A Bankruptcy check identifies whether an individual has ever been declared bankrupt or is currently involved in bankruptcy proceedings globally. The search queries national and international bankruptcy and insolvency registries, court databases, and/or financial regulatory sources to locate any personal bankruptcy records.
A Bankruptcy check can help you gain insight into an individual’s financial stability and insolvency history, so you can identify any financial risks when hiring - especially for roles in the financial services industry or where the individual will be responsible for handling money.
Order this check
To order a Bankruptcy check from CertnCentric you must have the applicant’s email address.
When ordering a check, you will need to select:
- The countries you would like to run the check in. You can select multiple countries within the same order.
- Whether you would like the search run on the applicant’s current name only or would like the search to include any previous names provided by the applicant.
| Note: If you choose to run the search on all names your applicant has been known by, you will be charged for each name searched. |
For more information on ordering checks through CertnCentric, see the Order checks Certn Help article.
Turnaround time for this check
Turnaround times for this check vary significantly per country and source. This check is offered in 68 countries, which are each fulfilled by different sources. On average, a check can take between 2 and 20 days.
Countries supported
Please see the full list of supported countries below.
- Angola
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Burundi
- Canada
- Czechia
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ghana
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Japan
- Kenya
- Latvia
- Liberia
- Lithuania
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mozambique
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Rwanda
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Korea, Republic of
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- United Arab Emirates
- Uganda
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- United States of America
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Stages of this check
Bankruptcy checks ordered through CertnCentric go through the following stages:
1. Order |
2. Application |
3. Processing |
4. Results |
| You place an order that includes a Bankruptcy check. | The applicant receives an email invitation to complete the case that includes a Bankruptcy check. | Certn processes the check(s) using the information supplied by the applicant. | Check results are made available in CertnCentric and the applicant portal. |
Applicant experience
When you order a Bankruptcy check your applicant receives an email inviting them to complete an online form for the included checks. Through this process, an applicant will supply Certn with their:
- consent and authorization to run the check,
- full name (including previous names and aliases),
- date of birth,
- address details and when they started living there, as well as
- address details of the position for which they are applying (includes options for no specific address and remote work).
Next steps
After you've placed your order and Certn has received the required details from your applicant, the check begins processing.
You can view the case and check results in the client portal. Learn more in our Manage your cases Certn Help article.
To learn more about this check’s results and what happens if the applicant can’t complete the check, see our Bankruptcy check results Certn Help article.
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