Authentication through Open Banking
Traditionally, verifying employment history is time-consuming, involving outreach to past employers and document collection. Instant Employment Verification simplifies this. Candidates grant one-time account access, enabling us to swiftly verify their work history. In short, less hassle for the candidate and faster results for you.
We're excited to bring you a future where instant, secure, and reliable employment verification is the norm. Trust us to revolutionise your pre-employment screening process.
Our instant verification eases the candidate's experience by eliminating the need for contacting prior employers or acquiring old payslips, improving your recruitment process.
By speeding up employment verification, we enable you to make hiring decisions quicker than ever before.
As pre-employment screening specialists, we ensure safety, security, and optimal user experience. We use Open Banking certified by the DCMS Trust Framework, the government-approved system accesses only necessary data.
By eliminating manual checks, we also reduce the potential for errors and discrepancies that can lead to screening delays.
We require single access to a candidate's bank account for employment history verification.
We apply strict data protection, not storing financial data, and using data only for verification.
Our fully consent-based process lets candidates grant access at will, allowing data access only with explicit permission.
It allows banks and other financial institutions to share user data securely with third-party providers via APIs, provided they have the user's consent. Underpinned by PSD2 (2018) & CMA Order (2016), UK legislation mandates banks to maintain standardised, regulated Open APIs.
Secure Screening Services uses Open Banking data to verify a candidate's employment history instantly. We only require one-time access to the candidate's bank account to confirm their dates of employment directly from the source. This streamlines the screening process, making it faster and more reliable.
Yes, it's safe. We strictly adhere to data protection standards and only access candidate data with explicit consent. We do not store any financial data from the candidate’s bank account and only use the data for employment verification purposes. We only require and obtain one-time access to the candidate’s bank statements and this is clearly stated within the process.
Instant Employment Verification streamlines the hiring process, reducing the time and resources needed to confirm a candidate's employment history. It also reduces the potential for errors and discrepancies, ensuring that you hire the right candidate.
Candidates benefit from a smoother, quicker recruitment process. They no longer have to contact previous employers or provide old payslips, making the application process less stressful and more efficient.
Yes, absolutely. The entire process is consent-based. We can only access data you specifically given consent for us to view.
Our system works with Open Banking data from all major banks. If you change banks or open a new account, we'll simply require one-time access to the new account to verify your employment history.
Full-time employees, part-time employees, independent contractors, contract employees and gig economy workers who have a bank account within the UK and Ireland.
Yes, Instant Employment Verification will significantly speed up the clearance process and as stated within both standards, we only need to confirm the dates of employment and therefore, do not need to obtain written references when completing BPSS Clearance and BS7858 Clearance. Instant Employment Verification can also support gap analysis to meet both clearance standards where possible.
