While consumer-provided documents and consumer-permissioned data are viable options for verifying someone’s income and employment, they bring risks and challenges:

• Added processing time
• Incomplete data security
• Potential for false reporting of jobs and salaries

What’s the alternative?

Instant employer- and payrollprovided employment and income data.

The Work Number® — an automated verifications service from Equifax— provides direct-from-the-employer employment and income information to help you reduce risk and lessen the chance of fraud.