For new organisations or users creating an account with Konfir, there's now wording and logic to deter use of shared inboxes in lieu of personal work accounts.
New employer names in Konsole can now include both letters and numbers.
Verifications now automatically complete after 7 days if at least one activity is connected, or cancel if no activities are connected.
If an applicant actively declines consent in the Government Gateway flow, we'll now handle this gracefully and allow the user to try again if they wish.
If an applicant hasn't connected any available data sources and attempts to submit their verification request, they'll now see a new modal asking them to try one of the data sources again
Our new product, Respond, is now live for verifiers, enabling them to request and manage references on behalf of their applicants with ease.
Email addresses are now matched to an organisation based on their domain, helping identify the correct admin before approval.
Address fields now support any length, allowing more flexibility when entering details.
Users can no longer retry a verification if it was submitted without any connections.
Self employed applicants who do not use an accounting platform can now provide details on how they manage their finances, helping to capture additional insights.
Self employed applicants can now upload documents directly during their journey, with support for all file types and responsive design.
Applicants can now have their completed reference sent directly to their email as a PDF attachment.
Phone numbers can now be entered with or without a leading zero, with automatic formatting to ensure they are processed and validated correctly.
The sign up form now shows a countdown when CAPTCHA verification is about to expire, helping users re-verify in time without losing any entered information.
We resolved an issue whereby, for some generated PDFs, avaialble transaction data was not properly rendering
A new Respond Myself option allows applicants to request a reference for themselves and send it directly to their chosen recipient.
If data hasn't been received from HMRC after the applicant returns from the Government Gateway flow, we will count down a timer and check again after 15 seconds to maximise chance of fetching data, rather than assuming data isn't available from HMRC.
Applicants who have connected HMRC can now trigger a fresh data fetch immediately, improving the reliability of retrieving their information.
The Respond request form now includes a dynamic link to help users navigate to the correct page when creating a request for themselves.
The new employer name field in Konsole now includes autocomplete, making it quicker and easier to select the correct employer.