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Atlas Screening

For financial services

Screening built for regulated, fiduciary roles.

Banks, credit unions, fintech, and insurers hold money and trust in the same hands. Atlas pairs federal and county criminal searches with international check and sanctions screening, so you can review candidates for regulated roles with the detail those roles demand.

What matters here

The checks that matter when money is on the line.

Financial roles carry duties that reach beyond the usual hire. These are the parts of Atlas that regulated and fiduciary positions lean on most.

Federal and county criminal

Atlas searches federal district records alongside county-level courts, giving you a layered criminal history view rather than a single database snapshot.

International Check and sanctions

Screen candidates against sanctions lists, enforcement actions, and politically exposed person data drawn from international and domestic sources.

Employment and education

Verify past employers, titles, dates, and claimed degrees, so the record behind a finance resume matches what the candidate reported.

Credit checks where permitted

For qualifying finance roles, Atlas can include a credit-based report, subject to permissible purpose and the state law limits noted in our FAQs.

Consent and permissible purpose

Atlas guides each order through disclosure, authorization, and permissible-purpose steps before any report is compiled.

Adverse-action support

When a report may inform a negative decision, Atlas supplies the notices and timing structure the FCRA adverse-action process requires.

In the product

Fast database hits, verified reports to follow.

Atlas separates quick database results from the fully verified report so your team sees early signals without mistaking them for a finished check. Watchlist, criminal, and verification results arrive as each source confirms, and the compiled report reflects what has actually been reviewed.

  • Early database results flagged as preliminary, not final
  • Watchlist and sanctions screening across domestic and international sources
  • Verified criminal and employment findings compiled into one report
Atlas Screening dashboard for financial services

Pricing tiers

Plans and pricing

Every tier is pay-as-you-go. Switch at any time; the applicant flow stays the same.

Basic

Essential identity & criminal.

$24.99per check
  • SSN trace & address history
  • National criminal database
  • Sex offender registry
  • International Check
  • Branded PDF report
  • Standard support
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Standard

Most teams start here.

$34.99per check
  • Everything in Basic
  • County criminal search (up to 7 yrs)
  • Motor vehicle records
  • Priority applicant support
  • Audit log exports
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Premium

Full verification suite.

$44.99per check
  • Everything in Standard
  • Federal criminal search
  • Employment verification
  • Education verification
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Custom adjudication rules
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All prices in USD. Applicants pay nothing; charges apply to the requesting customer only.

FCRA compliance

How this check stays compliant.

Built to be defensible: upfront consent, adverse-action support, and open dispute rights.

  • Atlas is the reporting agency; you decide

    Atlas is a Consumer Reporting Agency that furnishes reports under the FCRA. Your organization makes the hiring decision.

  • Consent before every check

    Every check needs a lawful permissible purpose, a standalone disclosure, and the applicant's written authorization.

  • A supported, two-step adverse action

    Pre-adverse notice with the report and a summary of rights, a waiting period, then a final notice. Atlas supports each step.

  • Disputes are reinvestigated

    Applicants may dispute a report; Atlas reinvestigates and corrections reach your dashboard. Email compliance@atlasscreening.com.

  • Sourced with reasonable procedures

    Contents come from third-party and public records. Atlas uses reasonable procedures for accuracy but cannot guarantee every record is current.

Questions from financial services.

How screening works for your team, what returns quickly, and where compliance is handled for you.

Can we run credit checks on every financial hire?
Not uniformly. Credit-based employment decisions are restricted in roughly 11 states, and permissible purpose plus state law govern when a credit report may be used. Atlas can include credit reports for qualifying roles where the law allows, but the rules vary by state and position rather than applying nationwide.
What does watchlist and sanctions screening cover?
Atlas checks candidates against sanctions lists, enforcement and regulatory actions, and politically exposed person data from domestic and international sources. These results are consumer report information for you to review. Atlas provides the findings, and your team makes the hiring decision.
How do fast database results differ from the final report?
Database searches can surface early signals quickly, but they are not a verified conclusion. Atlas confirms hits against source records before they appear in the compiled report, so preliminary database results and the verified report stay clearly separate.
Do we still need candidate consent for regulated roles?
Yes. Every check requires clear disclosure, written authorization, and a permissible purpose before Atlas compiles a report, and this applies to fiduciary and regulated positions as well. Atlas guides each order through those steps.
What happens if a report may affect our decision?
When a report may inform an adverse decision, the FCRA sets out a pre-adverse and adverse-action process, including notice and a window for the candidate to respond. Atlas supplies the supporting notices and timing structure, and your team makes the final call.

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