Equifax

Equifax Inc. is one of the three largest consumer credit reporting agencies, along with Experian and TransUnion. Equifax collects and aggregates information on over 800 million individual consumers and more than 88 million businesses worldwide.

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Credit Bureaus Aim To Bulk Up Files For Borrowers With Little Credit History By Using Rent-Payment Data

Credit Bureaus Aim To Bulk Up Files For Borrowers With Little Credit History By Using Rent-Payment Data
Credit Bureaus Aim To Bulk Up Files For Borrowers With Little Credit History By Using...
March 06, 2020  |  Banking

Credit bureaus are aiming to thicken up the “thin” credit files of borrowers who have too little credit history to qualify for loans using the...

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Equifax Partners With CreditLadder On Rent Data Inclusion
Equifax Partners With CreditLadder On Rent Data Inclusion
March 05, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Credit reporting agency Equifax is partnering with U.K. rent reporting platform CreditLadder in a move to include rental payment data in Equifax credit assessments, IBS...

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Mastercard Card Clearing In China, Unattended Retail, Rapid Settlements Top This Week’s News
Mastercard Card Clearing In China, Unattended Retail, Rapid Settlements Top This Week’s News
February 14, 2020  |  News

It’s the end of the workweek, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and...

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Today In Payments: PBOC Patents Show China’s Push For Digital Money; Fiserv Intros Scan To Pay For Diners With Apple Pay
Today In Payments: PBOC Patents Show China’s Push For Digital Money; Fiserv Intros Scan To...
February 13, 2020  |  News

In today’s top payments news, the People’s Bank of China has filed more than 80 patents as it attempts to adopt a digital currency, and...

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Equifax Sees 33 Pct Growth In Verification Services Revenues
Equifax Sees 33 Pct Growth In Verification Services Revenues
February 13, 2020  |  Earnings

Equifax reported results that showed growth in key mortgage and verification segments even as it continued to reserve for costs related to the 2017 data...

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Today In Payments: Mastercard To Join China’s $27T Payments Market; Uber, Postmates Lose Bid To Halt Gig Worker Law
Today In Payments: Mastercard To Join China’s $27T Payments Market; Uber, Postmates Lose Bid To...
February 11, 2020  |  News

In today’s top payments news, Mastercard was approved for a bank card clearing business in China, and a judge rejected Uber and Postmates’ request to stop...

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Chinese Ties To Equifax Hack Signal Tough Questions On IP, Trade
Chinese Ties To Equifax Hack Signal Tough Questions On IP, Trade
February 10, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Not long ago, it seemed that Iran was the central cyberthreat to the U.S., at least in terms of immediacy. Get the Full Story Complete...

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DOJ Indicts Four Chinese Army Spies For Equifax Hack
DOJ Indicts Four Chinese Army Spies For Equifax Hack
February 10, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Federal prosecutors charged four Chinese intelligence officers on Monday (Feb. 10) with the 2017 cyberattack on credit reporting giant Equifax, which was one of the...

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Can Less Digital Security Actually Be More Secure?
Can Less Digital Security Actually Be More Secure?
August 08, 2019  |  Authentication

What was the color of the car you owned in 2005? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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