Creditinfo VoLo signs subscriber’s contracts for service delivery of the Credit Bureau in Togo
La base du crédit de confiance
PRESS RELEASE Lomé, Jun 28th 2016
For French version of Press Release, please click here
Under the aegis of the BCEAO National Directorate for Togo, and in the presence of Professional Associations of Banks and Financial Institutions (ABPEF) and microfinance institutions (APSFD) of Togo, was held this day, a ceremony for the signing contracts for the provision of services between on the one hand, the Credit Bureau (BIC) of the WAMU, Creditinfo VoLo , and, on the other hand, the 21 regulated institutions of Togo, including 13 banks, 2 financial institutions and 6 microfinance institutions (See list in the Annex below). Continue reading »
FCBK Telegram chatbot notifies you of any changes in your credit history
The First Credit Bureau Kazakhstan has launched the first chatbot for financial market on Telegram, a popular Internet messaging app. In addition to the standard features @FCBKbot users can get free and fast own Personal Credit Score, as well as notifications on any changes in their credit history statement. Continue reading »
A.Bogdanovičius becomes Chairman of the Board at consumer loan association
Andrius Bogdanovičius, CEO at Creditinfo Lithuania, was elected as Chairman of the Board at Lithuanian consumer leasing and credit association (LVLKA).
Kazakhstan launches first cloud services for its financial market
The press office of the First Credit Bureau is pleased to announce the launch of new cloud services for the Kazakhstan financial market – FCB Cloud – cloud-based decision-making solution. Now FCB clients have access to cloud services for decision-making automation, the key factor in credit-cycle, as well as to automation of the whole credit conveyor without recourse to major financial outlays and time-consuming IT-related integration processes.
PMA aims for better credit allocation with upgraded scoring system
After a number of year of cooperation, Creditinfo have developed a new version of the Scoring Model for PMA.
Read more in the article by Daniel Hinge, Author for CentralBanking.com below
5th World Credit Congress & Exhibition in Romania
Come along and meet the Creditinfo team at 5th World Credit Congress & Exhibition in Romania between June 8th and 10th. Creditinfo is a partner of the conference and we are also exhibiting at WCCE 2016 this year – if you are attending the event, we would love to see you there! If you’d like to make arrangements to meet up during the conference, please don’t hesitate to contact us or simply catch up with us at anytime throughout the conference. During the whole course of the conference and at the breaks, we will be located in our Creditinfo exhibition booth. You can meet us there and experience our credit risk management products.
Aurimas Kacinskas, CEO, Creditinfo Romania, is a panel member of the discussion on Comparative Credit Risk Best Practices on Thursday 9th June between 4.30pm – 5.30pm. Email: aurimas.kacinskas@creditinforomania.ro
Agata Szydlowska, Head of Financial Inclusion and CRB Awareness, Creditinfo Group, will be moderating the panel session Credit Risk Management Now Warrants a Seat “At the Table” on Friday 10th June at 11.30am – 12.30am. Email: agatas@creditinfo.com
CONTACT US
To find out more about Creditinfo, please visit creditinfo.com and for our local office in Bucharest, please see creditinfo.ro or contact us at info@creditinforomania.ro or call us on +40 31 437 09 63
Strategic steps in Africa: Compuscan Group invests in Creditinfo Group
A strategic partnership between Creditinfo and the largest independent credit bureau in Africa, Compuscan, will drive growth, accelerate innovation and assist organisations in making better informed credit risk management and business decisions in emerging markets. Backed by Actis, the pan-emerging markets investor, Compuscan has invested in a minority share of the international credit information and risk management solutions provider.
Meet our new Board Members
At a Board Meeting in May, we introduced our new Board Members. We decided that we wanted to have some very smart people join us, to strengthen decision making and to help guide the Group to the next level. People who will look from the outside in. We are pleased to welcome:
Nora Kerpolla, who is well known to the Creditinfo family, having been involved with us as a shareholder since 2010. She has had a successful career in private equity. Particularly, she has had success in relation to many information and technology companies. She was the Chairman of the Finnish Credit Bureau and in just a short period of time, she helped see the value of that company increase by more than 250%. Find Nora on LinkedIn.
Jakob Sigurdsson, has successfully managed strategic and operational turn-arounds and ran private and listed businesses with US$350 million to $1 billion in turnover. He has also been the Captain of the Icelandic National Handball team. Additionally, he played for the national Handball team in 3 different Olympics too – 1984 in LA, USA, 1988 in Seoul, Korea and also 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. Handball was the favourite sport of the country during these times (Iceland sucked at football in those days!). Find Jakob on LinkedIn.
Risk Challenge Micro 2016: Micromarkets. Macroscopes
The first specialized forum for microfinance organizations the Risk Challenge Micro 2016: Micromarkets. Macroscopes took place in Almaty on the May 15, 2016. The forum was organized by the First Credit Bureau with support of “Damu” Entrepreneurship Development Fund” JSC, National Chamber of Entrepreneurs “Atameken”, Akimat of Almaty, Kazakhstan Association of FinTech organizations (specialized association for Internet-lenders) and others partners.
Utilities ‘sign on’ to Share Data with Creditinfo Guyana Credit Bureau
All of the Guyana’s commercial banks, as well as some major state and non-state service entities, have now signed on as data providers to Creditinfo Guyana Credit Bureau, a development which has created an enabling environment in which larger numbers of persons can, potentially, secure hassle-free and in many instances, badly needed credit.
