NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Sterling (NASDAQ: STER), a leading provider of background and identity solutions, is partnering with digital identity company Yoti, to streamline background checks and expand their digital identity solutions. This collaboration brings together Sterling’s more than 45 years of expertise in background screening with Yoti’s innovative identity verification technology. The global partnership will expand Sterling’s digital identity capabilities in EMEA and APAC, and accelerate its vision to create privacy-centric portable identities for candidates. The Sterling – Yoti partnership will enable an exclusive digital identity verification workflow to be integrated directly into the hiring process, allowing employers to take an identity-first approach, where a candidate’s identity is verified before completing other background checks, and before actually being hired. This strengthens pre-employment checks, reduces or eliminates the need to use physical documents, and creates a simplified hiring and onboarding experience for both employer and candidate. Furthermore, candidates