Category Archives: United Kingdom

Experian Reports 10% Revenue Growth for Full year 2012/13 (constant exchange rates)

Experian reported strong Full Year 2013 (Fiscal 2013 ending March 31st 2013) performance; considerable strategic progress with our global growth program gaining momentum and delivering strong results.  Notable performances from North America and Latin America, particularly in Credit Services, and … Continue reading

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LexisNexis Legal & Professional UK Lauches SmartWatch

LexisNexis Launches Game-Changing Risk Monitoring Tool for Supply Management Professionals LexisNexis® Legal & Professional (http://www.lexisnexis.com), announced the UK launch of LexisNexis® SmartWatch.   Drawing upon the vast LexisNexis collection of global news content and proprietary risk event tagging, LexisNexis SmartWatch … Continue reading

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Authentication: Eliminating Fictitious Identities

The key message from FICO Bankinganalyticsblog was that one should not believe everything that one sees online.  Organizations need to do more to improve their on-boarding or customer authentication protocols to prevent fictitious identities being booked.   While the fabrication of fictitious … Continue reading

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EU Late Payments Directive: Study Predicts Better Customer Payment Habits in UK

A new study by the United Kingdom-based subsidiary of Dun & Bradstreet suggests updates the European Union Late Payments Directive already are having an impact on payment behavior, at least in Britain. D&B’s statistics noted that British businesses borrowing on … Continue reading

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Commercial Fraud: Low Appetite for Whistleblowing

According to the latest staff fraud report from the UK’s Fraud Prevention Service, and specifically the Credit Industry Fraud Avoidance System (CIFAS), only 3% of insider or staff fraud attacks were uncovered in 2012 using the formal “whistle blowing” process, where a … Continue reading

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Acxiom Opts for Transparency

Acxiom is preparing to step out of the shadows of obscurity, according to an article published by the Financial Times.  With data brokers coming under Congressional and regulatory scrutiny Acxiom’s chief marketing and strategy officer Tim Suther feels the time … Continue reading

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UK Credit Information Market: Duedil Offers Credit Reports

Duedil, a new UK startup who raised eyebrows more than a year ago by offering free company profiles sourced from Companies House, has now joined the crowded market of commercial credit information in the UK.

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