income verification

Informed Names Daniel Sogorka as CEO to Accelerate AI-Powered Fraud Protection and Faster Funding for Lenders

San Mateo, CA — August 31, 2026—Informed, the AI-powered platform that helps lenders verify applications, detect fraud, and accelerate loan funding across auto and consumer lending, today announced the appointment of Daniel Sogorka as Chief Executive Officer. The leadership transition reflects Informed’s next phase of growth, as the company scales its fraud protection technology across [...]

Desert Financial Credit Union Partners with Informed.IQ to Transform Indirect Auto Lending, Boosting Funder Efficiency by 66%

San Francisco, CA and Phoenix, AZ — 2026 — Informed.IQ, a leading provider of AI-driven document intelligence and automation for financial institutions, has partnered with Phoenix, Arizona-based Desert Financial Credit Union to eliminate manual funding friction, reduce team overtime, and cut employee onboarding times through direct integration into the credit union’s indirect lending stack.

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Accelerating Auto Lending: How Suncoast Credit Union Modernized Document Verification with Dealer Verify

A $20 billion credit union leverages AI-powered validation to reduce fraud, accelerate funding, and improve dealer relationships across Florida’s competitive auto market. Executive Summary Suncoast Credit Union, one of Florida’s largest credit unions with $20 billion in assets, faced mounting pressure from rising fraud, manual document review bottlenecks, and dealer demands for faster funding decisions.

Informed.IQ Study Of Auto Finance Professionals Reveals Critical Gaps in Fraud Detection and Rising “AI Fatigue”

While 75% of lenders report a surge in fraud, over half admit low confidence in current tools to stop AI-generated threats; findings highlight a shift from “futuristic promises” to a demand for tangible ROI San Francisco, CA, March 11, 2026 — Informed.IQ, a developer of AI-based software for income and employment verifications, announced today the

Miami Blues: A “Fraud Watch” Case Study

To raise industry awareness, Informed’s Fraud Watch will periodically share analyses of fraud rings uncovered by our research teams. This issue digs deep into an auto loan fraud ring located in South Florida. The Auto Loan Fraud Ring In late 2023, a fraud ring went after auto dealers operating out of the cities of Doral,

Informed.IQ Secures $63 Million from Invictus Growth Partners to Advance AI-Powered Fraud Prevention and Loan Verification

San Francisco, CA, December 16, 2025 — the leader in AI-powered loan verification and fraud prevention, today announced a $63 million growth equity investment from Invictus Growth Partners (“Invictus”). Trusted by the nation’s largest banks, Informed.IQ delivers category-defining agentic AI that verifies loans and stops fraud. The company has proven its platform at scale and

Great Expectations: How Expectation Definitions Strengthen Document Fraud Detection

When it comes to fighting document fraud, lenders should have “Great Expectations.” We are not talking about Charles Dickens’ 19th century novel. Rather, we are referring to the ability to quickly distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate income documents using a concept we call “Expectation Definitions.” What is an Expectation Definition? An “Expectation definition” means the

Tracking Illegitimate Data Collisions

Welcome to the latest edition of Informed’s Fraud Watch: Informed’s blog on the latest fraud trends. Generative AI is changing how lenders’ screen for fraud. Document fakes are rapidly getting so good that they will pass even the most careful visual inspection. To identify fraud, lenders now need to go beyond the four corners of a