Did you have an offer letter at that point? Usually verification happens as a final step. My past pay has no bearing on what price I agree to do future work for

Did you have an offer letter at that point? Usually verification happens as a final step. My past pay has no bearing on what price I agree to do future work for. If a company absolutely insists I inform them I'm happy to provide this as a final form of verification once we've agreed to move forward and agreed on comp.