2017: Equifax is the victim of a massive cyber hack, which is believed to have exposed the personal, confidential information of about 145 million Americans. In the fall of 1901, the company dispatched a salesman to the Northeast to drum up business in the home offices of the nation's largest insurance companies. 1899: The Woolfords moved to Atlanta with the goal of making credit reporting their new career. Search above to list available cemeteries. Beautiful, intimate, and all-inclusive. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Along withTransUnionand Experian, Equifax helps make up the big three of the credit reporting bureaus. Riley, Michael, Anita Sharpe, and Jordan Robertson, "The New Equifax Boss Wants to Make Amends. In 2003, the FTC took Equifax to court for the same reason and settled its lawsuit with the company for a fine of $250,000. Equifax has an annual revenue of over $3.1 billion. Insurance companies paid much more highly for the information they needed; Retail Credit quickly expanded operations into this lucrative area. [59], On October 12, 2017, Equifax's website was reported to have been offering visitors malware via drive-by download. [citation needed] Equifax sells businesses credit reports, analytics, demographic data, and software. [46], "I didn't have to do anything fancy," the researcher told Motherboard, explaining that the site was vulnerable to a basic "forced browsing" bug. [19], In September 2017, Equifax announced a cyber-security breach, which it claims to have occurred between mid-May and July 2017,[20] where cybercriminals accessed approximately 145.5 million U.S. Equifax consumers' personal data, including their full names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and driver license numbers. 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Our History: From Cator Woolford Gardens to Our Disabilities Programs Our History Frazer Center is tucked away on 39 acres of old-growth forest in the heart of Atlanta. 1920: Retail Credit Company continues to grow. In 1975 the agency changed its name from Retail Credit Company to Equifax. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. [6], Equifax operates or has investments in 24 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Try again later. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. The agency has an operating income of $900 million, and its net income was estimated to be $600.1 million last year. [73] The jury's verdict is believed to be the largest award in an individual case under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Where It All Started Sorry! In August 1997 Equifax completed the spinoff of the new publicly traded ChoicePoint Inc. During this same period, Equifax aggressively expanded overseas. Equifax Inc. is an American multinational consumer credit reporting agency headquartered in Atlanta, . New Georgia Encyclopedia, 03 November 2006, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/equifax/. Equifax had quickly built up a significant presence in the emerging Brazilian market through a total investment of more than $350 million. During this time, Retail Credit also took its first steps toward automation, converting files written on 3x5 index cards to electronic data systems. [51][52], In September 2017, Brian Krebs revealed that the Argentine arm of Equifax had left private data from approximately 14,000 consumers, and more than 100 staff members, available to anyone who entered "admin" as both the username and password for one of its online systems. That year also saw Equifax introduce a record 25 new products. Try again later. In 1973, in one sign of its giant growth, Retail Credit Company again faced off against the Federal Trade Commission, this time for monopolistic practices. In the late 1920s Cator Woolford befriended Franklin D. Roosevelt when the future president began visiting Warm Springs, seeking a cure for his polio. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Its stock value consistently outperforms the market, and the company often explores new ventures, although with varying degrees of success. The headquarters of the agency is in Atlanta, Georgia, and it operates in 24 countries in Asia Pacific, Europe, and America. The company's purchase of Telecredit was complicated by a sizable drop in the value of Equifax stock during 1990, as investors grew concerned about the stability of the company's profits in an economic downturn. 20042023 Georgia Humanities, University of Georgia Press. Gathering information by telephone, as well as simplifying forms for recording information, were two of the steps taken towards this end. In October 2010, Equifax announced it was acquiring Anakam, an identity verification software company headquartered in San Diego, California, which invented and pioneered SMS (text-message based) two-factor authentication. Inception The agency was founded by two brothers Guy and Cator Woolford, in 1899. [11], Equifax expanded into commercial credit reports on companies in the United States, Canada and the UK, where it came into competition with companies such as Dun & Bradstreet and Experian. For many years, Equifax has operated mostly on the business-to-business sector, where it sold consumer credit and insurance reports. For instance, in 1908 the company began issuing reports for automobile liability insurers. [77][78] A Heartland Bank spokesperson said the bank "immediately investigated and contacted the credit reporting agencies after Haman reported" she was still alive. With only seven branch offices in operation, Retail Credit proclaimed that it provided a "National Inspection Service," providing reliable reports of uniform quality for insurance purposes. