Configuring Cifas National Fraud Database
Cifas is a data provider that offers the National Fraud Database, which you can use to run the Fraud check on individuals or companies in the UK.
How it works
This is the default behavior for a variant of the Fraud check for individuals or companies with Cifas National Fraud Database.
The check is performed by searching the individual's or company's details in the National Fraud Database. For individuals, this includes the name, and, if available, address, date of birth, national identity number, bank account, phone number, and email address. For the company, this includes the company name, company number, and, if available, address, phone number, and email address.
The check result is Passed when no potential matches are found in the database.
The check result is Review when one or more potential matches are found.
An error is displayed when:
The individual or company doesn't have data for the required fields.
Your Cifas credentials are no longer valid.
To improve the accuracy of the results, provide the customer's middle name.
Configuration options
There are no configuration options for this check variant.
What we'll need
Let us know that you'd like to add a variant of the Fraud check with Cifas.
Completing the configuration has three parts.
First, we'll need the following information from you so we can begin the configuration on our platform:
Member ID: This is your Cifas member number.
Product code: This is what you select from the Cifas portal, for example Pers All-In-One.
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Next, Cifas needs to authorize the configuration and, if required, set up a new Cifas user account for Passfort:
We'll start the process by contacting Cifas with the information you provided.
Cifas will then reach out to you for confirmation that you would like to use Passfort for your National Fraud Database checks. If you would like a separate user account for National Fraud Database searches using Passfort, Cifas will set it up at this time.
Cifas will contact us to confirm the configuration is authorized.
To complete the configuration, we'll need you to send us the Cifas account you want to use for National Fraud Database searches.
for theTesting your configuration
Once the check variant is configured, follow these steps in your demo environment to test whether it's working as expected.
Does the check pass when there are no potential matches found for an individual in the Cifas National Fraud Database?
Create any individual profile and run the check variant. If the check passes, it's working as expected.
Does the check return Review when one or more potential matches are found for an individual in the Cifas National Fraud Database?
Create any individual profile with refer as part of the name, such as Alex refer Wheeler, and run the check variant. If the check result is Review, it's working as expected.
Does the check pass when there are no potential matches found for a company in the Cifas National Fraud Database?
Create any company profile and run the check variant. If the check passes, it's working as expected.
Does the check return Review when one or more potential matches are found for a company in the Cifas National Fraud Database?
Create any company profile with refer as part of the name, such as Aerial Traders refer and run the check variant. If the check result is Review, it's working as expected.
To learn more about the request parameters and to get step-by-step instructions for running this check through the API, see Run a Fraud check. Not that test words are not case sensitive.
Profile fields
Individual profiles
These are the individual profile details searched in the Cifas National Fraud Database:
Name | Description |
First name(s) ( *Required | The individual's first and, if applicable, middle names. |
Surname ( *Required | The individual's last name. |
Date of birth ( Optional | The individual's date of birth. |
Addresses ( Optional | The individual's address history. |
National identity number
Optional | The individual's national identity number for their registered country. |
Bank account ( Optional | The individual's bank account details, including sort code and account number, country, and type. |
Phone number ( Optional | The individual's phone number. Cifas only supports phone numbers with 1-20 digits. |
Email address ( Optional | The individual's email address. |
Company profiles
These are the company profile details searched in the Cifas National Fraud Database:
Name | Description |
Company name ( *Required | The legal name of the company. |
Company number ( *Required | The company's registration number. |
Addresses ( Optional | The company's address history. |
Phone number ( Optional | The contact phone number for the company. Cifas only supports phone numbers with 1-20 digits. |
Email address ( Optional | The contact email address for the company. |
The company's country of incorporation (metadata.country_of_incorporation
) is not sent to Cifas.