A politically exposed persons check (also known as a PEP check) identifies candidates who hold, or have previously held, positions of political significance that could increase their vulnerability to financial crime or outside influence. PEP checks generally run a candidate’s identity against multiple data sources including government lists, global websites, databases, and other media sources.

A politically exposed persons check (or a PEP check) is important to help protect your business from reputational or financial harm. PEP checks identify candidates that might be vulnerable to outside influence or press, and keeps your organisation from misconduct or scandal. 

Once your candidate has uploaded their proof of identification, Zinc automatically checks the candidate’s name, and date of birth where available, against a range of PEP sources.

Zinc uses a database sourced from government lists, websites and other global media sources. Our system checks the candidate’s identity against a wide range of data to ensure complete screening coverage.

The PEP database is programatically updated daily.