Category Archives: TransUnion

Business Information: What Grows?

What Grows?  The Q1 earnings season is now behind us and there are some interesting contrasts!  … And the winners are:  S&P Indices, Credit Rating Agencies and Creditsafe! Equifax’s results were buoyed by an acquisition in the fourth quarter, otherwise the … Continue reading

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TransUnion Reveals a Third of Americans Have Not Checked Their Credit in a Year… or Ever

A recent Q4 2012 Zogby Analytics survey commissioned by TransUnion found that a third (33.9 percent) of all Americans surveyed said they had not checked their credit in the last year (21.7 percent) or never checked their credit (11.2 percent). … Continue reading

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VantageScore Unveils New Credit Score

VantageScore, FICO’s chief competitor, introduced a new credit score which captures up to 30 million more people that otherwise couldn’t be scored by conventional credit scores.

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Cyber Warfare: Hackers Compromised ‘Annualcreditreport.com’ Website

Hackers launched an attack on AnnualCreditReport.com and stole data of several prominent public figures.  The victims are First Lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney General Eric Holder, FBI Director Robert Mueller and potentially more public figures.

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Business Information: What Grows and What Does Not?

This is BIIA’s latest update on 2012 revenue growth based on the latest annual reports.  We have mapped the individual growth rates of major business information suppliers against Outsell’s growth estimates for 2012.   Outsell’s Credit & Financial Information segment grew … Continue reading

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TransUnion 2012 Q 4 Revenues Up 12.4% – Full Year 2012 Up 11.3%

Fourth Quarter 2012 Results The Company reported revenue of $284.4 million, an increase of 12.4% compared to the fourth quarter of 2011. Weakening foreign currencies accounted for a reduction in revenue of 0.4%. Acquisitions accounted for an increase in revenue … Continue reading

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