Lexis RefCheck – Empowering secure background verifications in South Africa

LexisNexis RefCheck is South Africa’s leading digital background screening platform, enabling employers and recruitment agencies to perform comprehensive checks on individuals and businesses before hiring or onboarding.
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Challenges

  • Outdated legacy system with limited user experience and slow processing
  • High manual intervention in verification workflows
  • Lack of scalable backend capabilities for efficient data and client management

Our solution

Cloudseed partnered with LexisNexis to enhance and modernize RefCheck, delivering:

User experience modernization: Redesigned and upgraded the frontend to ensure a seamless, intuitive user journey for recruitment agencies and corporate clients.

Backend revamp: Developed a robust admin panel to manage data, verification workflows, and client operations efficiently.

New functionalities: Enabled features that were previously impossible on the legacy system, supporting both manual and automated verification flows.

Integrations: Connected RefCheck with national and international data sources for checks such as:

  • Criminal records
  • Credit reports
  • Educational qualifications
  • Driving licenses
  • ID verifications
  • FAIS compliance

Notifications & real-time updates: Implemented automated email alerts and real-time status updates to improve turnaround time and transparency.

Impact

800+ Active clients: Including major organizations like Vodacom, Career Junction, and PNet.

Faster screening: Significant reduction in verification turnaround time through automation.

Improved security & compliance: Ensured data protection and compliance with South African verification regulations.

Cost-effective & scalable: Pay-as-you-use model supports scalability across client sizes.

Outcome

By modernizing Lexis RefCheck, Cloudseed helped LexisNexis deliver a market-leading, secure, and scalable verification platform, enhancing trust and enabling informed hiring decisions across South Africa’s employment ecosystem.