Tartan’s Product Update — February 2023
Hello there,
Welcome back to our February 2023 product update. This month, we’re introducing a foundational capability that strengthens how enterprises securely exchange employee data with external platforms—TartanNodes.
As organizations increasingly rely on HRMS and payroll systems as the source of truth, the need for a secure, scalable, and consent-driven data gateway has never been greater. TartanNodes is built to address exactly that.
Introducing TartanNodes
A single API to integrate with any HRMS
In data communication networks, a node refers to a point of connection where data flows intersect. TartanNodes brings this concept into the HR and payroll ecosystem—acting as a unified gateway between a company’s HRMS and the services that depend on employee data.
With TartanNodes, businesses can securely access and share employee data in bulk through a single API, regardless of the underlying HRMS or payroll system in use.
How TartanNodes works
TartanNodes connects directly to a company’s HRMS or payroll system through a secure, authenticated, and consented gateway.
Access is approved by HR administrators or CXOs
Data sharing is governed through explicit consent
Employee data is exchanged in a structured, reliable format
Updates flow in real time rather than periodic uploads
This ensures that vendors and service providers always operate on accurate, current information—without manual intervention.
What problems does TartanNodes solve?
TartanNodes is designed to eliminate friction across HR, finance, and vendor workflows by addressing key operational challenges:
Reduces HR effort
Saves time spent on manual data reconciliation and repeated file sharing.Enables bulk onboarding
Allows services and vendors to onboard employee data at scale through a single integration.Delivers real-time updates
Ensures vendors receive the latest employee data as it changes, not outdated snapshots.Two-way consent management
Supports consent at both the HR/admin level and the individual employee level.Secure data transfer
Protects sensitive employee information through controlled, authenticated data exchanges.Payroll-linked use cases
Enables scenarios such as EMI deductions at source during payroll processing.
Why it matters
As employee data becomes central to lending, benefits, insurance, and financial services, enterprises need infrastructure that is secure, consent-first, and scalable.
TartanNodes lays the foundation for:
Cleaner HR–vendor integrations
Faster onboarding of employee-facing services
Reduced operational risk
Stronger trust between employers, employees, and service providers
This release marks an important step in building interoperable, consent-driven infrastructure around HRMS and payroll systems. More enhancements are on the way as we continue expanding HRMS connectivity and employee data intelligence across platforms.
Staggered Webhook Response
Now you can get responses of priority data-points before receiving the final webhook thereby decreasing the TAT to fetching data-points by ~60% !
Get basic income and employment data-points in around 15-20 seconds which could be used to quickly prefill user data in onboarding journeys, feed to credit decision models or any other use cases while the rest of the data of the end user is being fetched.
Send bulk invites directly from the console seamlessly!
You can send bulk invites directly from the console in a seamless way. This method could be used to run a POC or use console as a product to do bulk income and employment verification
These are the following improvements:
Increased the allowed file size.
Inform lead in case certain rows have data in the incorrect format.
New screen to show status of bulk invite.
Improved features
Real time KYC response
Once you move into production, you can hit the KYC stack APIs in real time and get actual responses, instead of dummy data.
Information like PAN card, Adhaar OTP, Vehicle RC, Mobile verification, Electricity and CIN Advanced data points is covered.
Enable Select Payroll Journey - For all companies in coverage
With this feature improvement we are offering you Select Payroll option along with Upload Payslips allowing you to choose your payroll (In case of Payroll changed or wrongly mapped).
You can now see all companies in the coverage and select their company or payrolls accordingly.
Thanks for reading. Stay tuned for the latest updates.
At Tartan, we are building identity stack powered by alternate data and working round the clock to enable features like the above to help our customers towards automating the credit underwriting decisions.
If you’re interested to know how Tartan can boost your business, click here for more information.
Regards,
Hemanth Bhatia - Product Head
