Dear Members,

The BIIA Newsletter September II – 2017 Issue is posted on the website.  To download the document please click on this link:  BIIA Newsletter September II – 2017 Issue Final

Late Breaking News:

  • The Equifax Data Breach: Drop in Share Price – Changes in Management
  • The “Amazon Effect”: Will the Death of US Retail be the Next Big Short?

Member News:

  • WAND Introduces Wholesale Taxonomy
  • FICO Patent Filing Hints at Plans for Bitcoin Exchange Monitoring
  • Equifax Unveils Data-driven Marketing Capabilities to Help Brands Drive Maximum Customer Value
  • Equifax in Collaboration with WestLake Financial Services for the Use of Equifax TradeSight®
  • TruNarrative Continues Commitment to Asian Region with Hong Kong Office
  • CRIF Acquires PT Visi Globalindo Data Utama in Indonesia
  • Creditinfo Announces Newly Integrated Identity Management System Technology at Creditinfo Global Forum

Industry News:

  • Techfirm Criteo to Launch Data Cooperative to Help Retailers Take on Amazon
  • Google Cloud Acquires Cloud Identity Management Company Bitium
  • Asian Fintech and Digitization Still not Significantly Impacting Trade Finance Gap
  • LexisNexis Risk Solutions Drives Global Expansion with Multi-language Telematics Capability

Consumer Credit Information:

  • CoreLogic Expands Property Underwriting Offering with Myriad Platform
  • Dubai Based Qarar Partners with HBL to Advance its Retail Analytics Program

People on the Move:

Richard F. Smith, Chairman and CEO of Equifax Retires

BIIA 2017 Biennial Conference:

The registration for the BIIA 2017 Biennial Conference will close by Wednesday October 04, 2017.  By that time we will have reached the maximum room capacity.  We thank our sponsors for their great support.  Who will be speaking?  Who will be attending?  Please click on this link.

Best regards
Joachim C Bartels
Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief