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Checkr

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Velocity5.0

Checkr builds identity verification into a product line and speeds its core screens

background-checksidentity-verificationfraud-preventionemployment-screeningself-serveautomation
◆Current state
Checkr's releases split cleanly into two arcs: standing up identity verification (IDV) as its own product — self-serve ordering, re-verifications, following the December 2025 domestic launch — and making core background checks faster and more controllable (Instant Database, individual-search cancellation, smarter document collection).
◆Where it's heading
IDV is being productized deliberately: launched, then opened to self-serve, then extended with re-verifications, framed around hiring-fraud mitigation. In parallel, Checkr is compressing turnaround on employment and criminal screens and giving customers finer control over in-flight reports. New report types like PSP extend the catalog into regulated verticals.
◆Prediction
Expect IDV to keep accruing options — more geographies and re-verification triggers — while automation like Instant Database expands to cover more of the verification pipeline.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2d ago

    Smarter employment document collection and verification

    Smarter employment document collection and validation tightens a core screening step, part of the steady push to make verifications faster and less manual.

  2. 24d ago

    Cancel Individual Criminal Searches

    Cancelling an individual criminal search without scrapping the whole screening gives customers finer control over in-flight reports — a workflow gain rather than a new product.

  3. 2mo ago

    Identity verification available for self-serve ordering

    Opening identity verification to self-serve ordering is a distribution step in the IDV productization arc, letting customers assemble IDV packages themselves rather than through sales.

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  4. 2mo ago

    Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) now available in Checkr

    PSP reports pull federal driver-safety data for motor-carrier and fleet employers, extending the screening catalog into a regulated vertical.

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  5. 3mo ago

    Identity verification (IDV) Re-verifications

    IDV re-verifications build directly on the December 2025 domestic launch, adding a repeat-check capability that deepens IDV as a standalone offering.

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  6. 5mo ago

    Speed up employment verifications with Instant Database

    Instant Database, an automatically enabled data source for U.S. employment verifications, is the clearest example of Checkr trading manual steps for automated speed in its core pipeline.

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