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Similarly an agency that had previously limited its activities to claims inspection also joined the fray. The company also developed its first form containing questions relating to fire insurance. Please reset your password. In 1923 Retail Credit spun off local consumer credit rating operations and formed a new corporation, Credit Service Exchange. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. 1901: Retail Credit Company expands into the moral hazard market, selling credit information to life insurance companies. Three years later, Retail Credit ran afoul of the new federal regulations and was charged with violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Consolidation in the credit bureau industry continued throughout the 1980s, as Equifax and its two largest competitors, TRW Inc. and the Trans Union Corporation, divided up the nation's smaller credit bureaus amongst themselves. Having already moved into check verification and credit card processing in the early 1990s, Equifax diversified again in 1992 through the acquisition of Health Economics Corporation, which moved the company into the field of healthcare information. [18], Equifax was the subject of more than 57,000 consumer complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from October 2012 to September 17, 2017, with most complaints relating to incomplete, inaccurate, outdated, or misattributed information held by the company. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. . [57][58] For roughly half the US population, both of the latter pieces of data are known to be in possession of criminals, following Equifax's MayJuly 2017 security breach. Try again. With 4,600 employees in 13 countries worldwide, and $1.4 billion in annual revenue, the Atlanta-based Standard and Poors 500 firm is one of Georgias most profitable companies. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. In doing so, the company expanded its computerized files enormously and paved the way for greater diversification. These 39 acres of property are nestled in the heart of the North Druid Hills area. During this time, Equifax also continued to spend heavily on technological developments for the purpose of keeping data-processing equipment up to date and offering new products to customers with the equipment. We see them around but we don't know what goes on behind the scenes. based on information from your browser. Over the years, the agency has faced several challenges, their biggest one being security failings. [36], On 2 August 2022, a week after its CEO Mark Begor was deemed "uniquely qualified to lead the Company" and was granted a $25 million bonus package by Equifax's board, the Wall Street Journal reported that Equifax had sent millions of incorrectly calculated credit scores to lenders. Equifax, one of the nations top three credit-reporting agencies, along with Experian and TransUnion, holds information on more than 400 million credit holders across the country. Who Is The Founder Of Equifax? Retail Credit's activities in the consumer credit business were regulated for the first time in 1971, when Congress passed the Fair Credit Reporting Act, effective in April. The New Georgia Encyclopedia is supported by funding from A More Perfect Union, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. In April 1988 the company established a marketing services division, whose first project was to develop a direct-mail program to sell home mortgages for a Midwestern insurance company. These purchases were subsequently challenged by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which claimed that they reduced competition. In the late 1920s Woolford befriended Franklin D. Roosevelt and was one of the founders of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute. In addition to credit and demographic data and services to business,[5] Equifax sells credit monitoring and fraud prevention services directly to consumers. Learn more about merges. The company planned to handle all phases of the operation, including selection of potential customers, production of mailing brochures, handling of telephone inquiries, verification of credit applications, and property appraisal. 