Creditinfo and PRIDE Tanzania partner to promote responsible lending
Creditinfo Tanzania Limited and Promotion of Rural Initiatives and Development Enterprises Limited (PRIDE Tanzania) today announced concluding a strategic partnership. The partnership aims to support PRIDE Tanzania to make better informed credit decisions, improve overall business performance and pursue joint ambition of promoting responsible lending and financial inclusion. Continue reading »
Creditinfo and NMB partner to promote responsible lending and improve financial inclusion
Dar es Salaam Thursday 7th May 2015
JOINT PRESS RELEASE
Creditinfo Tanzania (CIT) and NMB today announced concluding a strategic partnership. This landmark partnership aims to support NMB to make better and informed credit decisions, champion responsible lending, promote financial inclusion and facilitate economic growth. The partnership will be a first of its kind in Tanzania and will mean the automated integration of NMB’s credit scoring and Creditinfo credit bureau systems. Continue reading »
We are the real deal!
We are the real deal!
Some months ago, we applied for an European Union Community Trade Mark (EU CTM) and we got it! This is a lengthy and costly process to ensure we have protection so that no one else can use our name or logo in a similar industry. We are covered under 6 classes – Financial affairs & insurance, for all printed materials and advertising, plus receiving, collecting and/or supplying and/or forwarding of messages and data, in Education (Creditinfo Academy training) and finally for research, design and development of computer hardware & software (CBS5).
CBE team in Senegal – BCEAO update
CBE team in Senegal – BCEAO update
Our Credit Bureau Expansion (CBE) team visited our colleagues in Senegal at Creditinfo VoLo this month to continue the work being carried out to get the 8 BCEAO countries online by June 2015.
Not all of the BCEAO already have this legislation in place in order to take the Credit Bureau forward. As you may have noted, new legislation has recently been implemented in countries such as Mali http://malijet.com/actualite-politique-au-mali/conseil_des_ministres_du_mali/127984-compte-rendu-du-conseil-des-ministres-du-22-avril-2015.html where Creditinfo VoLo have been influential in making this happen.
Creditinfo invited by PT PEFINDO Credit Bureau to talk with APPI
This month Creditinfo were invited back to Jakarta, Indonesia to meet again with PT PEFINDO Credit Bureau. This time it was in relation to a half day event and meetings held by Pefindo to promote and explain the new Pefindo Biro Kredit to non bank entities, known locally as multi-finance organisations (MFOs). The event was held in collaboration with the Asosiasi Perusahaan Pembiayaan Indonesia (APPI), which is the Multi Finance Association in Indonesia. The theme was “The role of the APPI and PEFINDO Credit Bureau in the success of healthier and competitive industry financing”.
Paul Randall and the team at CIS delivered an hour long presentation on the features and benefits of CBS5 as part of the half day programme and also met with APPI members from the MFOs.
Soviet Forex
The value of the Russian ruble has stabilized in the last three months, but it could be giving people a false sense of calmness. Those who do business in any of the former Soviet republics should be aware that many of those currencies are continuing to lose their purchasing power. Continue reading »
Finnfund and Creditinfo jointly promote economic and social development in developing countries
Finnfund, a development finance company owned by the Finnish state, has provided Creditinfo, an international provider of credit information and risk management solutions, with long-term credit financing of 2.4 million euros to promote financial inclusion and boost economic growth in East Africa. Continue reading »
Creditinfo Georgia: A decade of great teamwork, entrepreneurship and vision
Creditinfo Georgia, the only active Credit Bureau in Georgia, was established in February 2005 and is now celebrating 10 years of successful business growth. A celebration for more than 100 customers, shareholders and partners was held at the Rustaveli Theatre in Tbilisi, Georgia. Continue reading »
"Strongest in Iceland" in its 5th year!
Creditinfo Iceland held the “Strongest in Iceland” event on February 4. This was the fifth successful year of Strongest in Iceland. The day started off with a conference for approx. 130 key customers in Iceland, including two international speakers and three Icelandic speakers discussing the benefits of good data in business decisions, more specifically to score customers.
Afterwards, the venue held at the Harpa concert hall was transformed into an awards ceremony party, where 600 people from Iceland’s strongest companies celebrated.
Milestone moment for Guyana
Credit Report for Risk Management Used for the First Time in Guyana
Financial history was created on January 21st, 2015 as the Institute of Private Enterprise Development Ltd (IPED) became the first lending institution in Guyana to use credit data on a prospective borrower to support their risk management mechanisms and to aid the decision making process for credit applications. Continue reading »
