Equifax

104 results about this entity

Period: 08 Feb 2005 - 19 Feb 2025

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FCA fines Equifax £11m for major consumer data breach

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Equifax over £11 million for failing to protect their customers from a data breach outsourced to its US parent company.

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Equifax completes acquisition of Boa Vista Serviços

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) has completed the acquisition of Boa Vista Serviços, the second largest credit bureau in Brazil.

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Equifax provides employment certainty to mortage lenders

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) is continuing its commitment to delivering the industry’s most comprehensive suite of mortgage verification solutions with the launch of Employment Select+, a new offering that supports lenders and consumers during the critical stages of the loan closing process.

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Equifax introduces credit score for small businesses

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) is helping open up more credit opportunities for small businesses with the launch of its OneScore for Commercial credit score.

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Equifax OneScore combines traditional credit history with utility bill payment data

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) continues to support financially inclusive lending with the launch of OneScore, a new consumer credit scoring model that combines the company's leadership in alternative data insights with the power of the Equifax Cloud to provide U.S. lenders and service providers with a more comprehensive financial picture of credit seeking consumers.

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Equifax adds utilities to US mortgage credit reports

Equifax is adding telco, pay TV and utility data to US mortgage credit reports in a move designed to support the home ownership opportunities of more Americans.

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Sage and Equifax combine to help UK employees take the pain out of life admin

Sage, a global payroll technology leader, today announced a partnership with Equifax that will automate financial and employment checks for UK workers when they apply for everything from loans and mortgages to new jobs.

/regulation

Big names back new Canadian fintech association

Mastercard, Square and Wise are among the members of a new not-for-profit group pushing for a "whole-of-government" approach to supporting Canada's fintech ecosystem.

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SEC charges three with insider trading connected to Equifax data breach

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged three people with illegally tipping and trading in the securities of Equifax in advance of the firm's announcement about a massive 2017 data breach.

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Trustfolio partners with Equifax to offer debt advisers instant access to bank transaction data

Trustfolio Ltd, the ‘debt-tech’ collective behind the Debt Adviser Support Portal and other digital tools for creditors and third parties designed to ‘enable better debt solutions’, has partnered with Equifax to launch a new feature powered by Open Banking.

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Equifax coding issue leads to inaccurate credit scores

Equifax says a "coding issue" is to blame for it providing inaccurate credit scores for millions of Americans.

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Paylink selects Equifax as Open Banking partner

Equifax, one of the UK’s big three credit reference agencies, is today unveiling a new partnership with fintech Paylink Solutions to automate its digital affordability solution using Open Banking data and APIs.