1986: The company amasses data on more than 150 million consumers in 28 states. Merchants paid $25 a year to use the book and subsequent credit reports; grocers paid less. Today, we know that company as Equifax. [35], In July 2020, Equifax reported that, after purchasing Ansonia Credit Data (Ansonia), a major source of consumer credit, payments, and invoice receivables (AR) data used by financial companies and other borrowers and businesses in the shipping and logistics sectors, the firm has expanded its position in commercial payment technology solutions. Delayed Data. Towards this end, the company opened five new insurance-related offices in that year. 1899CatorChattanooga . By 1937 nearly three quarters of all the company's inspection forms were being filled out by full-time investigators, operating out of 96 Retail Credit offices in cities across North America. [47], According to Bloomberg, a person familiar with the breach believed this early-March intrusion may have been carried out by the same party that breached Equifax's computer systems again in May. In addition to formation of a technology division, brought about by the consolidation of the company's activities in that field, Equifax also acquired Telecredit, Inc., a Los Angeles credit bureau that provided check and credit card authorization services, for $457 million in 1990. Cator Woolford got his start in the credit bureau business as a grocer in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Equifax Inc. is an American multinational consumer credit reporting agency headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and is one of the three largest consumer credit reporting agencies, along with Experian and TransUnion (together known as the "Big Three"). THE CATOR WOOLFORD ESTATE 1815 S. Ponce de Leon, Ave, NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 Determination and Scope for Fence Permit . [11], In 1970, after the company had computerized its records, which led to wider availability of the personal information it held, the U.S. Congress held hearings that led to the enactment of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Woolford also spearheaded fund-raising efforts for the construction of Georgia Hall, one of several buildings Roosevelt erected in Warm Springs. After several visits to the city, the Woolfords rented an office consisting of a single room on the fifth floor of the Gould Building, at 10 Decatur Street, and had the words "Retail Credit Company" printed on the door in large black letters. [42], Equifax also offers fraud prevention products based on device fingerprinting such as "FraudIQ Authenticate Device. "[71][77], In April 2014, Equifax was sued in New York federal court by God Gazarov, who claimed the company erroneously reports him as having no credit history because of his unusual first name. Copyright 2018 Key Credit Repair. In July 1995 Equifax acquired U.K.-based Infocheck Group Limited and TecniCob S.A., a French payment services firm. Equifaxs credit-scoring software is offered through many subsidiaries, and its customers include retailers, insurance firms, health-care providers, utilities, government agencies, banks, and other financial institutions. Equifax is headed by Mark L. Feidler as the chairman of the board, Mark W. Begor, as the CEO, and John W. as the vice president as well as the CFC. All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy, We have a credit expert available right now to take your call. [81], Consumer lawsuits claiming damages under the FCRA have been successful in small claims court. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. In total, the researcher downloaded the data of hundreds of thousands of Americans in order to show Equifax the vulnerabilities within its systems. Equifax collects and also aggregates information on more than 88 million businesses and more than 880 million individuals worldwide. They started their credit investigations by going door-to-door among merchants, asking about their customers and noting the findings in ledgers. This number contains a $380,500,000 consumer restitution fund, part of the class action lawsuit. In the first full year of U.S. military involvement, the company lost 1,200 workers. [60][61][62][63] At that time, only 3 out of 65 top anti-malware products provided protection against the particular malware, meaning that many visitors were at risk of having their computers infected when visiting the Equifax website. The agency agreed to a global settlement in January 2020 with different institutions like the Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Trade Commission, and 50 U.S. states and territories. In 1941, when the war began for the United States, the company was providing 7.5 million reports a year; many of its inspectors, however, were drafted into the military and other employees left the enterprise to engage in war-related endeavors. Two brothers, Cator and Guy Woolford, created the company. Equifax Inc. - then called the Retail Credit Company - was founded in Atlanta, Georgia, by brothers Cator and Guy Woolford in 1899. Today the facility operates as Morningstar Treatment Services, which serves children with intellectual disabilities. The Woolford brothers left their own legacies apart from the phenomenally successful business they started. Retail Credit changed its name in 1979 to Equifax Inc., derived from "equitable factual information." They were originally founded in 1898, 70 years before the creation of Trans Union. [69][70], In July 2013, a federal jury in Oregon awarded $18.6 million to Julie Miller of Marion County against Equifax for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Again, charges were droppedby that time (1982), national computer databases made information that was once available only regionally accessible nationwide. Cator Woolford Gardens - Cator, Three (CWG) (GC4BAB) was created by BigDoggie & Frogger (adopted by ckirbee) on 4/10/2002. [79], On November 4, 2017, it was reported that a group of five Oklahomans had sued the company, claiming that Equifax "violated laws which require financial institutions to protect the security of their customers' personal