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CRIF is a global company specializing in the development and management of credit reporting, business information and decision support systems.
CRIF’s mission is to support financial institutions, service providers, businesses and consumers with its complete range of solutions so that they can easily make informed decisions. The company supports banks and financial institutions, insurance companies, utilities and businesses in every phase of the customer relationship cycle - from strategic planning, to fraud prevention, to acquisition and portfolio management, and debt collection.
CRIF is currently the leading group in continental Europe in the field of banking credit information and one of the main operators on an international level concerning integrated services for business & commercial information and for credit & marketing management. More than 1,700 banks and financial institutions all over the world, many of them headquartered in Western Europe, use CRIF services on a daily basis.
CRIF WORLDWIDE
CRIF, established in 1988 in Bologna (Italy), operates over four continents (Europe, America, Africa and Asia).
Europe
In the UK CRIF provides claims management and fraud detection solutions for insurance companies. To consolidate its role and relationship with local financial institutions in strategic Eastern European markets, CRIF bought 100% of the shares in CCB - Czech Credit Bureau and in SCB - Slovak Credit Bureau. CRIF has been present in Russia since 2005 where it offers services ranging from analysis to consultancy, outsourcing, software and debt collection solutions. In Poland CRIF Sp. Z.o.o provides addedvalue business information services. While in Hungary, CRIF Zrt. has obtained a license to establish the first entirely private and voluntary credit bureau in the country.
America
In 1999, CRIF extended its international presence in the United States by establishing CRIF North America Corp. CRIF has since strengthened its presence in North America and today, through CRIF Lending Solutions, supports over 500 of the most successful large and small U.S. banks, credit unions and financial institutions with a comprehensive offering of loan origination systems for consumer, business, and point of sale lending as well as business process outsourcing for indirect lending, data aggregation, analytics and account opening. In Mexico CRIF S.A. de C.V. provides decision support and software solutions to financial institutions, service providers and businesses.
Asia
In China, CRIF established a joint company together with HUAXIA International Credit Group, called Huaxia CRIF China, which provides advanced consumer credit information services, credit risk management and debt collection solutions to the domestic market. During 2009, CRIF was awarded the international tender for the modernization of the credit information system of the central bank of Bangladesh. The following year, CRIF went into partnership with High Mark Credit in India, and in Vietnam, PCB chose CRIF as its partner to develop the first world class credit bureau in the country. According to the strategic partnership agreement in Vietnam, CRIF is now PCB’s major shareholder.
Africa
In 2007, CRIF won a bid to develop an IT system for the Central Bank of Morocco, Bank Al-Maghrib’s central risk system.
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