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August 10, 2022 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Chair of the House Committee on Financial Services, Maxine Waters, has sent a letter to Equifax demanding to know how they managed to distribute bogus credit scores. Representative Waters issued the following statement on the debacle: “I am alarmed at recent news reporting that for… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) is expanding its global footprint in digital identity and fraud prevention with “a definitive agreement to acquire Midigator LLC, a provider of post-transaction fraud mitigation solutions.” With the rise of global ecommerce sales, “expected to hit $5.5 trillion in 2022, transaction disputes… Read More

March 4, 2022 @ 8:37 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

While 90 per cent of Canadians believe fraud and identity theft are serious issues, Generation Z is more likely to say identity theft is not likely to happen to them (29 per cent versus 16 per cent of the general population) according to a recent… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 5:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last month, Equifax announced that it was incorporating buy now, pay later (BNPL) data in their credit files. Industry sibling Experien has already been adding at least some data to their files. BNPL has risen in popularity due to its growing accessibility and lower cost… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 6:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) has introduced a solution designed to help B2B transactions occur faster, “with a higher degree of certainty and at a lower cost.” The OnboardConnect solution brings together differentiated data sources and analytics that ‘Only Equifax’ can offer to “enable near real-time business… Read More

June 28, 2021 @ 1:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax UK revealed on Monday (June 28, 2021) that they have appointed Phil McGilvray to serve as the new Managing Director for the firm’s Debt Services business, which incorporates TDX Group and Indesser. An experienced commercial leader with a career of over 20 years focused… Read More

November 8, 2016 @ 9:16 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Equifax Canada (NYSE: EFX) has partnered with MaRS Discovery District, a Toronto-based innovation hub.  MaRS supports promising young ventures tackling key challenges in the health, cleantech, finance & commerce, and work & learning sectors. As a new corporate partner for MaRS’ FinTech Cluster, Equinox hopes to increase its participation… Read More