Experian Plc

Description

Founded in 1996, Experian Plc is an Ireland-based global information service company that offers business-to-business data, consumer and decision services. It unlocks the possibilities that data holds and support businesses and people realize the opportunities held within, by gathering, analyzing, combining and transforming data into information to help them to take control and achieve their personal goals or to better understand and meet the needs of their customers, by deploying advanced technologies and analytics. The company operates across 44 countries in North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, UK and Ireland. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange as LON: EXPN and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

The US, UK and Brazil are the company’s largest and longest established markets. The company operates through two business segments that include Business-to-business and Consumer Services. The Business-to Business segment supports businesses and organizations to expand their business and engage with their customers by helping them in managing customers accounts, manage credit risk, lend effectively, and minimize the risk of fraud; enhance their customer’s experience with them; better understand and communicate with customers; help in better decision making; unlocking the power of data and better understand their markets and allocate resources.

The Consume Services segment helps people to understand and take control of their credit to achieve their goals and to help them to secure from fraud and identify theft. it helps people and families to easily access financial services, know that their data is correct, understand and improve their financial position, protect against identity theft and fraud, and lead more about credit. The company online recovery portal makes it easy for customers to see all their own past-due debt in one place and negotiate more achievable plans with lenders.