Discover the latest feature releases, improvements, and updates to make your background screening faster and smarter.
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New release
International Credit Checks
Expand your credit screening coverage across global hiring. International Credit Checks in CertnCentric allow your team to review a candidate's credit history across supported countries, helping you identify adverse financial events that may be relevant for roles involving financial responsibility or trust. In addition to existing U.S. and Canadian coverage, your team can now order credit checks in the UK and other supported international countries.
Get a clearer view of legal risk across global hiring. International Civil Litigation Checks in CertnCentric help your team uncover non-criminal legal disputes tied to a candidate across international regions, giving you added context for roles where financial responsibility, trust, or reputation matter.
Confirm that candidates hold the professional licenses and credentials required for the job. Credential Verifications in CertnCentric allow your team to validate licenses, certifications, and professional memberships directly within your screening workflow. This helps reduce risk, support compliance, and ensure candidates meet role-specific requirements before they start.
Manage candidate data with greater confidence and control. Client Data Retention Controls in CertnCentric allow your organization to define how long candidate personal data is stored before it is automatically deleted. This helps you align with GDPR data minimization requirements while keeping the operational records needed for billing and auditing.
Run the correct UK criminal check for candidates working in Scotland or outside the UK. Disclosure Scotland Level 1 confirms unspent convictions for candidates with UK address history, ensuring you meet regional requirements without added complexity. UK compliance made clearer.
Get a complete view of your candidate’s history, wherever they’ve lived or worked. Certn supports criminal record searches in 175 countries, with flexible ordering options to control costs and stay consistent. Global hiring made simpler.
Expand your credit screening coverage across global hiring. International Credit Checks in CertnCentric allow your team to review a candidate's credit history across supported countries, helping you identify adverse financial events that may be relevant for roles involving financial responsibility or trust. In addition to existing U.S. and Canadian coverage, your team can now order credit checks in the UK and other supported international countries.
Order credit checks in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and additional supported international countries directly within CertnCentric.
Identify adverse credit events such as bankruptcies, CCJs, IVAs, and other reportable financial issues where available.
Order checks based on a candidate’s address history using configurable templates, or select specific countries depending on your screening requirements.
Include previous names in the search to expand coverage and improve match accuracy for international credit records.
New release
International Civil Litigation Checks
Get a clearer view of legal risk across global hiring. International Civil Litigation Checks in CertnCentric help your team uncover non-criminal legal disputes tied to a candidate across international regions, giving you added context for roles where financial responsibility, trust, or reputation matter.
Screen for non-criminal legal disputes across international regions, including matters such as employment, contract, property, and financial claims.
Order checks by address using configurable templates or select countries directly, giving your team more flexibility based on role and region.
Include previous names in the search to expand coverage and improve result accuracy.
Integrate International Civil Litigation Checks into your existing workflow through CertnCentric or API ordering.
New release
Credential Verifications
Confirm that candidates hold the professional licenses and credentials required for the job. Credential Verifications in CertnCentric allow your team to validate licenses, certifications, and professional memberships directly within your screening workflow. This helps reduce risk, support compliance, and ensure candidates meet role-specific requirements before they start.
Verify professional licenses, certifications, and memberships for roles that require regulated or specialized credentials.
Create credential templates that define the minimum and maximum number of credentials applicants must provide for each role.
Allow candidates to indicate if they do not hold credentials while still completing their screening, with this reflected in the final report.
New feature
Client Data Retention Controls
Manage candidate data with greater confidence and control. Client Data Retention Controls in CertnCentric allow your organization to define how long candidate personal data is stored before it is automatically deleted. This helps you align with GDPR data minimization requirements while keeping the operational records needed for billing and auditing.
Choose how long candidate personal data is retained for your organization, with configurable retention windows from 90 days to 3 years aligned with GDPR best practices.
Automatically remove eligible personal data once the retention period expires, helping your team support compliance without additional manual work.
Admin users can configure and manage retention settings directly in CertnCentric through Client Account Security Settings.
February 2026
New release
PageUp Integration
Bring faster, smarter background screening directly into PageUp. With Certn’s integration, HR and talent acquisition teams can initiate, manage, and review background checks without ever leaving their ATS. Reduce manual work, accelerate time to hire, and deliver a modern screening experience your candidates will appreciate. Certn’s tech-forward platform helps you move from offer to onboarding with speed and confidence, all within the systems you already use.
