IDI Announces Integration with TazWorks to Expand Access to IDI’s Best-in-Class Identity Intelligence in the Background Screening Industry

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Interactive Data (NASDAQ: RDVT) announced an agreement to integrate its identity intelligence suite with TazWorks (TazCloud), expanding access for background screening consumer reporting agencies (CRAs).

IDI will join the TazWorks partner ecosystem and provide cloud-native, AI/ML-driven identity graph data covering nearly 100% of the U.S. adult population. Key products include idiTRACE (address and verification), idiCRIM (national criminal history database), and idiALIAS (alias-aware criminal searches) to improve match rates, reduce false positives, and speed verifications inside the TazWorks platform.

BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Interactive Data, LLC (“IDI”), a red violet company (NASDAQ: RDVT) and leader in identity verification and risk mitigation, today announced an agreement for a new integration with TazWorks™, the creators of TazCloud™, a leading independent technology platform for the background screening industry and part of MeridianLink, a leading provider of modern software platforms for financial institutions and consumer reporting agencies. TazWorks’ powerful solutions—designed to make screening services more accurate, efficient, and profitable for the consumer reporting agency (CRA) business—run on a robust, cloud-based network that is instantly scalable to meet the needs of screening agencies of any size. This strategic relationship will expand access to IDI’s best-in-class solutions tailored to support the background screening industry and CRAs that seek to improve client trust and satisfaction while increasing profitability.

IDI will join the TazWorks partner ecosystem, which is built on a commitment to open integration and delivering elite solutions for background screening agencies. Leveraging IDI’s leading consumer identity graph consisting of proprietary, public record, and publicly-available data covering nearly 100% of the U.S. adult population, and powered by IDI’s cloud-native, AI/ML-driven technology platform, IDI’s suite of solutions help to identify critical pointer data to support internal background screening processes while improving match rates of screened individuals.

idiTRACE™, the premier address and verification solution, helps background screeners uncover an applicant’s potential address and alias history using customized searches by name, alias, SSN, and date of birth.

idiCRIM™, a leading national criminal history database covering court, arrest, warrant, watch list, fugitive, and sex offender records, helps reduce false positives, make manual reviews more productive, and streamline internal background screening processes.

idiALIAS™ combines address trace and national criminal database searches to deliver criminal results for all subject aliases, boosting efficiency and outcomes.

“We’re excited to partner with TazWorks to expand access to IDI’s powerful identity intelligence solutions,” said James Frasche, Chief Operating Officer at red violet. “This collaboration carries on IDI’s innovation and investment in the background screening industry and makes it easier than ever for CRAs to obtain IDI’s essential insights. Together, we’re helping CRAs and the employers, property managers, and other organizations that rely on their screening services function with greater efficiency and confidence.”

“We’re thrilled to add this integration to our top-tier software, as it represents another step forward in our mission to empower screening agencies with the industry’s most advanced and flexible technology,” said Jake Shapiro, TazWorks Director, Product Management. “By connecting TazWorks with IDI’s identity intelligence, our mutual customers gain access to deeper insights, faster verifications, and more reliable results—all within the TazWorks platform they already trust.”

About IDI
At IDI, we deliver innovative identity intelligence solutions. Our proprietary technologies and advanced analytical capabilities empower organizations to operate with confidence, providing real-time identification and location of individuals, businesses, assets, and their interrelationships. With a focus on identity verification, risk mitigation, due diligence, fraud detection and prevention, regulatory compliance, and customer acquisition, our intelligent platform, CORE™, caters to organizations of all sizes, transforming data into intelligence for frictionless commerce, safety, and reduced fraud.

For more information, please visit www.ididata.com.

About MeridianLink 
MeridianLink® (NYSE: MLNK) empowers financial institutions and consumer reporting agencies to drive efficient growth. MeridianLink’s cloud-based digital lending, account opening, background screening, and data verification software solutions leverage shared intelligence from a unified data platform, MeridianLink® One, to enable customers of all sizes to identify growth opportunities, effectively scale up, and support compliance efforts, all while powering an enhanced experience for staff and consumers alike. 

TazWorks, part of MeridianLink, offers turnkey screening solutions and growth strategies to organizations who provide background screening as a service. TazWorks is the creator of TazCloud – an end-to-end technology solution for the background screening industry.

For more information, please visit www.tazworks.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains “forward-looking statements,” as that term is defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA), which statements may be identified by words such as “expects,” “plans,” “projects,” “will,” “may,” “anticipate,” “believes,” “should,” “intends,” “estimates,” and other words of similar meaning. Such forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that are often difficult to predict, are beyond our control and which may cause results to differ materially from expectations, including whether the strategic relationship between IDI and TazWorks will expand access to IDI’s best-in-class solutions tailored to support the background screening industry and CRAs that seek to improve client trust and satisfaction while increasing profitability. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are based on our expectations as of the date of this press release and speak only as of the date of this press release and are advised to consider the factors listed above together with the additional factors under the heading “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in red violet’s SEC Filings. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

IDI Investor Relations:
Camilo Ramirez
Red Violet, Inc.
561-757-4500
ir@redviolet.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/interactive-data-llc
X: @IDIData

MeridianLink Media Contact  
Erica Bigley  
Erica.Bigley@Meridianlink.com  

FAQ

What did Interactive Data (RDVT) announce on October 20, 2025 regarding TazWorks?

Interactive Data announced an agreement to integrate its identity intelligence suite with TazWorks, adding IDI to the TazWorks partner ecosystem.

How will the RDVT and TazWorks integration affect background screening CRAs?

CRAs using TazWorks gain access to IDI products that aim to improve match rates, reduce false positives, and speed verifications within the TazWorks platform.

Which IDI products are included in the TazWorks integration announced by RDVT?

The integration covers idiTRACE (address/verification), idiCRIM (national criminal history), and idiALIAS (alias-aware criminal result searches).

What coverage does IDI claim for its identity graph in the RDVT announcement?

IDI’s identity graph is described as covering nearly 100% of the U.S. adult population using proprietary, public record, and publicly available data.

Will the RDVT–TazWorks integration require CRAs to leave the TazWorks platform?

No; the announcement says customers access IDI’s identity intelligence within the TazWorks platform they already use.

What operational benefits did RDVT highlight from the TazWorks integration on October 20, 2025?

The companies said the integration delivers deeper insights, faster verifications, more reliable results, and improved screening efficiency for employers and property managers.