information. Following these failings, Equifax has faced several lawsuits as well as fines over the years. Son of John Stevens Brohawn and Mary Ellen Rees Woolford.Founder of the Retail Credit Company of Atlanta, Ga., now Equifax, one of the three major credit-rating agencies in the US.Married Charlotte Louise Boyd (19001965) on 01 Jan 1920, at the home of her parents in Griffin, Spalding, GA, U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-2020, U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. According to the reporting, despite receiving this warning from the security researcher, the affected portal was not closed until six months later in June, well after the March and MayJuly breaches had begun. Address: 1600 Peachtree Street, NW Atlanta, Georgia 30309 U.S.A. Telephone: (404) 885-8000 Fax: (404) 888-5452 http://www.equifax.com Statistics: Public Company Incorporated: 1913 as Retail Credit Company, Inc. Employees: 14,000 Sales: $1.62 billion (1998) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: EFX By 1994 Equifax had acquired three more healthcare information firms, giving it a substantial presence in claims processing. Their downtown office quickly expanded, as the brothers offered life and auto insurance. All these figures have been every rising every year for the past couple of years. To cover the costs of this effort, Woolford sold copies of the book to other merchants. The settlement includes up to $425 million to help people affected by the data breach. In an effort to focus on payment services, credit reporting, and risk management services, Equifax sold its healthcare information business in 1996, just four years after entering the field; then in the following year Equifax spun off its insurance information services group, which had been a part of the company for nearly as long as credit reporting had been. (TRW's credit bureau was spun off as Experian Inc. in 1996.). Different inspectors carried out the two types of investigations. [32][33][34], On 19 December 2019, a federal judge in Atlanta awarded class-action attorneys representing consumers approximately $77.5 million, suggesting that individual consumers might expect to receive around six or seven dollars. "[49], Several consumers filed lawsuits in small-claims court against Equifax due to the breach, while Equifax later came to a $575 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to offer either a cash payment or credit monitoring for those affected by the breach. Thanks for your help! Equifax Inc. is the largest consumer credit bureau in the United States, providing information about consumers to clients in several industries, including insurance, finance, credit card, banking, retail, and telecommunications. Cator actually got the idea from his grocery business, where they collected customers' names and evidence of creditworthiness. Renamed REACH in 1989 and the Frazer Center in 1999, the vision to offer research-based education, vocational support, and therapeutic intervention to children and adults with developmental disabilities remains intact. Oops, something didn't work. ). cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. were exposed as in the MayJuly breach, according to Motherboard. With the robust recovery of the U.S. economy in the postwar years, however, Retail Credit's business revived and grew. On March 22, 1899, the company opened for business. Call toll free: 1-877-842-5215, Top Four Ways To Financial Freedom In 2023, 5 Secret Facts About Credit That You Never Knew, Best Credit Card Practices Ahead of the Holidays, Ways to Use Your Credit Card That Nobody Talks About, 1898: Equifaxs roots begin in this year as a Tennessee-based grocery story. The company responded that such findings were never used in credit-rating evaluations but were limited to its insurance and consumer investigations businesses (which were later spun off). Weve updated the security on the site. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. GREAT NEWS! Soon offices in Chicago and San Francisco came on line. In 1991 Equifax also abandoned a planned joint database project with Lotus Development Corporation that would have made available to small businesses a wide array of demographic information at microneighborhood levels; a consumer outcry and negative media attention led to the project's demise. Reese, Krista. In addition, the company hoped to avoid the expensive class action suits over its activities that competitors had suffered. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Take a virtual tour of Georgia's museums and galleries, Fashion and politics from Georgia-born designer Frankie Welch. This heightened activity was fueled by the 1993 decision to subcontract the running of Equifax's computer operation to IBM, a move that freed Equifax's large technical staff to develop new ways of packaging the company's data in consultation with its customers. Equifax purchased eThority, a business intelligence (BI) company headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, in October 2011. eThority is partnering with TALX, a St. Louis-based business unit of Equifax, and remained in Charleston. The company's retail credit reporting activities were restricted to the Atlanta area, while insurance activities were delegated a wider scope. The companys name was changed to Equifax in 1976, perhaps, some thought, to