Financial Background Checks
Zinc offers global financial background screening to deliver a positive experience for your candidates and enable you to hire with confidence.

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Why conduct financial background checks?
Adverse financial history checks provide insight into candidates’ financial responsibility, which is crucial for roles that involve financial decision-making. With comprehensive background checks, businesses can avoid costly mistakes in the hiring process.



An innovative platform for global information
Our advanced algorithm searches all possible name combinations to deliver a comprehensive financial history report. This means hiring teams can access the global data they need to make well-informed hiring decisions.
Best-in-class candidate experience
Financial checks are sensitive in nature. Zinc ensures a non-intrusive, convenient process for candidates. They only input their details once, and we consolidate information so checks can be submitted and returned faster, ensuring a smooth onboarding process.
How it works
Zinc provides a fast, transparent finance checking process that is convenient for candidates and efficient for hiring teams.
Candidates upload a proof of identity document, such as a government ID, passport or driving licence.
Zinc automatically verifies the legitimacy of the document and details are checked with regulatory and adverse financial lists.
Results are returned in seconds to fast-track the hiring process.

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FAQs
Find answers to common questions about our financial checks and processes.
A financial record check looks at an individual’s publicly available financial history. It’s used to gauge reliability, financial responsibility, and how vulnerable an individual might be to financial pressures.
Financial records checks typically look at credit reports and other public records, including past loans, payment histories, outstanding debts, bankruptcies, electoral roll registration, and county court judgements.
Companies run financial records checks to assess an individual’s financial responsibility and if hiring them would pose a risk to the business, either reputational or financial. Looking at a candidates’ past bankruptcies, credit history, and debt levels is an indicator of how vulnerable they are to financial pressure, and whether or not they can be trusted to handle large sums of money. In many finance roles, financial records checks are required by law.
Zinc provides background check services for various industries, including healthcare, energy, financial services, construction, retail, hospitality, transportation, and technology. We offer industry-specific screenings, such as financial compliance (SMCR) and other regulated checks (BPSS, BS7858), and we can customise background check packages to meet the specific needs of any industry.
Our employee background check software handles data privacy with utmost care, complying with relevant regulations, including GDPR and other data protection laws. It returns results from a location-sensitive and fully compliant range of sources to give you complete peace of mind.
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