Location

Product group overview

Fourthline’s Location products help fight fraud by verifying a client's actual physical location and home address.

We offer the following:

ProductDescription
Digital Proof of AddressWe check if the geolocation and metadata of the client’s device are valid, authentic, and uncompromised, and then compare them to the home address provided by the client.
Physical Proof of AddressWe check that the home address provided by the client matches an uploaded official document stating their address, e.g. a utility bill, tax document.
GeolocationWe check if the geolocation of the client’s device is valid, authentic, and not in a prohibited country.

Note
Note
The Wwft and De Nederlandsche Bank guidelines allow us to obtain and store the client’s geolocation, but we protect their privacy by only accessing their geolocation once. We don't continue to track them.


Digital Proof of Address

We ask the client's permission to access their geolocation and device metadata. If they don't give permission, they can't continue. If their GPS isn't working, they need to try again later.

Client gives Fourthline permission to access their geolocation

Digital Proof of Address

Fourthline checks if the geolocation and metadata are valid, authentic, and uncompromised, and then performs the following checks:

CheckDescriptionRequired
Self-captureThe client gave permission to share their geolocation themselves and the geolocation comes from the device being used, not from any other source.
GeolocationThe device's geolocation and IP address are valid.
MetadataThe device language, region, model, and the country code of the phone number are present and sufficiently complete.
We compare this metadata to the IP address and geolocation to conclusively determine the client's current location.
AddressThe client's home address is valid and complete, including the street name, number, postal code, city and country.
We also check that it isn't a PO box address.
Residential areaThe home address is in a residential area, not an industrial site.
Fraud hot spotThe home address isn't close to a place we know to be associated with financial crime. Human agents investigate any nearby fraud hot spots.
Prohibited countryThe home address and the metadata aren't located in a prohibited country.
Supported locationThe home address is in a country you support.


Physical Proof of Address

The client provides a photo of an official document (or uploads a file) stating their address and we check that it matches the home address they provided. The address from the official document is included in the CDD Report.

This module helps prevent fraud and detect potential inconsistencies that increase risk. For example, a client could submit an official document with an address in a supported country, but their geolocation shows they are in a sanctioned country.

Physical Proof of Address

Physical Proof of Address


Clients can provide the following types of document:

Document typeIssued within
Government benefit statementsLast 12 months
Housing contractsN/A
Insurance statements, e.g. health, home, life insurance (non-temporary)Last 12 months
InvoicesLast 12 months
Tax returnsCurrent fiscal year
Utility bills (including phone bills)Last 90 days

Fourthline extracts the following data from the document:

  • Document type and any sub-type
  • Issue date
  • Validity in days, based on the document type
  • Client's name
  • Client's home address

We then perform the following checks:

CheckDescriptionRequired
Self-captureThe client either took a photo of the official document themselves or uploaded a screenshot of it from the gallery or photo roll of the device being used.
Required dataThe official document clearly states the client’s name, home address, the date, and the service provider, e.g. water provider.
Address matchThe home address provided by the client matches the address on the official document.
Name matchThe client's name on the official document matches their ID document.


Geolocation

Fourthline checks that geolocation data from the following modules are valid, authentic, and not in a prohibited country:

ModuleDataRequired
Digital Proof of AddressDevice metadata and geolocation
DocumentID document photo(s) and video geolocation
BiometricsSelfie photo and video geolocation

Fourthline collates your required geolocation data group and then performs the following checks:

CheckDescriptionRequired
Self-captureThe client gave permission to share each geolocation data group themselves and the geolocation comes from the device being used, not any other source.
Data validityAll your required geolocation data groups are present and valid.
Prohibited countryNo geolocation data point is in a prohibited country.
Fourthline human agents investigate any data point outside of Europe.

More information
For the complete list of supported countries and territories and all checks we perform, request our CDD Policy from your implementation manager.
The list of prohibited countries may change over time, e.g. depending on European sanctions.
Next steps
Learn how to combine our Location products in your Identity Verification solution.

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