targeting businesses who processes lack sufficient due diligence processes.

Is your service certified?
Yes, Credas’ ID verification service is certified against the UK Government’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework. We are the only IDSP in the UK to be certified to a ‘very-high’ level confidence meaning our software can be used to provide Right to Work checks, Right to Rent checks and DBS.

How much do your ID checks cost?
We offer a range of packages tailored to different needs from single office estate agents to international financial services firms. Our prices range from £0.80 – £1.60 a check depending on your annual volumes.

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