We’ve been returning Undeclared Employments for some time already, but we’ll now alert you to these more prominently.  This means you could issue a reference request for those undeclared employments that were potentially concealed to avoid a new employer receiving adverse information in a reference.

Previously, the downloadable PDF report was only available when the verification was completed. Now, you can access and download the PDF at any stage during the verification.

We've rolled out a new insight, helping you to Identify mismatches between applicant-declared data and company trading date data from our Employer Database.

This insight checks 100% of your employments, regardless of verification journey conversion: it does not require the user to interact with Konfir because data is checked against information from sources including Companies House

When we identify a mismatch between the employer name declared by the applicant and what has been verified by Konfir, you will now be alerted to this via the Konsole.

A 'minor discrepancy' is typically returned when the two employer names are similar, and a 'major discrepancy' is typically returned when the two employer names are completely different.

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When applicants return to Konfir from Government Gateway after connecting to HMRC, it can sometimes take a few seconds for us to receive the HMRC data. We've now added a countdown to the loading screen to make this process better known by applicants and to ensure they know that nothing has gone wrong.

When we identify a mismatch between the start or the end date declared by the applicant and what has been verified by Konfir, you will now be alerted to this via the Konsole.

A 'minor discrepancy' is returned for any difference of 28 days or less, and a 'major discrepancy' is returned for any difference of over 28 days.

We've released a new Gap in Employment Insight, informing you when someone is likely to be in Education. This is possible through automated idnetification of student loan paymentsreceived by the applicant.

We're starting to roll out the first version of our Self Employment verification solution. Now, you can send a new activity type 'Self Employment'. When a period of self employment is sent, we'll ask the applicant which accounting platform they use to manage their finances and if they can connect it.

To initiate the connection with HMRC, we need to first check the applicant is a UK taxpayer. We do this by sending information such as the National Insurance Number and Date of Birth to HMRC.

If we cannot find the applicant with the details provided, they will now be able to re-enter their NI Number and DOB in the Konfir UX.

When Open Banking is used as one of the data sources to verify an Employment on the Timeline, we now return the Latest Payment Date for that employment, alongside the Start Date and the End Date.

Admins can now review and approve or reject user access requests directly in Konsole. Pending users are clearly shown at the top of the user list, making access requests easier to track and quicker to resolve.

Organisations can now have MFA enabled on their accounts, requiring users to set up a TOTP authenticator app during first login and enter a verification code on each sign in. MFA can be configured per organisation by account admins under "Settings" without affecting others.

Admins can now cancel pending user invitations that have not yet been accepted. Cancelled invites are immediately invalidated and removed from the pending invites section, ensuring they can no longer be used.

Income verification results now include tax data from HMRC, showing tax paid in the current tax year and over the last 12 months

Self employed applicants are now prompted to select their self employment type from a set of options before continuing.

Address fields are now limited to 50 characters to prevent errors.

All reference PDFs now include a link to the Understanding Verification page for easier access to guidance.

Our refreshed help center has been launched and is available on https://help.konfir.com/

Konsole now includes quick links to What’s New, Resources, and Submit Feedback, making it easier to access key information and support.

The Konsole verification page now loads faster, improving performance for all users.