Founder & CEO, TrustVerify
Founder and CEO of TrustVerify. Building identity and business verification for UK marketplaces, with every decision recorded.
How marketplaces can prepare verification evidence for an audit, bank or partner query: what to keep, how to package it and how to show it is unchanged.
Why sanctions and PEP checks at onboarding go stale, how ongoing monitoring works for marketplace sellers and what to do when an alert arrives.
How to add ID and selfie checks to marketplace seller onboarding with a KYC API: capture, the verify call, reading results and handling outcomes.
A developer guide to the TrustVerify sandbox: test and live keys, deterministic synthetic results, magic test values and what the sandbox does not cover.
How to fetch KYC, KYB and AML screening reports by API, check they exist, download the PDF and assemble an evidence bundle for audit.
A practical guide to consuming KYC and fraud webhooks on a marketplace: signatures, retries, idempotency and mapping decisions to seller states.
How verification API rate limits work, which errors to retry, how to back off properly and how to keep retries from creating duplicate checks.
What device fingerprinting and bot signals can tell a UK marketplace about fake sellers and scripted signups, and how to use them without overreacting.
What email and phone checks reveal at signup: disposable domains, missing mail servers, VoIP numbers and how to act without blocking real users.
How to design a manual review queue for marketplace fraud and verification: what to route, how to prioritise, what reviewers need and how to keep it small.
How account takeover hits UK marketplaces, from credential stuffing to payout changes, and the signals and controls that catch it early.
Why purchase scams on UK marketplaces so often involve off-platform payment, the warning signs and the controls operators can put in place.
How marketplaces can screen business sellers, directors and owners against sanctions lists, handle possible matches and keep screening current.
Directors, PSCs and beneficial owners explained for marketplace teams: what each term means, where to find them and what to check before approving.
How and when to check a marketplace seller's UK VAT number, what the HMRC check confirms, what it does not, and how to act on mismatches.
How to verify sole trader and limited company sellers on a UK marketplace: what each can prove, which checks fit and how to design one flow.
A practical order of checks for verifying a UK limited company seller on a marketplace: Companies House, the people behind it, VAT and FCA status.
Which ID documents marketplaces commonly accept for seller KYC, what to do with documents outside that list, and how to get clear images first time.
What a passport MRZ is, how its check digits work, what a selfie-to-document match confirms, and what neither check proves on its own.
What a proof of address document actually shows, its limits for marketplace seller checks, and how to use it alongside stronger signals.
What a selfie ID match tells a marketplace, what it cannot tell you, how to read the result and how to design around its limits.
KYC, KYB and KYS explained for UK marketplaces: what each check covers, which sellers need which, the UK rules involved and a simple seller checklist.
What TrustVerify's 0–100 trust score includes, what a missing check does to it, and how a UK marketplace should read it before approving a seller.
How to choose KYC software in the UK: seven criteria, what eight providers publish, the rules that apply and a checklist for marketplaces.
How TrustVerify reads documents, phone numbers and UK company records with published standards and open libraries, and why a missing check is never a pass.
