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How Randstad, the world’s biggest recruiter uses online identity verification to support their applicant on-boarding
Sarah Croft
November 16, 2020
Randstad started in 1960 and have grown to become the world’s largest recruitment and HR services company, active in 38 markets globally. Since 2017, Randstad have been using online identity verification services to help check identity documents from the thousands of applicants that they work with on a daily basis.
Putting identity document checks at the heart of your KYC checks
Tony Machin
November 10, 2020
A KYC check is a mandatory process for regulated business to identify their customers and gather knowledge of their background as part of Anti-Money Laundering compliance. Effective KYC checks rely on proving that customers are who they say they are. The most important first step in this process is the verification of a government issued identity document.
3 reasons to review your compliance processes
Tony Machin
October 15, 2020
In our new working environment, updating your internal compliance processes around identity checks for customers, staff or tenants may not feel like a high priority. But many experts are talking about a new world of fraud and dishonesty, fuelled by the crisis. Find out more in this blog.
Remote identity checks – a new normal for HR teams
Tony Machin
September 3, 2020
As the Covid-19 pandemic hit, we all saw an overnight switch from face-to-face to online. For some organisations, this presented a huge challenge around recruitment and compliance checks and left them facing a seismic shift in their processes. Verifying identity remotely became a new and unique challenge for many recruiters.
Remote Right to Study checks – could ‘remote checks’ be the new normal?
Tony Machin
August 6, 2020
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, we all saw an overnight switch from face-to-face to online. For the 2020 intake, verifying identity remotely became a new and unique challenge for many colleges and universities who quickly needed to find a way to confirm that the students they are enrolling are actually who they claim to be.
Hundreds of identity checks, training updates and uncovering fake documents: all in a day’s work for a member of our helpdesk team…
Sarah Croft
July 13, 2020
In this blog we talk to one of our most experienced Helpdesk team members, Orsi. She tells us what the role entails on a day to day basis and how it has evolved over time, as well as about her experience with fake identity documents!
Remote identity checks: on-boarding your remote customers and staff more effectively.
David Park
June 30, 2020
Over the past few years at TrustID, we have seen a huge increase in the number of organisations turning to online identity verification services as a quick, reliable and scalable way to support remote identity checks. We’re pleased to now introduce new functionality, known as Guest Links, to further support this remote checking process.
Facial recognition software and passive liveness in identity verification
David Park
June 3, 2020
From May 2020, the TrustID Cloud service includes a facial recognition and liveness test option. But how can facial recognition support identity validation? We’ve created this overview of the service to help you find out more about what it means and how it could help your organisation with on-boarding.
5 reasons why identity document checks are an essential part of the pre-employment process
Tony Machin
May 4, 2020
If you work in HR or are responsible for recruiting staff, you will know that complying with Right to Work legislation remains essential and legislation isn’t getting any simpler. Combined with continued enforcement, this puts more pressure on UK employers to get Right to Work checks for potential employees right.
Identity document verification systems – 5 reasons why they’re best for finding fake identity documents
David Park
April 28, 2020
The scale of identity fraud is shocking. In 2019, CIFAS, the National Fraud Prevention service reported that identity fraud had reached a record level in the UK. Our experience shows us that criminal networks are becoming increasingly sophisticated and even security experts can’t simply rely on traditional visual methods of detection.
