Don’t waste money on numbers that will never convert. SAFr Pulse filters out bad data before it reaches your onboarding, CRM or marketing systems – cutting wasted spend on messages, verification steps, and call attempts.
What if you could take the pulse of a number, before you interact with it?
Every business relies on mobile numbers. They're our identities, after all. They’re used for onboarding, authentication, marketing and customer support. But not every number is what it seems – some are bots, disposables or fraud traps waiting to waste your time and budget.
Many are just unreachable or out of date; in a sample of 3.1 million numbers run in 2022, we found 12% couldn't be accounted for.
SAFr Pulse from XConnect takes the pulse of any mobile number, giving you instant confidence that the number you’re contacting is real, active and trustworthy – all for under 2p per check.
Before you send an SMS OTP, before you start KYC or AML, before you pay for customer acquisition – make sure the number is alive and genuine.
The first check that pays for itself
SAFr Pulse is like taking a pulse – a fast, precise assessment of a mobile number’s health and trustworthiness. It should be the check you do before you do your checks.
It uses our unique heuristic processing and multiple real-time data sources, including live operator information and exclusive XConnect intelligence, to generate a Confidence Score that shows whether a number is valid, active and legitimate.
That means lower costs, no wasted SMS OTPs, no fake sign-ups, no time lost to bad data. Just clean, verified mobile numbers – every time.
We're confident that SAFr Pulse will slash your onboard costs and keep your in-life costs as low as possible.
1. Number Validity
Confirms whether the number is live, active and reachable, instantly filtering out dead, disconnected or inactive records before they cause wasted effort or cost.
2. Porting History
Identifies whether the number has been moved between networks, providing context on its age, authenticity and potential for misuse across multiple operators.
3. Network Association
Determines the current mobile operator linked to the number, verifying that it belongs to a functioning network and helping ensure consistent service delivery.
4. Localised Trust
In participating markets, it applies regional network intelligence to assign a trust rating that reflects behavioural data and operator-level confidence indicators.
5. Disposable Number
Detects temporary, short-term or “borrow my number” services commonly used for fraud, ensuring only permanent, traceable numbers are engaged.
6. XConnect Signals
Integrates our data sources, such as Do Not Originate (DNO) and Artificially Inflated Traffic (AIT) checks - prevent fraudulent routing and manipulation.
7. Fraud Registry
Cross-references international fraud registries to identify numbers previously linked to scams, synthetic identities or high-risk behaviour before further interaction.
Why every number you contact should be real, reachable and worth your time.
Cost control
Fraud reduction
Identify disposable and fraudulent numbers. SAFr Pulse prevents account takeovers, bonus abuse, and synthetic identities. Platforms can detect 'Borrow My Number' numbers designed to circumvent 2FA codes that users rely on for safety.
Compliance confidence
Performing pre-checks aligns with emerging regulatory expectations for due diligence in digital onboarding and payments. SAFr Pulse helps demonstrate a proactive, responsible approach to verification.
Data hygiene and accuracy
Cleaner databases mean better analytics, higher conversion rates, and improved customer communication. With SAFr Pulse, your outreach efforts always start with verified, active numbers.
Banking and Financial Services
Banks spend millions each year on KYC, AML and customer verification – often on numbers that turn out to be fake or inactive. SAFr Pulse acts as a gatekeeper, ensuring every mobile number used for onboarding or transaction authentication is real, active and trustworthy. That means fewer failed verifications, lower fraud risk, and more efficient use of onboarding budgets.
Fintech and Digital Payments
Every payment request or OTP depends on a working mobile number. SAFr Pulse helps fintechs confirm that a number belongs to a legitimate, reachable customer before any authentication attempt, preventing losses from failed OTPs and avoiding regulatory penalties linked to incomplete verification.
iGaming and Digital Entertainment
Fraudulent sign-ups, bonus abuse and synthetic accounts are constant challenges. SAFr Pulse helps iGaming platforms verify new players instantly, filtering out fake numbers before costly KYC, AML and document checks are triggered – protecting both margins and the integrity of player databases.
Telecoms, CPaaS and Messaging Providers
Marketing teams waste vast sums contacting dead, invalid or recycled numbers. SAFr Pulse keeps contact databases clean and accurate, improving right-party contact rates and campaign ROI. It’s not just about cost efficiency – it’s about communicating with real customers, not empty endpoints.
Dating and Social Platforms
Safety depends on authenticity. SAFr Pulse protects dating platforms and social apps from users registering through “borrow-my-number” or disposable services, ensuring every profile is tied to a verified, reachable person. The result is a safer community, stronger trust, and genuine connections for users and advertisers alike.
