# Consumers

Argyle empowers you to securely connect your payroll and employer accounts with the service providers you choose.

## Who is Argyle

### Argyle simplifies your verification experiences
Whether you’re buying your first home or applying for government benefits, Argyle helps you easily share your income and employment data directly with lenders, government programs, property managers, and other service providers—so you can quickly advance your application.

### Faster applications
Argyle automates data sharing, so you never have to track down a paystub or fill out endless forms to verify your income and employment.

### Ongoing connections
Log in to your payroll account, and instantly share data with the service providers you authorize, so they won’t need to contact you for updates.

### Continuous control
You decide which accounts you share, which service providers you share them with, and for how long—and you can withdraw access at any time.

### Secure data sharing
Argyle complies with the highest privacy and security standards, and we undergo regular, rigorous audits to ensure your data is safe.

## Why Argyle

### Faster, safer, and easier verifications with Argyle
You do enough to earn your income. You shouldn’t have to jump through hoops to prove it.

Argyle serves as a trusted intermediary, helping you seamlessly share the income and employment data you’d be providing anyway.

## How it works

### Connecting your employer or payroll provider is fast and easy

- ① Select your employer or payroll provider from Argyle’s comprehensive network. (If your service provider already has this information, you skip this step!)

- ② Log in to your employer or payroll account using your existing username and password.

- ③ Argyle’s secure technology takes over, retrieving your data in a matter of seconds.

## What sets Argyle apart

### We’re modernizing verifications—and we’re doing it with your permission
Each year, hundreds of thousands of service providers verify the income and employment of tens of millions of consumers.

The problem is the current methods are inefficient, and they get in the way of consumers’ and service providers’ goals. We know we can do better.

### The old way

- **Verifications by hand**  
Say goodbye to slow, expensive process that requires consumers like you to track down and submit specific documents like paystubs and W-2s.

- **Purchased data from databases**  
Providers can move away from outdated data bought and sold with your awareness from credit bureau-based databases.

### The Argyle way

- **Direct payroll connections**  
With your clear consent, providers can connect directly to your payroll provider or employer and retrieve the verification data they need in minutes.

- **Data you choose to share**  
Your income and employment data belongs to you—and you decide who can access it, when, and for what purpose.

## Your data, your control

### Your data stays yours—shared only with your permission

**Your income data rightfully belongs to you**
At Argyle, we believe in consumer-permissioned data sharing. That means we only access your data with your fully informed consent, and we never sell it to anyone. 
What’s more, we charge your service provider—never you—to connect your accounts, so your interactions with Argyle don’t come with any cost.

**It’s easy to opt out**
You can stop sharing your income and employment data at any time (or contact our team, and we’ll do it for you).

- Step 1  
Return to the same Argyle connection flow you used before through your service provider.
- Step 2  
Click on your linked account(s).
- Step 3  
Adjust or remove the connection.

You can also delete your data by submitting this form:  
[Delete data request form](https://www.argyle.com/delete-data-request)

## FAQ

### Answers to your frequently asked questions
- What is Argyle?  
- What types of verifications does Argyle provide?  
- How does Argyle work?  
- What is Argyle Passport