We’ve heard from our customers for years that fraud is an increasingly difficult problem to solve. It’s no longer an infrequent edge case; it’s a pervasive daily problem. Especially for companies hiring in large volumes.
One of our customers shared the increased complexity:
“We attract a population that’s often coached on how to bypass the vetting process. These aren’t just random people trying to sneak through—there are even services designed to help applicants game the system. It’s a very sophisticated challenge that we had to address.”
– Tom Glaser, Information Security Officer at Liveops
These fraudulent groups, communities, and courses teach people how to lie and steal money from your company. It’s happening. And bad actors slipping through your hiring process are a real danger to your business.
Every bad actor who makes it through burns cash twice: once during hiring and again when they hijack accounts, steal revenue, or damage your brand. Your customers expect you to know exactly who you’re sending into their stores, homes, and lives.
Stopping that risk takes two solutions working in tandem:
- Identity verification (IDV) to prove the person is who they say they are.
- Background screening to confirm they’re not a risk in the position they’re applying for.
High‑volume hiring companies already use both.
But they face a problem.
Running best‑in‑class identity verification and background screening has meant juggling two vendors, two systems, two implementations, and too many headaches—exactly when speed and budget matter most.
Someone needed to solve the mess and shut the door on fraud. Don’t worry we were on it.
Announcing the first fully Integrated IDV and background screening Solution from persona and yardstik
Hiring teams told us that chasing two vendors for fraud control was a budget‑killer, a time sink, and a data risk for their internal teams. So we built the first fully connected option on the market: identity verification from the industry leader, Persona, paired with our technology-forward background screening, all in one single flow.
Both companies looked thoroughly for the right partner and the right product, each aiming to create a better solution for customers, and the answer was clear: Persona and Yardstik together offered the most tech-forward option for high-volume hiring companies to move fast and fight fraud.
Persona’s best‑in‑class identity verification is now available directly through Yardstik, and Yardstik’s suite of background screening is directly integrated into Persona’s platform. One contract, one system, one solution to fight bad actors.
Here’s why we believe this matters for you.
Save money from day one
Fraudsters don’t stop at a fake ID. Once inside, they trigger chargebacks, drain accounts, and hurt your brand. Stop them before they get in to save money across the board.
Make more informed decisions about risk
Persona’s Identity Verification and Yardstik’s background report sit side‑by‑side in the same dashboard. One screen shows the full story so you can make decisions in seconds without tab‑hopping or guesswork.
Gain a competitive edge
You have to move fast to win. We know that. This solution means you can move faster than ever, hire more than ever, and keep your customers happy.
How Persona’s Identity Verification Works Inside Yardstik
Let’s pop the hood on the identity verification step itself, because that early gate is where most fraud attempts will get caught.
Here’s what this includes:
- Government ID review – Persona’s technology inspects the document for tampering and risk signalsPersona supports verifying government ID cards and documents in 200+ countries.
- Liveness selfie – The candidate snaps a live photo; AI compares that face to the one on the ID.
- Database match – Key fields from the ID are run against numerous data sources, proving the person is real and who they say they are.
How Persona catches what others miss
- Fewer user errors: Persona’s smooth, step‑by‑step UI keeps real candidates moving fast.
- Advanced AI-detection: Deep‑fake photos and AI‑generated videos don’t get past Persona.
- Advanced screen detection: Holding up a picture or replaying a video won’t fool true liveness detection.
- Matching across customer accounts: Recycled IDs and repeat fraud attempts get caught instantly.
- Paired with Yardstik’s tech‑first screening: Verified identity flows straight into the industry‑leading background check without unnecessary data re‑entry.
Bad actors get stopped early, and real candidates move forward with zero extra clicks.
One unified flow to cut risk and costs
When identity verification and background screening run together in one simple workflow, every hire moves faster and costs less.
Cut out unnecessary screens
With Persona and Yardstik’s Sequential Screening methodology, fraud gets blocked before you ever pay for a background check, so you skip unneeded screens and keep cash in your pocket.
Hire more candidates, faster
Your branded onboarding flow walks applicants through one clean sequence. Their verified identity info auto‑fills the background check form, so they enter fewer fields and finish sooner. Real candidates move fast while you spend zero time or money on bad actors.
Keep more fraudulent actors out
Liveops has already seen the difference. Tom Glaser, their Information Security Officer, puts it plainly:
“What your product offered that nobody else could match was an integrated solution that would verify identities and use those results in the background check so no one could use an unverified name or address.”
Get up and running faster
One procurement cycle, one contract, one lightning‑fast setup. Then you’re live with the two best fraud‑fighting tools in hiring.
In short, one workflow protects the budget, lifts candidate experience, and shuts the door on impostors.
How to get started
Fraud may be getting smarter, but stopping it just got simple.
Plug Persona’s Identity Verification into Yardstik, block fraudulent actors, and let great hires start fast—all from one login. Curious? Talk to us today.