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Politically exposed persons checks
Identify candidates who may be vulnerable to influence and protect your business from reputational harm.
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What is a politically exposed persons (PEP) check?
A politically exposed person (PEP) check is a comprehensive background check to identify individuals who hold, or have previously held, positions of political significance that could increase their vulnerability to financial crime.
Use PEP checks to identify how a candidate’s affiliations could impact your business risk and reputation.
At Zinc, we categorise PEP checks into three distinct categories relating to their severity: low risk, medium risk, and high risk.
Safeguard business reputation
Complete visibility on candidate risk factors
Protect your organisation against misconduct or scandal by identifying the appointment of individuals with a PEP status.
Detailed insights
Make informed hiring choices
Understand your candidates’ affiliations with confidence indicators, helping support confident and diverse international hiring.
Save weeks of time
All your essential checks, automated
Zinc automatically searches hundreds of PEP sources and returns matches in seconds. Receive real-time updates and a report on completion to eliminate manual workloads and save time for the projects that matter most.
How it works
Applicants upload proof of identification such as a passport, driving license, or government ID.
Zinc verifies the legitimacy of identity documents.
Our system check's the candidate's identity against databases sourced from government lists, websites and other media sources.
Explore our features
Automated checks
See the detail behind the result
ATS integrations
Integrate our checks into your ATS or HRIS.
Global coverage
Tailored packages
Curate a checking package for specific countries or regulation. Or have one globally consistent range of checks.
Simple and secure
Simple and secure checks, helping you make safer hiring decisions.
Elevated experiences
Custom brand your candidate's flows and choose light or dark mode. Candidate's can easily submit checks from any device.
Compliant
Fully compliant with Global & EU law.
Tier 1 registered with the ICO.
Tier 1 registered with the ICO.
Integrations
Direct ATS integrations. Get in touch and we'll set you up for free.
Support
Instant live chat support from the Zinc team around the clock.
Robust
Robust service that's relied upon by regulated businesses globally.
FAQs
Find answers to common questions about our Politically Exposed Persons checks and processes.
What is a PEP check?
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.
Why is a PEP check important?
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.
How does Zinc identify potential politically exposed candidates?
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.
What database is used to check for politically exposed people?
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.
How often are results updated?
The PEP database is programatically updated daily.
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