Indicates the open, closed, or overdrawn status of the presented external account as well as whether an item is drawn from a new account, credit card, brokerage, or other type of account.
Data Provided: A status code summary
Deposit Chek®
Deposit Chek® provide financial institutions with real-time intelligence to help protect deposit channels, prevent fraud loss, minimize operational friction and deliver faster funds availability.
Deposit Chek® delivers real-time insight into the account status and risk of deposited items, helping financial institutions balance customers’ expectations for immediate access to funds with the need to prevent losses from fraudulent, high-risk, counterfeit, or duplicate items.
Strengthen deposit decisioning with network-informed intelligence.
In 2024, Deposit Chek® helped the U.S. Financial system save $1.67 billion in total potential fraud loss.
A customer deposits an item through any channel – branch, ATM, mobile, or online.

The financial institution sends a real-time inquiry to the Certos℠ network to assess the item’s risk.

Certos℠ responds in real-time with insight on the account status, ownership, and a proprietary risk score for the deposited item.

The institution uses this insight to confidently post, hold, or return the item based on its risk policies and tolerance.
Enhanced Deposit Chek® tools
Deposit Chek® brings multiple risk indicators together in a single solution to help institutions evaluate deposit risk with clarity. From account status and ownership checks to proprietary, predictive scoring and duplicate detection, these tools work together to support fast, secure, and accurate funds-availability decisions.

Indicates the open, closed, or overdrawn status of the presented external account as well as whether an item is drawn from a new account, credit card, brokerage, or other type of account.
Data Provided: A status code summary

Provides unparalleled visibility into the return risk associated with check and ACH transactions, as well as the historical status of transactions drawn from the presented external account.
Data Provided: A proprietary risk score

Helps detect potential counterfeit or duplicate items by analyzing transit data, ACH activity, and recent account return patterns.
Data Provided: An item-level response

Validates that an individual being inquired upon owns, or is authorized to transact on, an account.
Data Provided: A Yes/No response and match score
The Certos℠ network brings together decades of shared intelligence and advanced analytics to provide a comprehensive portfolio of identity, account, and payment risk solutions, offering deeper insights than any institution can achieve alone.


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