Category Archives: Member News

Creditreform Boniversum GmbH – Knowledge Creates Fair Play

CEG Creditreform Consumer GmbH (Neuss, Germany) has changed its name to Creditreform Boniversum GmbH.   The reason for this name change is to present a transparent, consumer friendly image and to present itself as a fair partner in all matters concerning … Continue reading

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Equifax Launches B2B Marketing Compass™,

Equifax Inc.(NYSE:EFX) announced the launch of Equifax B2B Marketing Compass™, a powerful end-to-end marketing analytics solution that enables organizations to optimize the performance of their business marketing and sales strategy by defining the ideal customer profile and identifying hidden market and … Continue reading

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Equifax UK Provides Full Access to Credit Report Services on Smart Phones

Consumers can now act quicker to ID fraud alerts and manage their finances on the move with unique access to Equifax Credit Report Services Equifax is to provide instant online access to consumer credit information, is leading the market in … Continue reading

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Sinotrust Held 2012 First Seminar of Beijing Auto Information Sodality

Sinotrust, a member of BIIA, continues to make substantial progress in building its vertical information segment by working effectively with important institutions and industry leaders. The “Beijing Auto Information Sodality—2012 First Seminar on Policies and Market” was held at Sinotrust. … Continue reading

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Outsell Report: China Market Size for Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishing is US$ 1.12 billion

Outsell has recently published a report on the Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishing industry (STM) in China.   Outsell estimates that the size of the overall STM market in China is $1.12 billion in revenues in 2011, slightly more than 5% … Continue reading

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D&B Launches Hoover’s Optimizer™

D&B Launches Hoover’s Optimizer™ Enabling Marketing Pros to Transform Customer and Prospect Data into Actionable Insight D&B (NYSE: DNB), has launched Hoover’s Optimizer, an add-on module for Hoover’s Online, designed to help small and medium-sized businesses cleanse and enrich their … Continue reading

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Panjiva: US Importers Express Desire to Shift Purchases to Other Asian Nations

A study released last month by BIIA member Panjiva, a company who advises 2,000 mostly American importers on how to locate overseas suppliers, found that slightly more than half of the importers interviewed had expressed a desire to increase purchases … Continue reading

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WAND Releases Oil and Gas Taxonomy

The Oil and Gas industry accounts for hundreds of billions of dollars every year in global economic activity. In an industry of this magnitude, sophisticated document management and workflows are crucial. WAND has developed and released a taxonomy specifically for … Continue reading

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D&B Enhances Portfolio Risk Manager™ for DNBi with Deeper Analytic Capabilities

Dun & Bradstreet has launched additional analytic functions to its Portfolio Risk Manager for DNBi.  With eight new reports and an improved user experience, customers using Portfolio Risk Manager can stay ahead of risk and capitalize on opportunity in a … Continue reading

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TransUnion Payment Hierarchy Study Finds Consumers Paying Auto Loans Before Credit Cards and Mortgages

Recent updates to a key TransUnion study found that in 2011 consumers were more likely to pay their auto loans before their credit cards and mortgages. This insight was gained through TransUnion’s Payment Hierarchy study update, which also found that … Continue reading

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TransUnion South Africa Launches on-the-move Vehicle Verification and Valuation Reports

Johannesburg, 3 Apr. 2012 – TransUnion Auto Information Solutions has launched a mobile application that provides subscribing car dealers with an instant, anywhere, anytime report containing almost everything they need to know to make an informed buying or selling decision … Continue reading

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Australian Risk Climate: Retail Concern Grows

Concerns over staffing costs and online competition dampen retail outlook Nearly one in three (30%) retail executives said wages growth would have the biggest impact on profit in the coming months, up more than 10 points from 19 per cent … Continue reading

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Australian Credit Climate: Pitfalls and Red Flags of Bad Credit Management

Recent news reports have shown a long list of companies entering external administration and having issues with bad debt.  The increasing number of organisations finding themselves in trouble indicates a greater need for companies to pay closer attention to credit … Continue reading

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TransUnion and Valen Announce PropertyRight(TM)

TransUnion and Valen Technologies introduced to the insurance market PropertyRight, a predictive analytics product that allows homeowners insurance carriers to more accurately identify homes with the highest likelihood of insurance-to-value (ITV) problems or condition and liability hazards.  The PropertyRight predictive … Continue reading

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D&B Analysis: German Payment Behaviour Decreases Slightly in February

The payment index of German companies has declined slightly in February for the first time since summer 2011.  Although it is still on a very high level.  D&B Germany payment index declined to 87.79, down from 87.83 in January. Given this … Continue reading

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2012 CRIF Lending Solutions Forum

September 30 – October 3, 2012 in Colorado Springs. In 2012, the Forum is heading west to Colorado Springs and building on its first-year success with compelling keynote addresses, entertaining evening events, great networking opportunities, and informative and engaging sessions … Continue reading

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Sinotrust Receives a High Appraisal for “The Social Satisfaction Assessment Project of Shenzhen Maritime Safety Administration”

At the “Shenzhen Maritime Safety Administration Working Conference 2012”, Sinotrust presented the research results of the “Shenzhen Maritime Safety Administration Satisfaction Assessment 2011”. Sinotrust carried out research oriented to the society and targets on such service channels as the Government … Continue reading

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Equifax Partners With Avista Solutions on LQI Offering

Equifax has announced a direct integration of its Undisclosed Debt Monitoring solution, now allowing Avista Solutions’ customers access to the Loan Quality Initiative (LQI) solution for identifying undisclosed debts during the mortgage origination process—directly from their Avista Agile LOS. Undisclosed … Continue reading

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BIIA Welcomes Teikoku Databank America (TDA) as a new Member

Teikoku Databank America, Inc. is one of the leading sources of Japanese business intelligence.  TDA began operating in 1992 in New York as a wholly owned subsidiary of Teikoku Databank, to provide various Teikoku Databank services to countries in the … Continue reading

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