Homeppl is delighted to announce that its revolutionary rental check platform has been acquired by Thirdfort, a leader in client due diligence (CDD) solutions. This strategic acquisition marks a new era in fraud prevention for the real estate market, as Thirdfort integrates Homeppl’s pioneering rental fraud detection technology into its best-in-class due diligence suite. By combining forces, Thirdfort can now offer a unified platform that simplifies and strengthens CDD across legal, property, and accounting sectors, delivering comprehensive solutions for both sales and lettings.
Homeppl has transformed the rental market by empowering letting agents, Build-to-Rent (BTR) developments, and homeowners with industry-leading risk assessment tools. Unlike traditional tenant referencing, Homeppl’s technology makes previously invisible rental applicants, such as internationals, students, and individuals with thin UK credit files, fully assessable. This innovation has broken down barriers that once made securing a tenancy in the UK difficult, if not impossible, for many. By providing fully customised risk criteria, Homeppl enables its clients to protect their rental assets against fraudulent applications while maximising occupancy rates.
At the heart of Homeppl’s platform is a proprietary fraud detection system that subjects each applicant to over 150 advanced fraud tests, including email tracking, reaction tests, data enrichment, font detection, and integrity analysis. This has redefined how property professionals screen applicants, preventing bad actors from slipping through the cracks and eliminating costly liabilities before they arise.
Following this acquisition, the Homeppl brand will transition under Thirdfort’s rental check offering, while the remaining Homeppl business rebrands as Fraud Finder. Fraud Finder will now focus exclusively on scaling its industry-agnostic document risk analysis product, a powerful AI-driven solution designed to detect document fraud across multiple sectors, including real estate, finance, legal, and insurance. While Fraud Finder will continue to power document analysis for Thirdfort’s tenant check process, it will also serve businesses looking to safeguard against application fraud at scale across multiple sectors and markets.
Alexander Siedes, Founder of Homeppl and CEO of Fraud Finder, commented:
This acquisition is a defining moment for Homeppl. We’ve reshaped the rental market by offering fraud detection capabilities that simply didn’t exist before. Thirdfort’s mission to simplify and secure due diligence aligns perfectly with our vision, ensuring that Homeppl’s groundbreaking technology continues to protect homeowners and property professionals. As we shift our focus to Fraud Finder, we see an immense opportunity to help businesses across industries tackle the rising threat of application fraud. We worked hard on Homeppl to make it a success, and we’re ready to work harder on Fraud Finder.
Olly Thornton-Berry, Co-founder and CEO at Thirdfort, added:
With the acquisition of Homeppl’s rental check platform, we are furthering our mission to protect society from fraud and money laundering. Homeppl has built an outstanding, market-leading rental check and fraud detection solution for lettings. By integrating this cutting-edge technology into our platform, we can offer property, legal, and accounting professionals a truly seamless and secure due diligence experience.
As Fraud Finder embarks on its next chapter, we remain committed to leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to combat fraud, providing market-leading solutions that enable businesses to operate with confidence.
About Fraud Finder - advanced document fraud analysis
Fraud Finder is an advanced document risk analysis solution that helps businesses detect fraudulent financial documents with speed and accuracy. Originally developed by Homeppl, it leverages machine learning and forensic analysis to identify tampering, inconsistencies, and hidden edits across bank statements, utility bills, payslips, and other financial documents.
By analysing font inconsistencies, template manipulations, deleted data, software origins, and institutional errors, Fraud Finder uncovers fraudulent activity in under 5 seconds per document. It can also extract and standardise financial data, offering businesses a seamless alternative to Open Banking for verifying financial information.
With strong coverage of UK and European documents and the ability to assess financial files from around the world, Fraud Finder is trusted by businesses across real estate, finance, legal, education, and insurance to prevent fraud at the application stage, before it leads to costly losses.
