Helping Canadian businesses enter new territory
February 04 2020 - 6:00AM
Equifax Canada® and Creditsafe, a global business intelligence
leader, today announced a new partnership to improve opportunities
for Canadian businesses to leverage world class data to make
informed business decisions. With this partnership, Equifax Canada
customers will be able to access Creditsafe’s global coverage of
business data, while Creditsafe will be able to provide immediate
value to risk and credit professionals throughout Canada by taking
an active role in servicing small and mid-markets.
“We’re offering our clients an opportunity to be
more competitive on the global stage through our alliance with
Creditsafe,” said Carrie Russell, President and General Manager of
Equifax Canada. “Borders aren’t barriers. Whether you are signing a
contract with a new business partner, providing funding to a
business with international ownership, or evaluating a
new-to-Canada customer and considering their prior term debt
behaviour, you’ll now have insight into who you’re doing business
with.”
Creditsafe has access to credit information on over
330 million businesses across the globe and services companies of
all sizes and industries. Their credit reports are known for being
intuitive enough that most decisions can be made with just a glance
while comprehensive enough that their hundreds of thousands of
customers worldwide can have confidence in the decisions they’re
making based on Creditsafe data.
“Creditsafe’s value has already transformed the
markets in Europe, the United States and Asia and we anticipate
that entering the Canadian market by partnering with Equifax will
allow us to hit the ground running, and help credit professionals
make more informed decisions from day one,” said Cato Syversen, CEO
of Creditsafe. “Known for being agile and innovative, Canadian
businesses have a great reputation globally and we cannot wait to
help these companies to not only reach new markets, but also their
full potential.”
Creditsafe’s global database is one of the most
comprehensive and rapidly expanding in the industry being updated
over a million times a day with information gathered from thousands
of sources. With 23 offices across 14 countries, Creditsafe can
offer instant access company credit reports in over 160 countries
throughout the world.
About The Creditsafe GroupThe
Creditsafe Group is the world’s most used supplier of company
credit reports. Privately owned and independently minded,
Creditsafe is looking to change the way business information is
used by providing high-quality data in an easy to use format that
everyone in an organization can benefit from.
Founded in Norway in 1997, Creditsafe has offices
in countries all over the world including the UK, Germany, France,
Sweden, Ireland, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Japan and the
United States. Globally, The Creditsafe Group employs approximately
1,300 people and has more than 100,000 subscription customers. In
2013, The Creditsafe Group opened offices in the US under the name
Creditsafe USA, Inc. Its U.S. operations are headquartered in
Allentown, PA with nearly 10,000 companies in the U.S. subscribing
to its services, ranging from small businesses to large, global
companies like Staples, Ryder, and Nestle.
Creditsafe’s global database is one of the most
rapidly expanding in the industry and also one of the most
comprehensive. Each day over 500,000 users around the world
leverage the company's database to gather strategic, insightful
business information. Creditsafe's database is updated over a
million times a day with information gathered from thousands of
sources. In 99.9% of the cases, reports requested by customers are
delivered instantly. Over 40 percent of Creditsafe’s customers
leverage the company’s internationally reporting capabilities. For
more information about Creditsafe, please visit
www.creditsafe.com.
About Equifax Inc.Equifax is a
global information solutions company that uses unique data,
innovative analytics, technology and industry expertise to power
organizations and individuals around the world by transforming
knowledge into insights that help make more informed business and
personal decisions. Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., Equifax operates
or has investments in 24 countries in North America, Central and
South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. It is a member
of Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500® Index, and its common stock
is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol
EFX. Equifax employs approximately 11,000 employees worldwide. For
more information on our Canadian affiliate, visit Equifax.ca and
follow the company’s news on Twitter and LinkedIn.
The information in this press release is published
by Equifax Canada Co. © 2019 All rights reserved. This press
release is for informational purposes only and is not legal advice
and should not be used, or interpreted, as legal advice. The
information is provided as is without any representation, warranty
or guarantee of any kind, whether express or implied. Equifax will
not under any circumstances be liable to you or to any other person
for any loss or damage arising from, connected with, or relating to
the use of this information by you or any other person. Users of
this informational publication should consult with their own lawyer
for legal advice.
Contact:
Andrew FindlaterSELECT Public Relationsafindlater@selectpr.ca(416)
659-1197 |
Tom CarrollMedia RelationsEquifax
CanadaMediaRelationsCanada@equifax.com (416) 227-5290 |
|
Dustin LutherChief Marketing OfficerCreditsafe
USADustin.Luther@creditsafe.com(855) 551-6903 |
|
|
|
|
|
Equifax (NYSE:EFX)
Historical Stock Chart
From Aug 2024 to Sep 2024
Equifax (NYSE:EFX)
Historical Stock Chart
From Sep 2023 to Sep 2024