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.

(source: equifax.com)

Rep. Waters: Hold Equifax, Leadership Accountable for Erroneous Credit Scores
Rep. Waters: Hold Equifax, Leadership Accountable for Erroneous Credit Scores
August 10, 2022  |  Regulation

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has said credit reporting firm Equifax and its leaders should be held accountable for selling erroneous credit scores to lenders, and...

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Report: Equifax Glitch Sent Millions of Wrong Credit Scores to Lenders, Impacted Loan Rates
Report: Equifax Glitch Sent Millions of Wrong Credit Scores to Lenders, Impacted Loan Rates
August 02, 2022  |  Loans

Equifax provided inaccurate credit scores for millions of Americans seeking loans over a three-week period in the spring, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday...

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Shift in Spending Doesn’t Mean Shift in Fraud
Shift in Spending Doesn’t Mean Shift in Fraud
July 19, 2022  |  Opinion

As consumers dine out and go to events less, Jared Kernodle, chief revenue officer at Kount, an Equifax company, predicts in the PYMNTS eBook “Baseline 2022:...

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Subprime Loan Delinquencies Signal Trouble for Paycheck-to-Paycheck Economy
Subprime Loan Delinquencies Signal Trouble for Paycheck-to-Paycheck Economy
May 19, 2022  |  Economy

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. The signals smoldering from subprime loan delinquencies that the paycheck-to-paycheck economy is in trouble. Data from credit reporting giant Equifax,...

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Equifax, Fiserv Team Up to Offer ‘Real-Time Data Insights’ for Business, FIs
Equifax, Fiserv Team Up to Offer ‘Real-Time Data Insights’ for Business, FIs
April 20, 2022  |  Partnerships

Global data, analytics and technology platform Equifax and payments and financial services tech solutions provider Fiserv have teamed up to roll out a new package...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Equifax Partners With Vehicle Subscription Service Autonomy
Today in the Connected Economy: Equifax Partners With Vehicle Subscription Service Autonomy
March 11, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, vehicle subscription service Autonomy partners with Equifax to use the credit bureau’s technology to let customers subscribe using their smartphones....

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Vehicle Subscription Firm Autonomy Teams Up With Equifax
Vehicle Subscription Firm Autonomy Teams Up With Equifax
March 11, 2022  |  Partnerships

Digital vehicle subscription service Autonomy has launched a partnership with Equifax to use the credit bureau’s InstaTouch identity and authentication tool, allowing customers to subscribe...

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Equifax Finalizes Breach Settlement, to Start Fulfilling Claims
Equifax Finalizes Breach Settlement, to Start Fulfilling Claims
February 06, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax has reached a settlement over its data breach, according to an update put out by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The settlement was finalized...

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Merging Physical Data With Digital Identity Offers More Realistic View of Consumers, Businesses
Merging Physical Data With Digital Identity Offers More Realistic View of Consumers, Businesses
February 03, 2022  |  Identity

A year ago, with the pandemic in full swing and many stores and businesses shuttered or operating under restrictions, digital commerce was pretty much the...

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