INDUSTRY

Telecommunications & Utilities

Minimize friction, assess onboarding and payment risks, and deliver a positive customer experience

Industry Overview

In today’s rapidly changing world, utility and telecommunications providers are critical in delivering essential services that power homes, businesses, and entire communities. From electricity, gas, and water to internet and mobile services, these providers ensure access to the resources that are fundamental to our daily lives. As technology advances, so do customer expectations for service. Consumers today value both traditional and digital channels for customer service and communication, looking for providers who can meet their needs and expectations.

ValidiFI supports telco and utility providers in addressing these needs by streamlining essential parts of the customer journey, including onboarding, payment verification, and payment method updates. By leveraging predictive bank account and payment intelligence, ValidiFI enables companies to authenticate customers and verify payment methods without disrupting the user experience. This approach reduces the risk of fraud while ensuring that legitimate customers have an easy, smooth experience from the start.

How ValidiFI® delivers intelligence for Telco & Utilities

Understand
Consumers Better

Broaden your understanding of potential customers by analyzing identity elements such as email, phone, address, and bank account risk

Reduce
Losses

Prevent payment issues such as unpaid rent, chargebacks, ACH returns that can impact your bottom line

Faster
Decisioning and Verification

Streamline the onboarding and verification process, making it faster and more efficient

Enhance
Customer Experience

Balance security and risk assessment with seamless digital application, onboarding, and payment experiences with confidence

Access
Predictive Data

Leverage technology and predictive data to evaluate bank account stability and payment performance

Detect and Prevent
Fraud

Detect application and payment fraud to prevent unpaid bills, which can ultimately be costly for provider

Who we serve

Solutions for Telco & Utilities

vIndex™

Evaluate financial institutions for increased chance of risk before accepting consumer payments

vAccount™

Our vAccount suite offers scalable account validation for compliance, risk mitigation, and ownership verification

vCredit®

Predictive credit risk score and attributes, leveraging proprietary bank account and payment intelligence

vFraud®

Detect high-risk bank accounts, phone numbers, and emails to prevent fake accounts and fraudulent transactions

vConnect®

Access cash-flow underwriting and consumer-permissioned transactional data from users’ bank accounts

vInsights™

Categorization and cashflow underwriting report to enhance affordability and risk evaluation

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