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Bridging & specialist finance document fraud prevention

Bridging moves fast. So does document fraud.

Fund fast, without funding fraud. Fraudfinder checks every bank statement, proof of funds and valuation, and returns a verdict in under 4 seconds.

For qualified businesses · unlimited document checks, free

High risk 4.0s
Verdict in under 4 seconds

Pick a document type to see what Fraudfinder flags beneath your source-of-funds check.

Trusted by bridging and specialist finance lenders

Apex Bridging
StreamBank
MSP Capital
Ultimate Finance
Roma Finance
The problem

Much of bridging is unregulated, so the fraud protection falls to you

Bridging and specialist property finance often sit outside FCA regulation, and the borrower is under time pressure to complete. Fraudfinder verifies files instantly so doctored statements, proof of funds and valuations don't get through.

A fake bank statement can pass a same-day decision and unlock six figures of funding.

Don't rely on human eyes alone.

Unregulated

bridging and commercial lenders sitting outside of FCA regulation feel supported in decisions backed by data.

Source: FCA regulatory perimeter
Same-day

borrowers expect a decision in hours, leaving little time to forensically check the paperwork by eye.

Source: bridging market norms
under 4s

from upload to an explainable fraud verdict, so checks keep pace with fast finance.

Source: Fraudfinder platform data
Use cases

One platform, every high-risk document in a bridging case.

Source of funds & proof of funds

Verify the statements and letters behind a large deposit before you commit to lend.

Same-day decisions

An explainable verdict in under 4 seconds, so checks keep pace with fast finance.

Unregulated exposure

No regulatory safety net means document-level detection is your main protection.

Confirmation of Payee

Match the payee name to the account before a drawdown or completion payment leaves.

Statements from any bank

We already know challenger and overseas templates your team rarely sees, and rebuild figures edited out of a PDF.

Valuations & solicitor letters

Flag certified documents altered after issue, with a defensible audit trail for funders and auditors.

What we check

The tests the human eye can't run.

Modern fakes look perfect to the human eye. That's why we dig beneath the surface. Here are six of hundreds of fraud indicators we stress test on every file:

Who it's for

Built for the teams who own document risk.

If your job is deciding whether a document can be trusted, Fraudfinder is the layer underneath your decision.

Underwriting & fraud

Catch manipulated statements, proof of funds and proof of address before you commit to a facility.

Credit & risk

Check source of funds and affordability evidence at speed, without slowing a same-day decision.

Compliance & AML

Confirmation of Payee, source of funds and tamper analysis, with a defensible trail for auditors.

Operations & brokers

Cut manual document reviews and standardise decisions across every case, without adding tech overhead.

The shift we're seeing

The fakes you'd catch by eye aren't the ones being submitted.

Manual review sees
  • Layout
  • Logos
  • Spelling
  • Surface-level consistency
Where modern fraud lives
  • Metadata
  • Document structure
  • Font encoding
  • Hidden layers
  • Version history

The time to automate financial document assessments was yesterday.

Proof

Evidence your credit team can stand behind.

Sarah Richardson
"It is simple and so effective. The results are easy to understand and give you the confidence to either move forward or walk away from a case. This system saved us from funding a very large fraudulent transaction on the last day of our trial. We signed up instantly."
Sarah RichardsonHead of Operations, Apex Bridging
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£800,000
fraud caught on one application, a doctored Barclays statement and council tax bill
18%
of Apex documents returned high-risk
100%
of Apex applications now run through Fraudfinder
"The ability to detect amendments to documents, on top of the font analysis, gives us another way of spotting fraudulent applications. It provides a robust evidence trail, and has prevented several fraudulent applications since we introduced it."
Simon Williams
Simon WilliamsDirector of Operations & Compliance, Portman Asset Finance
Portman Finance Group
"The ability to quickly verify fraud within bank statements has significantly improved our turnaround time and the quality of our initial checks, with data-backed findings."
Abigail Withers
Abigail WithersHalo Corporate Finance
Halo Corporate Finance
ROI calculator

What document fraud is really costing you.

Set your monthly volume, then adjust the assumptions to match your business. We'll estimate the review time recovered, the fraud and wrongful-decline costs avoided, and your return on Fraudfinder spend.

500
6060,000
Your review costs
Minutes per manual check
Analyst salary (£ / year)
Fraudfinder fee per document (£)
Your current error costs
Fraud / AML cases missed today (%)
Cost per missed fraud / AML case (£)
Genuine applicants wrongly declined (%)
Cost per lost customer (£)
Errors Fraudfinder prevents (%)
28xestimated return on
Fraudfinder spend
Estimated net saving£342,000a year, or £28,500 a month
Review time recovered£0
Fraud, AML and friction costs avoided£0
Less Fraudfinder cost−£0
Net saving a year£0
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Illustrative, based on the assumptions above, which you can change. "Errors Fraudfinder prevents" sets how much of your current fraud and wrongful-decline cost we remove. Review time is recovered for higher-value work, not cut. Not a quote or guarantee.

FAQs

The questions fraud teams ask us.

It is the manipulated or fabricated bank statements, proof of funds and proof of address borrowers submit to pass source-of-funds and affordability checks and secure a facility. Your ID check confirms who someone is, not whether the document behind them is genuine.

We forensically inspect every file for signals a human can't see: edited balances, version history, anomalous fonts, hidden layers, metadata, flagged editors like ILOVEPDF and ChatGPT, and Confirmation of Payee mismatches. You get a clear high-risk, consider or acceptable verdict in under 4 seconds.

Yes. Fraudfinder structures statement data for source-of-funds and affordability reviews, catches inflated or fabricated proof of funds behind large deposits, and runs Confirmation of Payee, giving your AML team a defensible evidence trail.

Yes. Fraudfinder returns an explainable verdict in under 4 seconds, so a forensic document check fits inside a same-day decision rather than slowing it down. There is no platform overhead: a drag-and-drop portal or an API.

Yes. We are ICO registered, Cyber Essentials certified, GDPR compliant and independently penetration tested. Documents are processed securely and results are auditable for your funders, auditors and insurers.

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