Dear Members,

The BIIA Newsletter July II – 2018 Issue is posted on this website.  To download the document, please click on the link: BIIA Newsletter July II – 2018 Issue Final

Perhaps by now you have noticed our new website.  The results are encouraging as the visitor count has gone up substantially.  We are also in the midst of the Q2 2018 earnings report season.  A number of industry members have already published their results.  TransUnion is in the lead with a 19% revenue growth.  Moody’s followed with a strong 17% growth due to the results of the Bureau von Dijk acquisition.  It shows that those companies with resources and a bold acquisition strategy are the winners.  Analytics is still the name of the game.

Late Breaking News:

  •  Welcome to the BIIA’s New Website
  • Major Industry Player’s Revenue Growth Second Quarter 2018
  • Forrester Acquires FeedbackNow and Glimpzit
  • Forrester Q2 2018 Revenue Up 7%
  • UK CEOs Believe Cyber Attacks are Inevitable
  • Experian’s DP Information Network Tasked to Operate Credit Bureau in Singapore

Member News:

  • Cerved Half-Year Revenue Up 12.3%, Net Income Up 11.8%
  • CIBI:  Benefits of Financial Benchmarking
  • Callcredit becomes TransUnion as Brand Integration Begins
  • TransUnion Q2 2018 Revenue Up 19%
  • Equifax Q2 2018 Revenue Up 2%

Industry News:

  • Moody’s Q2 2018 Revenue Up 17%
  • S&P Global and Kensho Technologies Launch Kensho Labs
  • S&P Global Q2 2018 Revenues Up 7%
  • Is GDPR Good For SME Data?

News From India:

  • Data Protection in India:  Justice Srikrishna Submits Data Protection Report

Credit Bureau News:

  • Experian India Fraud Report:  Consumers Experience Online Fraud
  • India:  CIBIL Credit Score available free online on WhatsApp
  • TransUnion Sued over Putting Payday Loans on Credit Reports
  • Equifax Acquires DataX to Expand Credit Access for Consumers

We thank our members for their support.

The BIIA editorial team will be off during the month of August.  We will be back in September.
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Best regards
Joachim C Bartels
Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief