Category: Fraud prevention
Identity validation in the holiday letting industry – why and how?
Sarah Croft
February 5, 2025
If you’re looking to build greater protection and trust into your holiday lets organisation, why not consider joining other holiday businesses using TrustID and invest in a robust identity verification system? Read our blog to find out how and why.
A guide to identity verification
Tony Machin
January 7, 2025
Identity verification is a process which helps to ensure that an individual is who they say they are. Organisations of all sizes verify the identity of their customers, employees, and users to protect themselves from fraud, create trust and comply with local legislative requirements.
Address verification what, why and how does it work?
David Park
March 4, 2024
Did you know that you can add address verification as an option to our online verification service? But how can address verification support your customer onboarding?
Fraudulent Identity Documents and Modern Slavery
Sarah Croft
February 27, 2024
Modern Slavery is a subject that we are hearing more and more about in the UK. In this guest blog, Tony Dunkerley, a former Police Detective and Force Practitioner on Modern Slavery explores this growing problem and the links with fraudulent identity documents.
Five benefits of identity verification
Sarah Croft
February 1, 2024
In 2023, sixty-nine per cent of organisations reported experiencing significant losses from identity fraud. So, getting identity verification right remains crucial. In this blog, we look at the top five benefits of identity verification.
Trends in Fraudulent Identity Documents in 2023
Tony Machin
January 15, 2024
At TrustID, we constantly monitor and record the number and type of fake identity documents we detect across different industries. Take a look at our 2023 analysis to learn about the type of documents and sectors are most at risk from illegal applicants.
Identity checks helping to fight fraud in a tough economic climate
Tony Machin
September 12, 2023
Embedding ID validation technology into the KYC processes helps high-risk customers to protect both their business and their reputation for providing an excellent customer onboarding experience.
Trends in Fraudulent Identity Documents in 2022
Christie Lewis
January 19, 2023
At TrustID, we constantly monitor and record the number and type of fake identity documents we detect across different industries. This helps us to see what types of documents we need to particularly keep our eye on, which sectors are most at risk, and more.
Five ways Identity Service Providers (IDSPs) can help Right to Rent checks
Sarah Croft
March 10, 2022
If you work in the lettings industry or are a private landlord, you will be aware that you are required to check all your adult tenants have the legal Right to Rent in the UK. Even if you already have processes in place, making high volumes of visual checks or managing remote checks may be a challenge.
Trends in fake identity documents: what happened in 2021?
Christie Lewis
March 8, 2022
At TrustID, we constantly monitor and record the number and type of fake identity documents we detect across different industries. This helps us to see what types of documents we need to particularly keep our eye on, which sectors are most at risk, and more.