Trigger background checks from within your PageUp workflow. No switching between systems or re-entering candidate information.
Monitor the progress of each background check inside PageUp in real-time, so you always know where things stand.
Access Certn reports through secure links within PageUp, supporting a streamlined and compliant hiring process.
Connect Certn and PageUp in minutes through your CertnCentric portal. Simply navigate to Settings, select Integrations, and follow the prompts to link your ATS.
New release
Disclosure Scotland Level 1 check
Run the correct UK criminal check for candidates working in Scotland or outside the UK. Disclosure Scotland Level 1 confirms unspent convictions for candidates with UK address history, ensuring you meet regional requirements without added complexity. UK compliance made clearer.
Confirms any unspent convictions from the UK-wide criminal records database.
Required when a candidate will be working in Scotland or outside the UK and has lived at an address anywhere in the UK during the relevant time period.
Not applicable for candidates working in England, Wales, the Channel Islands, Isle of Man or Jersey. In those cases, a UK Basic DBS check is required.
Identity Verification is included to confirm name and proof of address and help keep orders moving.
Find it in the CertnCentric Client Portal under Criminal record checks.
New release
International Criminal Record Checks
Get a complete view of your candidate’s history, wherever they’ve lived or worked. Certn supports criminal record searches in 175 countries, with flexible ordering options to control costs and stay consistent. Global hiring made simpler.
Or choose how many years of address history you’d like to review. We’ll identify the relevant regions and run the right checks automatically
New release
International Bankruptcy + Directorship Checks
Two new international checks give financial institutions deeper insight for high-trust hiring. Designed to support regulatory compliance and risk management, these checks help you make confident decisions in sensitive roles.
International bankruptcy screening confirms whether a candidate has been declared bankrupt or insolvent to support fit-and-proper requirements
International directorship screening identifies current or prior director or shareholder roles to help detect conflicts of interest
Surfaces involvement in insolvent or liquidated organizations
Strengthens governance while reducing insider risk exposure
New release
Quebec Court Record Check (SOQUIJ)
Access Québec’s official legal information service to review published court decisions and judicial records, adding trusted, region-specific insight and confidence to your hiring process.
Searches Québec court decisions and judicial records
Covers civil, criminal, penal, and administrative matters
Adds local context to candidate screening in Québec
Ideal for HR teams and Property Managers hiring within the province
Improvement
Self-Serve Check Cancellation
Duplicate submission? Wrong candidate? No problem. You can now cancel checks instantly without contacting Support.
Cancel in-flight cases directly from the Client Cases page with one click
Available for Admins and Managers only, with role-based access controls
Clear cost transparency with warnings of possible charges if fulfillment has already started
Candidates are automatically notified and routed to a cancellation status page
Improvement
French Language Support for Applicants
CertnCentric now supports configurable language selection, delivering a fully localized applicant experience in French (Canada). You can now select French language as an option while making a new order or in Apply Link creation.
Supports Quebec compliance requirements
Improves completion rates and trust for French-speaking candidates
Localized end-to-end across emails, portal flows, forms, and reports
Improvement
Co-Branding Improvements
Co-branding gives you more control over how your brand shows up on the Certn Client and Applicant Portals. Replace the Certn logo with your own brand logo and use your own color palette to create a polished, recognizable experience for applicants and internal teams.
Secure, centralized login through corporate credentials
Reduced password fatigue for busy teams
Ideal for enterprise and IT-managed environments
Extra implementation charges may apply. Book a demo to enable this feature
Improvement
Applicant Pay
Applicant Pay is now available in CertnCentric, providing a more flexible billing option which allows you to pass the cost of select background checks on to the Applicant.
Uses your existing Greenhouse pipeline stages to trigger background checks automatically
Live updates and report access directly in the Greenhouse Activity Feed.
No added cost for integrations
Clean, mobile-friendly candidate experience
November 2025
New release
US Criminal Record Checks
Know your candidates' full story before you hire. US criminal checks are now live with full coverage across federal, county, national, and multi-jurisdictional databases.
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