Creditinfo working with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
On April 14th 2016, Creditinfo and vice-governor of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe signed a contract for the delivery of Creditinfo’s Credit Bureau Solution, CB5. Communication and negotiation took place over a number of months throughout 3 key tender applications. The CB5 system will be used by 18 banks, 120 MFIs and also 4 Public Credit Bureaus currently operating in Zimbabwe. The most challenging part of this contract is delivery time, with just 12 weeks from implementation to live launch. Radek Bittner (Sales), Tomáš Tichý (Business Consultant) and Michal Dostál (Project Manager) were the 3 man delegation who visited Harare for the finalisation of the contract agreement and who delivered the 1st project Workshop for customisation of system parameters.
Creditinfo Malta celebrates International Women's Day
In recognition of International Woman’s Day, and the important role women play in the day to day running of Creditinfo Malta, each female staff member was today presented with a rose, cake and wine.
Creditinfo Malta is proud that half of its workforce is female, as well as having three
female student interns on the team. Creditinfo Malta felt it was important to mark
this day with a small token of thanks to each.
Creditinfo Kenya and HELB partnership launch
Joint Press Release by HELB and CreditInfo CRB Kenya Ltd – Nairobi 4th February 2016
The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) together with the Creditinfo CRB Kenya Ltd (CIK) have launched strategic a partnership that aims to support HELB to make faster, better and more informed credit decisions, champion responsible lending, promote financial inclusion and facilitate expansion of credit to the education sector. The partnership will be a first of its kind in Kenya meaning that HELB can use credit scoring and other Creditinfo CRB systems and services to lend to mature students who may already be employed and who have credit profiles at the CRB. Continue reading »
Creditinfo Credit Bureau confidently accepted as a core business tool by Tanzanian Banks & MFIs
Creditinfo Tanzania, the leading credit bureau in Tanzania, recently conducted a survey amongst financial and non-financial institutions, aimed at finding out the level of understanding and acceptance of credit information sharing system. It proved to be highly successful with responses from over 130 professionals representing banking, microfinance, insurance, mobile, manufacturing amongst many other sectors of the economy.
Creditinfo analyst appears on Lithuanian business daily cover
Rasa Maskeliūniėnė, Head of Credit Risk division, appeared on the cover of Lithuanian business daily flagship „Verslo žinios“.
Rasa was picked to ilustrate an article called „Bankruptcies do not show crisis“. It focus on bankruptcies statistics which has growth trend in Lithuania. Rasa is quoted at the article saying that this statistics has little with real situation in business. According to Creditinfo, segment of companies with high credit scores is increasing. Also, number of companies with lowest credit scores is decreasing.
The article also mentions that bankruptcy is predictable using complex of information: credit history, financial information, business linkages and other data. It notes that Creditinfo scores are ranging from 1 to 10 where higher score indicates higher risk.
The benefits of monitoring and supervising your credit reports – Creditinfo Lithuania national tv coverage
Creditinfo Lithuania were interviewed on national TV News about the benefits which people receive by monitoring and supervising their credit reports. A number of representatives from Lithuanian banks were also involved. The TV reportage with English subtitles can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7eInf9IX8A&feature=youtu.be Continue reading »
The day when Lithuanian SME’s received their credit reports
Creditinfo Lithuania organized it’s first Open Door day – a special event for 70 thousand small and medium companies that received their own credit reports for free. The purpose of this initiative was to present companies data that is available on the credit bureau. Continue reading »
The Credit Reference Bureau in Mali (BIC) is now a reality
ARTICLE written by Youssouf Camara from L’INDEPENDANT n°826 on 10-Sept-15
English Translation
The Credit Reference Bureau in Mali (BIC) initiated by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) and whose law was passed three months ago in our country is now a reality. The contracts related to this project which aims at centralizing the information on clients and helping with decision-making while granting credits, were signed on Wednesday, September 9th 2015, in the BNDA conference room. The signing ceremony involved the Professional Association of Banks and Financial Institutions (APBEF) represented by its Vice President, Mr. Sekou Barry (DG BCIM Mali) and the BIC of WAMU area, Creditinfo VoLo, represented by its Director General, Mr. Adamou Sambaré. This ceremony was presided over by BCEAO National Director, Mr. Konzo Traoré and many leaders of the banking and financial sector from the 25 reporting institutions. Continue reading »
SALES, NEGOTIATION & CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT TRAINING
The Commercial Department of Creditinfo Solutions recently went on a special training on August 13 and 14, led by an experienced HR Consultant Eoin Hanley who has worked with PWC and Amazon. After the theory lessons, they continued with practical negotiation training. Of course in true CIS style, after the event, they also had some fun at Mácháč, which is a Czech summer lake destination, kind of a combination of Italian Bibione and Spanish Ibiza, partially beautiful and partially cheesy!
Here you can watch a cool video produced by Sasha (Alexader Novosolev) showing you highlights of the 2 days events. https://youtu.be/GuEdflWwmPA
You can also view the cool & some may say risqué flyer that Martin created for the event – click here
Creditinfo VoLo
Creditinfo VoLo continue to deliver training in West Africa. Here are the attendees at a recent event in Dakar, Senegal.
