Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 6 companies across 1 category.
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Founded in 2014 as an API-first background screening company serving gig economy platforms and enterprises. Built deep integrations with HR and payroll platforms (QuickBooks, ATS systems) to embed background checks into hiring workflows. Expanded into adjacent financial infrastructure with Checkr Pay, a payments product targeting gig workers — signaling a move toward becoming a broader workforce infrastructure platform beyond just identity verification.
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<img src="https://www.embeddedfinanceindex.com/api/badge/checkr/install" width="1" height="1" alt="" style="display:none">6 companies disclose Checkr in their stack in the Embedded Finance Index 2026, including Procare, Justworks, Vars Health, Timecount, SportsPlus and CanMonkey.
Checkr is an embedded-finance provider in KYC. It ranks #21 of 64 KYC providers by disclosed buyers.
The most-disclosed KYC alternatives to Checkr are Sumsub (40 buyers), Onfido (35 buyers), Persona (35 buyers), Veriff (35 buyers), Stripe (24 buyers) and Socure (23 buyers).
Checkr was founded by Daniel Yanisse and Jonathan Perez and is founded in 2014, headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
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