Staffing & HR APIs for background verification & workforce onboarding
From mass hiring BGV to gig worker onboarding — Eko gives staffing firms, HR platforms, and enterprise HR teams instant verification APIs that cover identity, employment history, education, and bank accounts.
The challenge for Staffing & HR
India onboards millions of new employees and gig workers every month — yet most HR teams still rely on manual reference calls, physical document checks, and third-party BGV agencies that take 5–10 business days and cost ₹500–2,000 per hire. For staffing firms running high-volume hiring cycles, this creates a bottleneck that delays time-to-deploy and inflates pre-employment costs.
For gig and delivery platforms, the challenge is different but equally acute: onboarding a driver or rider requires verifying a driving licence, vehicle registration, Aadhaar identity, and bank account — often in a single mobile session — before the worker can start earning. Eko's API stack handles both use cases from one integration.
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Real-world use cases
Mass hiring BGV at 1,000 hires/day
Situation: A large staffing firm onboards 1,000 contract workers daily across manufacturing plants in 5 states. Manual BGV takes 7–10 days and costs ₹800 per hire.
Integration: They integrate the Employee BGV Pack: each worker submits Aadhaar + PAN on a mobile form → EPFO employment history fetched automatically → DigiLocker pulls educational certificates → bank account verified. All in parallel.
Result: BGV time reduced from 7 days to 6 minutes. Cost per BGV cut from ₹800 to under ₹50. 40% of applications cleared same-hour.
Delivery rider onboarding at scale
Situation: A quick-commerce startup needs to onboard 10,000 delivery riders in 30 cities before a festival season peak. Manual DL + RC checks take 3 days.
Integration: They use the Gig Worker Onboarding Pack: rider enters mobile + Aadhaar → PAN verified → DL validated against Sarathi DB → vehicle RC + insurance confirmed → bank account registered. 3 minutes per rider.
Result: Fully onboarded 8,500 riders in 2 days — 5x faster than previous cycle. Zero suspended-licence riders on network.
Healthcare temp staff BGV
Situation: A hospital group hires 500 temp nurses and paramedics quarterly and must verify nursing council registration and educational credentials.
Integration: DigiLocker fetches nursing council certificates. PAN + Aadhaar confirm identity. EPFO lookup checks prior employment at other facilities.
Result: Zero fraudulent credential submissions in 3 consecutive hiring cycles.
Field sales team background check
Situation: A BFSI company onboards 200 field sales agents monthly and needs address verification against a physical location.
Integration: Aadhaar OTP confirms current address. Reverse Geocoding validates GPS coordinates match the stated address during the onboarding field visit. PAN cross-checks identity.
Result: Address fraud rate dropped 70% after introducing geocoding-based address validation.
Why Eko for Staffing & HR
BGV in under 5 minutes
Parallel API calls — PAN, EPFO, DigiLocker, bank — run simultaneously for the fastest possible onboarding.
Bulk async processing
Verify multiple employees in a single batch.
Pay per verification
No BGV agency retainers. No minimum commitment. Pay only for API calls you make — sandbox is free.
How to Integrate
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Sign Up
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Verify Identity
Provide your PAN and bank account details to verify your account.
Test APIs Live
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Integrate
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Go Live
Get production credentials and start processing real transactions.
Sign Up
Sign up in minutes at ekostore.app/eps with your mobile number (OTP verify).
Verify Identity
Provide your PAN and bank account details to verify your account.
Test APIs Live
Load funds into your wallet and test the APIs live before integrating.
Integrate
Send your developers to eps.eko.in/ai for free AI plugins & tools to integrate faster.
Go Live
Get production credentials and start processing real transactions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is employee consent required for EPFO and DigiLocker lookups?+
Yes. Every data fetch requires explicit employee consent captured digitally. The consent log is available for audit, as required under the DPDP Act 2023.
What if a candidate doesn't have EPFO registration?+
Many informal and first-time workers lack EPFO records. For these cases, the pack uses Aadhaar verification for address + identity, and DigiLocker for educational documents as fallbacks.
Can I run bulk BGV in a batch of multiple employees?+
Yes. PAN, bank account, and employee verification APIs all support bulk mode with async processing.
How long does sandbox-to-production onboarding take for an HR platform?+
Most HR platforms complete sandbox integration in 1–2 days and go live within 5 business days after submitting platform documentation.
Can I periodically re-verify DL validity for active delivery workers?+
Yes. Many gig platforms re-verify DLs monthly to catch expirations or suspensions. The DL Verification API can be called at any frequency — pricing is per API call.
Does the bank verification confirm the account is active?+
Yes. Eko's penny-drop bank verification returns both account holder name and active/inactive status in a single real-time call.
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