Insurance and Consumer Lending
Loan and policy applications often begin with a mobile number. SAFr Pulse verifies those numbers before credit or document checks, preventing fraudsters from using untraceable or short-term SIMs to secure credit or evade detection. That reduces identity fraud, streamlines underwriting, and safeguards customer trust.
Customer Support and Call Centres
Every minute counts when agents are chasing unreachable numbers. SAFr Pulse validates customer contact lists in real time, ensuring resources are focused only on live, verified numbers. That means faster resolutions, reduced call-handling costs, and happier customers.
Retailers and eCommerce
SAFr Pulse helps retailers and eCommerce platforms verify that every number in their CRM or loyalty database is genuine and active before engaging. The result? Fewer failed SMS promotions, higher conversion rates, and more accurate customer insight across campaigns and fulfilment.
Crypto and Digital Asset Platforms
SAFr Pulse helps exchanges and wallets confirm that the mobile number linked to each account is real, active and tied to a genuine user – not a burner SIM or bot. That prevents duplicate sign-ups, shields onboarding from synthetic IDs, and strengthens compliance with AML and KYC rules without slowing user growth.
Onboarding dropout rates in digital channels for younger demographics, (Federal Trade Commission)
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Up to 30% of mobile phone numbers in customer databases are either inactive or incorrect (CFCA)
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Increase in customer churn when businesses fail to correctly verify mobile numbers (Federal Trade Commission)
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The Solution | Trust in a Fragmented Mobile World
Customers expect instant access. Regulators demand airtight verification. And somewhere between the two, most businesses are losing both time and trust.
Drop-offs during onboarding are climbing, especially among younger users who won’t tolerate friction. At the same time, outdated records, recycled numbers and rising fraud tactics – from SIM swaps to disposable virtual numbers – are eroding confidence in mobile identity itself.
The mobile world is fragmented, dynamic and messy. You can’t rely on static data or a single check to tell you who’s real. What you need is the vibe – a fast, heuristic sense of whether a number feels genuine, active and worth engaging.
That’s where SAFr Pulse comes in. By combining what the mobile operator knows with XConnect’s own network-level intelligence, it reads the signals others miss to create a live trust profile for every number.
Before you spend on verification, marketing or onboarding, SAFr Pulse quietly filters out the bots, the burn-through SIMs and the bad data – so you’re only talking to real people, not problems waiting to happen.
Trust XConnect to deliver accurate, real-time intelligence.
SAFr Pulse is built on direct operator connections and decades of experience in mobile identity, fraud prevention and authentication — giving every SAFr Pulse check the precision and reliability that enterprises need at scale.
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Fast real-time checks
SAFr Pulse runs on live operator-verified data, completing most checks in under a second. That means instant insight and zero disruption to your customer or onboarding flows.
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Heuristic trust logic
Our advanced heuristics analyse operator and proprietary signals to create a live ‘vibe’ of every number — a fast, intuitive trust score that reflects real-world activity, not static data.
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Mobile identity hardened
The SIM remains the most trusted root of digital identity — never hacked at scale, never spoofed successfully. SAFr Pulse uses this foundation to verify real users without friction, forms or guesswork.
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Global operator reach
With connections across more than twenty countries, SAFr Pulse delivers consistent, compliant results worldwide, powered by live, cross-network intelligence.
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Exclusive XConnect signals
Integrated access to Do Not Originate (DNO) and Artificially Inflated Traffic (AIT) datasets adds unique protection against fraud, spoofing and wasted communication costs.
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Proven telecom identity pedigree
XConnect brings over twenty years of network intelligence and fraud-prevention expertise, processing billions of checks globally for enterprises, banks and regulators.
Ready to implement?
Integration is fast, lightweight and proven. SAFr Pulse is API-ready and deploys in days, not months – with XConnect guiding every step from discovery to live rollout.
Whether you’re testing in one market or scaling globally, the setup is seamless and impact immediate.
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Identify onboarding, marketing or authentication journeys where number trust matters most.
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Integrate the SAFr Pulse API into your existing risk, ID&V or CRM systems.
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Test and calibrate thresholds to align with your trust and tolerance levels.
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Launch a live pilot with one operator or partner region.
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Scale confidently across all channels and customer journeys.
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Optionally combine with SIM Swap Check, Call Forward Check and APP Fraud Check for complete, network-level assurance.
How can I try SAFr Pulse?
Very easily. We can give you a sandbox environment to see SAFr Pulse in action and test how it performs with your data.
Our customer, partner and delivery teams are experts in mobile identity, onboarding and fraud prevention – guiding you through setup, POC and live deployment. You’ll know exactly what the service can do, how it integrates, and what it can save before you switch on.
There’s nothing to lose and everything to gain – cleaner data, safer onboarding and a better customer experience from the very first interaction.
Ready to take the pulse of your customer data?
