The Creditinfo Chronicle
As soon on tv!
Creditinfo Kenya’s, CEO, Daniel Kanyi made his first tv debut this month. He was invited to partake in not one but two interviews on national television. The first one was in English (see link below) and was LIVE. Talk about a baptism of fire! The second one was done in a vernacular language (Kikuyu), this tv station has substantial viewership especially outside the city of Nairobi.
This is great promotion and advertising for Crediitnfo that reaches the masses and it was FREE! Nicely done, Daniel!
Improving your Credit Risk Management in Kenya
Creditinfo Kenya in association with Creditinfo Academy and Creditinfo Solutions are holding a 2 day workshop 16-17 Feb ’16.
Five of their top international trainers will deliver this informative & interesting course at Southern Sun Mayfair Nairobi Hotel, Kenya.
Book before the 29th January 2016 to benefit from a 10% discount.
Download the brochure here: http://www.creditinfo.co.ke/library/Files/CI_Training_Kenya_web.pdf
or got to www.creditinfo.co.ke for more info and to register .
Creditinfo CRB Kenya launching its risk management products and services
Creditinfo CRB Kenya Ltd. is a credit reference bureau licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya. Recently, the company has launched its risk management products and services into the market. You can read more in the article by Stellar Murumba following this link.
Creditinfo acquire Credit Bureau in Estonia from Experian
Creditinfo are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a credit bureau operation in Estonia from Experian, Krediidiinfo. Krediidiinfo has been operating since 1993 and is engaged in corporate economic and financial data collection, processing and analysis. Hosting Estonia’s largest corporate and private database, Krediidiinfo currently has more than 16,000 companies, both domestically and abroad, utilising their credit reporting services.
Safety First – at home and abroad
A few words from Van Reynders,
Country Manager, Creditinfo Tanzania
I was asked to say a few words about an incident which happened to me recently in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Continue reading »
Players of the Month – December 2015
THE CREDITINFO FAMILY
This month, we’d like to have the CREDITINFO FAMILY as the Players of the Month. Every month, we select an individual or a team of people who embody the Creditinfo values and who have shown exemplary achievement, contribution, and performance in their jobs and other related duties even beyond their own job roles and office. Continue reading »
On Track in Iraq
The Project team of Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) visited Creditinfo Solutions in Prague this month for 5 days for User Acceptance Tests and System training. There were ten people from different departments of CBI, led by Mr. Amir Shaher, Head of the Project and IT Director.
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Creditinfo Academy webinar BENCHMARKING by Alexandra Aproiants
Our colleague Alexandra Aproiants from Creditinfo Solutions, Prague was recently presenting the Benchmarking solution. Benchmarking reports focus on showing trends over time that enable credit grantors to make objective strategic decisions and to fully understand the impact on the business and customer portfolio of any changes in trends, which can help to better drive credit risk, product growth and marketing strategies. In addition, the effectiveness of past strategies can be assessed highlighting any differences from industry norms and any influencing factors.
Improving Credit Risk Management in Tanzania
Creditinfo Tanzania, in cooperation with the Creditinfo Academy, recently delivered a 2 day training course in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania entitled “Improving your Credit Risk Management through the Incorporation of Credit Bureau Solutions.”
Public and private sector credit growth and contribution in the GCC – Focusing on Qatar, KSA, UAE and Oman
Eugene McQuaid is Senior Economist for Saudi Arabia Government Investment Authority (IDI) and on Thursday 17th December 2015, he will be hosting a webinar for Creditinfo. To access it, go to the Webex meeting room. Learn more by following this link.
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.
It's time to ‘Like’ Social Scoring
Did you know, that approximately 75% of world population has thin credit profile or no credit history at all?
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