Equifax Commercial Information
Solutions Overview
March 2009
Ted LaBadie
AVP – Business Development
Equifax Commercial Information Solutions
[email protected]
678-482-9071
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Agenda
Thank You
Equifax Commercial – What and Why
Commercial Credit Report and Score Review
Quick Database Statistics
Pricing
Q&A
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Equifax Commercial
“Elevator” Overview
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Proven Market Leader
Data
 400 million
 Started in 1899
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 S&P 500 Company
 400,000+ Customers
 250+ Products
Consumer/Commercial
Profiles
5 billion Trade lines
2 billion Updates Monthly
5.5 billion Scores Annually
5 million Decisions Daily
 Operations in 14 Countries
 $1.8 Billion in Revenue
 7000 Associates
 NYSE Firm (EFX)
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Our Value Statement
Equifax Commercial Information
Solutions provides high quality and
unique data for superior decision-making
combined with unparalleled customer
service to grow your top and bottom line.
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Business Credit Challenges
Lack of small business credit
information
Inability to accurately evaluate
debt level and payment patterns
on loans, leases, and credit cards
No control over data
High costs relative to value
received
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Commercial Data Components
Small Business
Financial Exchange
(SBFE) Data
Data Sharing
Agreement
Commercial
Trade Data
Firmographics
Public Records
Equifax
Commercial Solutions
Database
23+ Million Business Files
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SBFE Board of Directors
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Market Coverage
Experian
D&B
Equifax
Large Businesses
Expanding file: adding
new commercial records
Trying to acquire small
business trade lines
Mid-size Businesses
Trying to acquire small
business trade lines
Approx. 17K
Enriching current
file: adding nonfinancial trade lines
Small Businesses
Approx. 26.8M*
*Source: SBA Web site/FAQs/March 2008
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Equifax Commercial Differentiators
Limited Access to
Non
Data Contributors
Exclusive Provider
Of
SBFE Information
Right and Unique
Focus
Easily Integrated
Into Automated
or Manual
Processes
Personal
Guarantor
Information
No
Self-Reported
Data
Equifax
Commercial Solutions
No
Marketing
One Inquiry One Report
All Files
Have Credit
Information
No Charge for
No-Hit/Search
Proprietary
World-Class
Scores
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Link to Consumer
Member Accolades
“When Marathon Petroleum Company LLC switched from a
competitor's credit report to the Equifax Commercial Credit Report a
year ago, the amount of additional information was substantial. The
report gives us a view of how the applicant pays all their financial and
commercial trade line creditors. The change to the Equifax Commercial
Credit Report has been very beneficial to Marathon.”
Bob George, Supervisor Cardholder Services Marathon Petroleum Company
“The Equifax Commercial Credit Report has become an important tool
for the credit department at Saia. The reports are easy to read and the
financial information available has been very helpful in our decisionmaking process. I would definitely recommend this product.”
Kenneth Smith, Credit Manager Saia, Inc.
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Commercial Solutions
Products & Services
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Equifax Commercial Solutions Suite
Marketing
Account
Management
Acquisition
Business Fraud
Advisor
Account Triggering
Risk Filter
Business Principal
Report
Bankruptcy Alert
Small Business
Owner Index
Commercial Credit
Report
BusinessClass
Commercial Insight
Actual Median Credit
Business Principal Report
Recovery
Commercial Credit
Report
Small Business Credit
Risk Scores
Analytics
Business Failure
Score
Commercial Credit Report
Modeling Attributes
Custom Scores
Business Failure Score
Small Business Credit Risk
Scores
Modeling Attributes
Business Failure Score
Custom Scores
Commercial Insight
Data Select
Modeling Attributes
OFAC Alert
Custom Scores
Risk Class
Data Select
Suggested Credit Limit
OFAC Alert
Small Business Credit
Risk Scores
Risk Class
Suggested Credit Limit
All product names are trademarks of
Equifax Inc. Copyright © 2007.
