CertifID extends its platform from wire fraud protection to complete closing workflow management, adding payoff orders, electronic signatures, and digital payments.
Wire fraud prevention company CertifID is expanding its influence over the real estate transaction process, rolling out new tools to simplify and secure the closing experience from payoff orders to digital payments.
The company announced Tuesday that it has enhanced its platform to cover more operational workflows involved in real estate closings, as well as the wire verification and identity protection services for which it is best known.
The move signals CertifID’s ambition to evolve from an anti-fraud point solution provider to a more comprehensive financial close management platform.
Close the gaps that create fraud risks
CertifID has built a reputation for fighting business email and wire fraud in real estate transactions. This is a growing problem that has cost buyers and sellers hundreds of millions of dollars over the past decade.
The company is now expanding into adjacent parts of the closing process that often involve multiple vendors and systems, points of friction that can create inefficiencies and security gaps.
“While our company has always been focused on building the best fraud protection in real estate, we are now addressing the gaps in the title process that create the risk in the first place,” CertifID CEO and co-founder Tyler Adams said in a statement.
The newly expanded platform includes AI-powered mortgage repayment orders designed to automate communications with lenders and reduce manual processing time.
It also features integrated document workflows, including e-signing capabilities with tools like DocuSign, allowing closing teams to manage documents in a single, secure environment.
Additionally, the platform supports digital earnest money and closing payments with options for ACH transfers, wire transfers, and instant payment methods.
According to the company, the payoff order feature saves closing teams an average of 8 to 10 minutes per trade. CertifID also said that each payment ordered through its system includes up to $5 million in insurance protection.
Where handoffs are at risk
In many real estate transactions, title companies, lenders, attorneys, and agents rely on separate systems to verify identities, request repayments, sign documents, and transfer funds. Fragmented workflows can create operational inefficiencies and create additional vulnerability to fraud.
By consolidating many of these capabilities into a single platform, CertifID says it aims to reduce the risks that arise when information and funds move between disconnected systems.
Despite the broader feature set, fraud prevention remains central to the company’s value proposition.
CertifID says it has worked with law enforcement partners to secure more than 1.4 million real estate transactions, thwart more than $280 million in attempted fraud, and recover more than $100 million in stolen funds.
Fewer vendors means fewer vulnerabilities
The expansion comes at a time when many proptech companies are building technology that touches more stages of the real estate lifecycle, from search and lending to closing and post-closing services.
While CertifID doesn’t position itself as a consumer-facing “super app,” its deeper integration into payment processing, document management, and digital payments reflects larger industry trends toward consolidating workflows and reducing dependence on fragmented systems.
For title and closing professionals, the benefits are clear: fewer vendors, fewer manual steps, and fewer opportunities for fraud.
It remains to be seen whether the industry will adopt a more integrated closing technology stack. But CertifID’s move to connect more parts of the workflow highlights how anti-fraud vendors are evolving their product strategies from point solutions to adjacent operational tools.
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