Real-Time Identity and Risk Intelligence for Smarter Lending Decisions

Valid8 delivers real-time bank account, identity, and behavioral intelligence to help lenders verify applicants faster, detect fraud and hidden risk signals early, and make more confident funding decisions. Using five-tier Tekscore criteria, Valid8 evaluates applicants before they reach underwriting, giving lenders deeper insights into potential risks from the start.

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What is Valid8?

Advanced Borrower Intelligence for Smarter Lending Decisions

Valid8 is Tekambi's lending intelligence platform that validates borrower identities, analyzes bank account intelligence, and detects hidden risk signals before applications reach underwriting. By combining multiple sources of borrower intelligence into a single validation workflow, Valid8 helps lenders make faster, more informed funding decisions.

Good Decisions Start with Trusted Intelligence

If current fraud trends in lending are anything to go by, financial institutions can no longer rely on traditional fraud controls alone. Because credit reports, though they provide context, do not always reveal banking behavior, payment patterns, or identity inconsistencies. By the time these risks surface, the loan may already be funded.

Modern lending requires intelligence that validates the borrower before the underwriting process begins. That means verifying identities, evaluating bank relationships, and identifying hidden risk signals while the application is still being reviewed. Better intelligence at the beginning leads to stronger lending decisions at the end.

Why Lenders Rely on Valid8

From combining real-time bank intelligence to verifying identities, Valid8 helps lenders detect hidden risks earlier and make more confident funding decisions before underwriting begins.

Verify Applicants in Less than 300ms

Confirm borrower and bank information in real time to reduce manual reviews and accelerate application processing.

Categorize Risk with Confidence

Group applicants into clear risk tiers using predictive intelligence that supports faster, more consistent lending decisions.

Reduce Fraud Exposure

Detect suspicious identities, high-risk bank accounts, and fraud indicators before they impact your portfolio.

Improve First Payment Performance

Strengthen borrower quality with deeper validation that helps reduce early payment defaults and payment risk.

Detect Hidden Risk Earlier

Uncover synthetic identities, account mismatches, and unusual banking patterns that traditional checks often miss.

Validate Critical Banking Details

Verify bank accounts, routing numbers, and account relationships to help identify payment risks before loans are funded.

The Valid8 Toolkit

Predictive Scoring (1–5 Risk Tier)

Valid8 categorizes risk with an intuitive 1–5 system. This gives lenders fast, data-backed clarity.

Invalid/Blacklisted information
High-severity return codes
High account velocity
Identity mismatches
Other verified concerns

Multi-Factor Verification

Smart verification across SSN, bank account, RTN, and identity elements in one automated check.

Invalid/blacklisted SSNs flagged instantly
Blacklisted or non-returnable routing numbers
Structural anomalies that signal fraud

Bank Account Stability & Behavioral Intelligence

Live banking insights deliver a more accurate view of repayment capability.

NSF return history
Account-level risk factors
Patterns linked to early defaults

Fraud Detection & Synthetic Identity Prevention

Stop high risk leads and propspects BEFORE they enter your pipeline.

SSNs tied to ≥5 bank accounts in 180 days
Aggressive account velocity mapping
Name, SSN, and account mismatches

PROCESS OVERVIEW

Where Valid8 Fits in the Lending Process

The quality of each decision depends on the information available at the time it is made. Valid8 works at the beginning of the lending journey, validating borrower information and identifying potential risks before an application reaches underwriting.

Application Submitted

Borrowers complete an application and provide the information needed to begin the lending process.

Valid8 Verifies & Evaluates

Verifying identity and bank account information.
Detecting fraud indicators and account anomalies
Evaluating payment-related risk signals.
Categorizing borrower risk using verified data

Origin8 Makes the Lending Decision

Apply underwriting rules and scorecards.
Route applications based on lending strategy.
Support faster, more consistent decisioning.

Funding & Servicing

Applications move to funding with greater confidence, while cleaner borrower data supports healthier portfolio performance throughout the loan lifecycle.

Business Impact of Better Borrower Intelligence

Valid8 helps lenders make stronger decisions throughout the lending lifecycle. The result is a healthier portfolio and greater confidence in every funded loan.

Stop high-risk applications before funding to reduce fraud losses.
Validate borrowers earlier to improve borrower quality and reduce the number of loans that miss their very first payment (FPD).
Identify payment risks before funding by analyzing bank account behavior and routing information
Support underwriting with verified borrower intelligence
Avoid unnecessary verification attempts and manual reviews by validating borrower information earlier in the lending process.

How Valid8 Fits into your Borrower Journey

Valid8 isn’t just a check. It’s an intelligence layer that enhances every stage of the borrower journey:

Lead
Acquisition

Filter out high-risk applicants the moment they enter your system. Reduce lead waste & improve ROI.

Accurate
Underwriting

Give your decision engine cleaner, more trustworthy input data. Use that info to make sharper decisions.

Fraud
Prevention

Spot synthetic IDs, mismatched accounts, duplicate identities, and other fraud markers early.

Borrower Quality
Optimization

Align funding with unique risk tiers to reduce default rates and improve predictability patterns.

Identity Verification

Verify borrower identity, bank accounts, and ownership details before funding. Build confidence with trusted borrower information.

Portfolio Performance

Improve portfolio quality by funding stronger borrowers. Reduce avoidable losses and support more consistent lending outcomes.