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Data Select
Risk Class
How to Read the Equifax
Commercial Credit Report
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Report At-A-Glance
Company Profile
Inquiry Alerts
Scores / Suggested
Credit Limit
Public Records
Credit Usage
Credit Summary
Payment Trends
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Scores/Risk Class
Credit Risk Scores – commercial data
option or blended option with principal
(consumer) data
Risk Class / Risk Rating – ranking 1- 9
and description
Business Failure Risk Score – predicts
likelihood of business failure
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Decisioning Detail
Provides score plus up to four reason codes indicating
reason for the score and score definition
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Public Records
Includes judgments, liens,
bankruptcies and business
registrations
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Public Record Detail
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Financial Credit Usage
Details the credit limit, total balance and
available credit of open credit lines from
financial institutions
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Credit Report Summary
Provides key summarizations of overall
file content, and breaks activity into
financial and non-financial segments
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Recent Trend/
Days Beyond Terms
Displays the average days beyond
terms in a recent trend and on a monthby-month basis
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Payment Index
The Payment Index is a numeric
measurement of the past and present
payment habits of a business.
 Business Account Payment Index - based on the
payment habits of the company for which an inquiry was
submitted
 Industry Payment Index – based on the payment habits
of the industry to which the company inquired upon
belongs.
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Financial Account Highlights
Provides high-level information for each financial account
on the credit file
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Financial Account Detail
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Non-Financial Payment Experiences
Provides high-level information for each non-financial
account on the credit file
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Non-Financial Account Payment Detail
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Additional Information
Provides alternate names, addresses, phone numbers, tax
IDs and SIC/NAICS codes on the business,
owner/guarantor information, comments, inquiries
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Related Files
Principal search results are automatically available to
ePORT users under the Related Files tab
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Contact Us
Provides address, phone and email to request
additional information or file a dispute
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Commercial Solutions Data
Quality
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Commercial Database Growth
110
97.5
100
91.2
90
83.1
SBFE Trades
80
76.3
SBX Trades
70
Total Trade Lines
58.7
60
50
43.6
37.3
40
30
23.7
20
10
102.8
100.6
12.2
11.5
5.1
20.8
16.5
36.2
32.7
45.8
37.3
50.2
41
53.7
43.8
55.2
45.4
57.0
45.7
22.5
5.1
0
YE 2001 YE 2002 YE 2003 YE 2004 YE 2005 YE 2006 YE 2007 Nov-08 Dec-08 Jan-09
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Folder
Composition
13%
33%
1%
53%
Both SBFE & SBX Trade
SBX Trade Only
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SBFE Trade Only
Public Records Only (No Trades)
% of Business Folders
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Unique Financial
Relationships
13%
28%
12%
28%
Folders w/ 1 SBFE Relationship
Folders w/ 2 SBFE Relationships
19%
Folders w/ 3 SBFE Relationships
Folders w/ 4+ SBFE Relationships
(Folders w/ only SBX accts or only public records)
% of Business Folders
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Key Business
Content
Folders with at Least One:
100%
89.1%
85.9%
76.4%
61.2%
50%
38.6%
0%
SBFE Account
Principal/Guarantor
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Telephone Number
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Tax ID
SOS
2009 SBX Pricing/Terms
Pricing dependent on Data Contribution status
and annual report volume
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If not contributing, maximum usage restricted to 500
reports per year
– $18.37 per report
– $2.20 for Online Risk Score/Class
– $2.10 for Online Failure Score ($1.88 if order with
Risk Score/Class)
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If contributing, no usage amount restrictions and
pricing discounts apply
No Spend Commitment
No Charge for No-Hit’s or Search
No Reports without Banking, Trade or Public
Records
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Next Steps
Get All Questions Answered
Contact Your NACM Representative And Get Sample Reports
Complete No Risk – No Obligation Sign Up process
Add Equifax Commercial to your Credit “Toolkit”
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Discussion
Questions?
Comments?
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