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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Lawmakers: Equifax Breach ‘Entirely Preventable’
Lawmakers: Equifax Breach ‘Entirely Preventable’
December 10, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

A report by the House Oversight Committee has found that Equifax’s massive data breach could have been easily prevented if its security practices and policies...

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Marriott Breach: Why The Worst May Be Yet To Come
Marriott Breach: Why The Worst May Be Yet To Come
December 04, 2018  |  Fraud Prevention

Let’s try this a different way, if only to make a vital point with insincerity. We must give credit to the criminals who engineered the...

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Equifax Joins Rivals To Offer SMB Credit Scores On Nav
Equifax Joins Rivals To Offer SMB Credit Scores On Nav
November 02, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Credit scoring and data company Equifax has joined its top-two rivals on the Nav platform to offer small business (SMB) credit scores. In a press...

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Equifax Offers Free Credit Monitoring — Via Rival Experian
Equifax Offers Free Credit Monitoring — Via Rival Experian
November 02, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax has extended its free credit monitoring to all Americans affected by last year’s massive data breach, but this time, it’s using a service offered...

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Equifax Shares Skid On Mortgage Slowdown, Breach Costs Mount
Equifax Shares Skid On Mortgage Slowdown, Breach Costs Mount
October 25, 2018  |  Earnings

The headlines may have focused on the 14.7 percent drop in Equifax’s stock, on missed top and bottom lines vs. expectations and guidance. But beyond...

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BA To Reveal Fine Print On GDPR Fines?
BA To Reveal Fine Print On GDPR Fines?
September 24, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Breaches. GDPR. BA: Amid the acronyms lies the fine print – or the final print on the fines? In the wake of the news earlier this month...

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D&B Links AR Data To Business Credit Reports
D&B Links AR Data To Business Credit Reports
September 17, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Business Credit Reports (BCR) announced it has added Dun & Bradstreet‘s Payment Performance Insights to its business credit solution. BCR is the largest independent provider...

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Ant Financial Denies Stealing Equifax IP
Ant Financial Denies Stealing Equifax IP
September 13, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Ant Financial, the payment affiliate of Alibaba, pushed back on a Wall Street Journal report that alleged the company used Equifax intellectual property to create its...

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Pre-Data Breach, Equifax Suspected China Of Spying
Pre-Data Breach, Equifax Suspected China Of Spying
September 13, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Before it was the victim of a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of 143 million customers, Equifax was worried that sensitive data had...

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