Operate with greater speed, accuracy, and confidence.

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The Intelligence Behind Better Lending Decisions

Valid8 brings together multiple intelligence layers that validate borrower information, strengthen underwriting inputs, and help lenders make more confident funding decisions. Each solution focuses on a different stage of borrower intelligence.

Bank

Go beyond traditional verification with real-time bank intelligence. Valid8's Bank analyzes account stability, payment behavior, routing information, and other banking signals to identify hidden payment risks before applications reach funding.

Hinders fraud losses before any investment is made.
Reduces FPD (First Payment Defaults) even before the application reaches the underwriting stage.
Implements high bank account velocity patterns.

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Instant Bank Verification

Not every Instant Bank Verification attempt succeeds, and every failed attempt adds unnecessary cost and friction. Valid8's IBV predicts the likelihood of a successful bank connection before verification begins, helping lenders improve conversion rates while reducing operational waste.

Predictive scoring on every IBV.
Directly integrated with Tekambi’s decisioning Engine.
Stop paying for underwriting on applications that were never going to connect and fund.
Scales automatically as the loan volume increases.

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Mastercard Identification

Powered by Mastercard Identity, Valid8's MC strengthens fraud detection with continuously evolving identity intelligence. By leveraging network-wide insights and model improvements, it helps lenders identify emerging fraud patterns and make more informed risk decisions.

Mastercard Identity models detect new and evolving fraud patterns in real time.
Improves predictive quality and provides value to all networks globally.

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What Makes Valid8 Different?

Valid8 is designed around the realities of digital lending. Because modern lending demands more than identity verification alone.

Purpose-Built
for Lenders

Every validation and risk signal is designed to support lending decisions, not generic identity verification or customer onboarding.

Works Alongside
Origin8

Validated borrower information flows directly into Origin8, giving underwriting teams cleaner data before lending decisions are made.

Real-Time
Validation

Analyze borrower and bank information while applications are still being reviewed instead of identifying issues after funding.

Scales with Your
Portfolio

Maintain consistent borrower validation as application volumes grow without increasing manual effort.

Flexible
by Design

Configure validation workflows to match your lending strategy, risk appetite, and operational requirements.

Ready for
What's Next

As fraud patterns evolve, Valid8 continues to strengthen borrower validation through new intelligence sources and product capabilities.

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The Valid8 Scoring Framework

A fast, simple, powerful way to evaluate risk.

Invalid or Blacklisted RTN or Invalid SSN

High Risk

High Fraud Risk · Auto Decline or Manual Review

Account Where Last Return Was Fatal or Administrative

High Risk

Repayment Risk · Strong Indicator of Repayment Failure

SSN Has 5 or More Accounts in the Last 180 Days

High Risk

Synthetic Risk · Aggressive Account Rotation or Synthetic Behavior

Account, Name or SSN Mismatch

Review

Identity Risk · Escalate to Verification

Other

Review

Additional Review · Additional Review Recommended

What Lenders Gain with Valid8

This gives lenders a fast, simple, powerful way to evaluate risk.

HIGHER

QUALITY

APPROVALS

FEWER

NSF RETURNS

& FPDs

LESS FRAUD

EXPOSURE TO

YOUR BUSINESS

LOWER

ACQUISITION COST

PER FUNDED LEAD

ACCURATE UNDERWRITING DECISIONS

GREATER

CONFIDENCE

AT SCALE

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What is Valid8?

Valid8 is Tekambi’s lending intelligence platform that validates borrower identities, analyzes bank account and behavioral intelligence, and identifies hidden risk signals before an application reaches underwriting.

How does Valid8 help lenders verify borrowers?

Valid8 combines identity, bank account, and behavioral intelligence into a single validation workflow, helping lenders verify applicants faster and gain a clearer understanding of borrower risk.

What types of borrower intelligence does Valid8 analyze?

Valid8 analyzes multiple sources of borrower intelligence, including identity information, bank account data, and behavioral signals, to help lenders identify potential risks before making funding decisions.

How does Valid8 help detect fraud and hidden risk?

Valid8 evaluates borrower information and identifies risk signals that may not be immediately visible during the application process. This helps lenders detect potential fraud and other risks earlier in the lending lifecycle.

What is Tekscore, and how does it work with Valid8?

Tekscore uses five tiers of criteria to evaluate borrower information and risk. Valid8 applies these criteria before underwriting to provide lenders with additional insights when assessing applicants.

Does Valid8 work before underwriting?

Yes. Valid8 is designed to evaluate borrower identity, bank account intelligence, and risk signals before applications reach underwriting, helping lenders identify potential issues earlier in the process.

How can Valid8 help lenders make faster lending decisions?

By bringing multiple sources of borrower intelligence into a single validation workflow, Valid8 helps lenders reduce manual verification, identify potential risks earlier, and provide underwriters with more relevant information for faster decision-making.

Can Valid8 help lenders make more confident funding decisions?

Yes. By providing real-time identity, bank account, and behavioral intelligence along with risk signals, Valid8 gives lenders greater visibility into applicants and helps them make more informed funding decisions.

How does Valid8 fit into the lending workflow?

Valid8 can be used early in the lending process to validate applicants and identify potential risks before underwriting. The resulting borrower intelligence can then help lenders make more informed decisions throughout the application and funding process.