Verify Identity℠

Real-time verification to help confirm that applicants are who they claim to be

Verify Identity℠ supports account opening by detecting false and synthetic identities before they enter institution systems, helping reduce potential fraud risk while enabling faster decisions.

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Help detect false and synthetic identities while validating new applicants

Verify Identity℠ supports compliant account opening by helping institutions identify false and synthetic identities before they enter the system. By combining identity confidence insights with Verify SSN validation, it adds certainty that applicant information aligns with legitimate Social Security Administration records.

Experience the Verify Identity℠ Benefits

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Reduce onboarding friction

Minimizes manual verification by enabling real-time identity assessment, reducing unnecessary friction for applicants who meet low-risk criteria.

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Increase identity confidence

Helps to assess the likelihood an applicant is presenting legitimate identity credentials with proprietary scoring and rules-based analysis.

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Regulatory and audit readiness

Supports consistent, defensible identity verification practices that help meet regulatory requirements and maintain audit readiness.

Verify Identity℠ in Action

Gain actionable insights into over 90% of bank consumer identities across the U.S.*

How it works

Verify Identity℠ evaluates applicant-provided identity elements against contributed data and runs proprietary models to assess identity risk in real time.
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Data submitted

Applicant identity elements and SSN information are securely submitted during new customer onboarding.

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Identity analysis

A real-time inquiry is sent to the Certos℠ network to assess identity legitimacy and detect potential synthetic indicators.

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Risk insights returned

Proprietary risk scores, summary of risk indicators, and SSN verifications are returned in real time.

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Informed decisions

Use the returned intelligence to approve, decline, or step-up identity verification.

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2024 Early Warning analysis of National Shared Database inquiries.

Comprehensive identity and SSN verification

Built for compliant, low-friction onboarding

Verify Identity℠ combines identity verification, SSN validation, and synthetic identity screening into a single solution powered by network-shared intelligence to support confident, compliant account opening decisions.

The Certos℠ Advantage

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.

Trust at scale

We unite financial institutions through decades of unmatched data, creating a trusted network that grows stronger with every connection.

Innovative solutions

With advanced analytics and detection technology informed by activity contributing institutions, we provide innovative solutions that provide deeper insights than any single institution can achieve alone, turning network-shared intelligence into shared assurance.

Real-time intelligence

Our solutions distill complex data into clear, timely insights. As new data enters the network and threats evolve, we continually advance and refine our solutions, strengthening protection and confidence.

How can we help?

Let’s talk about how we can help grow your financial institution.

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