Vorensys partners with Yoti to offer best in class digital identity verification

We're delighted to announce our new partnership with digital identity verification provider Yoti. Yoti is a recognised leader in the UK for digital identity verification services. Digital Identity Verification allows potential tenants to prove their identity online, via the Vorensys portal, using Yoti. Applicants can scan a QR code, using their mobile device, during their online application. The Yoti mobile app then enables them to very quickly provide all of the information needed to accurately verify their identity. Details of the process, and a demo from the applicant's perspective, can be found on the Yoti website.

In the context of tenant referencing, digital identity verification is a powerful tool to speed up the identity verification process, right to rent checks and ultimately further reduce the risk of fraud. Yoti checks the 'liveness' of the applicant to verify they're real and not a photograph. Photographs of approved identity documentation (e.g. Passport, Driving Licence, Residence Permit etc.) are then requested and, using the latest artificial intelligence technology, Yoti verifies the likeness of the applicant with the images on the documents provided and also verifies the authenticity of those documents.

The whole process typically takes less than five minutes.

When the applicant collects the keys to their property, their identity must then be verified against the photographs and documentation provided in the Vorensys report to ensure that the person collecting the keys is the person for which the reference has been prepared.

Digital Identity Verification checks can be easily added to our standard referencing offers and is a very cost effective way to verify the identity of remote applicants that you may not meet in person until after the referencing process has been completed.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information on the service and pricing.