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Checkr

HR
Velocity5.0

Checkr is automating verification, then hunting fraud in whatever still needs a human.

background-screeningemployment-verificationidentity-verificationfraud-detectioncomplianceautomation
◆Current state
The recent run is dominated by employment verification: Instant Database as an automatic data source, smarter document collection and review, and now fraud detection on the documents used when payroll connections, databases, and employer outreach all fail. Identity verification launched in the US in December 2025 and has since gained re-verification and self-serve ordering. The newest release extends the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse to post-hire limited queries, alongside catalog additions like PSP for motor carriers.
◆Where it's heading
Two threads run in parallel. The first is removing people from verification in order: automated data sources first, then automated review of the documents that remain, then fraud detection on those documents once the binding failure mode shifts from slow to falsified. The second is widening the catalog toward regulated and recurring screening — PSP for fleet employers, IDV re-verification, and Clearinghouse queries that continue after a hire rather than stopping at onboarding.
◆Prediction
More fraud-detection coverage on the verification paths that still depend on submitted evidence is the likely next step, along with further post-hire or recurring screening options, since both threads have produced consecutive releases. The entries do not show whether fraud detection extends past employment documents into identity or education.

◆Recent moves

  1. 5d ago

    Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse: post-hire (limited query) support

    The Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse product adds post-hire limited query support on top of the full query support it already had. It is a small addition with a clear direction behind it: screening that continues through employment rather than ending at the offer, matching the recurring-check pattern IDV re-verification established earlier this year.

  2. 6d ago

    Fraud Detection for Employment Documents

    Fraud detection now runs on employment documents, the fallback path used when payroll connections, databases, and employer outreach cannot confirm a role. It is the natural sequel to the July work on document collection: having automated the handling of submitted documents, the remaining risk is that the document itself is fabricated.

  3. 1mo ago

    Smarter employment document collection and verification

    Employment document collection and validation get a rework, tightening a step Checkr has always performed manually. This is the automation half of the verification thread, and it sets up the fraud detection that follows a month later.

  4. 2mo ago

    Cancel Individual Criminal Searches

    Individual criminal searches can be cancelled from a candidate's report without cancelling the whole screening, replacing an all-or-nothing action. A narrow operational control rather than a change in what Checkr can verify.

  5. 3mo ago

    Identity verification available for self-serve ordering

    Identity verification becomes orderable through self-serve, letting customers build packages that include IDV without going through sales. Five months after the US launch, this is distribution work on an existing product — the same widening that re-verification started.

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  6. 3mo ago

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

    PSP reports pull federal driver safety data for motor carrier and fleet employers, adding a regulated vertical screening type to the catalog. It is catalog breadth rather than a change in how screening works, and it pairs with the Clearinghouse products serving the same transport customers.

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