counter the lingering memory of the companys brushes with government regulators. [41], Equifax primarily operates in the business-to-business sector, selling consumer credit and insurance reports and related analytics to businesses in a range of industries. You may request to transfer up to 250,000 memorials managed by Find a Grave. Expanded into Insurance-Related Business in 1901. Equifax was founded in 1898 by two brothers, Cator and Guy Woolford. Watch Full Video Weddings & Events Photography & Video The U.S. entry into World War II had a serious impact on Retail Credit's business. It's a Regular size geocache, with difficulty of 2, terrain of 2.5. . In 1948, Anne Lane was searching for a program for her daughter Anita, who had cerebral palsy. In the following year, however, the number of customers increased and the company also branched out to other small, fast-growing commercial centers in Georgia. "Equifax." As of Apr 06 -3.03 / -1.52%. (France); UAPT-Infolink, plc (U.K.). Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Nevertheless, after the company pledged to monitor its procedures more carefully, the government halted its investigation. The enterprise was newly christened the Retail Credit Company, Inc., on December 29, 1913. This was one of the last parcels in Druid Hills to be purchased, ostensibly because so much of it was considered 0 cemeteries found in Woolford, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA. Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA. Most of the credit work was then being done by a subsidiary, Retailers Commercial Agency. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. [66], In 1982, Retail Credit Company was criticized for collecting "facts, statistics, inaccuracies and rumors about virtually every phase of a person's life; his marital troubles, jobs, school history, childhood, sex life, and political activities. [12] It is alleged that the hearings prompted the Retail Credit Company to change its name to Equifax in 1975 to improve its image. Many years later, after Woolfords death in 1944, his former Druid Hills estate became the site of the Frazer Center, a rehabilitation facility for children and adults with disabilities, and the Cator Woolford Gardens, designed by landscape architect Edward Daugherty. [50] The data from the breach has yet to be seen on black markets or the dark web by security experts, making it difficult to identify the origin of the breach. Cator Woolford, John Kallassy Get Updates for Jobs and News Equifax Jobs Nearby Equifax Jobs Equifax Similar Companies Show More Find Jobs from Similar Companies Personalize your job search. 2); Equifax Ventures, Inc.; Financial Institution Benefit Association, Inc.; Financial Insurance Marketing Group, Inc.; First Bankcard Systems, Inc.; Global Scan Ltd. (U.K.); Global Scan (USA), Inc.; Goldleaf Technologies, Inc.; High Integrity Systems, Inc.; The Infocheck Group Ltd. (U.K.); Infolink Ltd. (U.K.); Light Signatures, Inc.; Market Knowledge, Incorporated; Stewardship, Inc.; Tecnicob S.A. (France); Transax Australia plc (U.K.); Transax France plc (U.K.); Transax (Ireland) plc; Transax Ltd. (New Zealand); Transax plc. Founded by brothers Cator and Guy Woolford, each got their start in the credit business as grocers, where they compiled lists of customers based on their creditworthiness. Principal Subsidiaries: 1nfo Inc.; Acrofax Inc. (Canada); CBI Ventures, Inc.; Computer Ventures, Inc.; Credence, Inc.; Credit Northwest Corporation; Credit Union Card Services, Inc.; Equifax Asia Pacific Holdings, Inc.; Equifax Card Services (Madison), Inc.; Equifax Check Services, Inc.; Equifax Card Services, Inc.; Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc.; The Equifax Database Company Ltd. (Ireland); Equifax Decision Systems B.V. (Netherlands); Equifax de Mexico Sociedad de Informacion Creditica, S.A.; Equifax Europe Ltd.; Equifax Europe (U.K.) Ltd.; Equifax Healthcare Information Services, Inc.; Equifax Holdings (Mexico) Inc.; Equifax India Private Ltd.; Equifax Information Technology, Inc.; Equifax Investments (Mexico) Inc.; Equifax Investments (U.S.) Inc.; Equifax Luxembourg S.A.; Equifax Luxembourg (No. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. Its 2005 market value of nearly $5 billion makes it one of the largest publicly traded companies in the state. The company sold stock to the public for the first time in 1965. The company handles or facilitates more than ten million electronic transactions per day for 300,000 customers worldwide. Over the years the company has produced several profitable data-gathering and transaction-processing progeny, including Certegy, which became a separate entity in 2001, and ChoicePoint, which became a separate entity in 1997. 2) S.A.; Equifax Mauritius Private Limited; Equifax Payment Services, Inc.; Equifax Properties, Inc.; Equifax-Rochester, Inc.; Equifax South America, Inc.; Equifax U.K. Finance Ltd.; Equifax U.K. Finance (No. Equifax is a multinational American consumer credit reporting agency that is among the top three consumer credit reporting agencies. In the late 1920s Woolford befriended Franklin D. Roosevelt and was one of the founders of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute. Veda had previously acquired the Australian market research and opinion polling company ReachTEL in September 2015, which continues to produce opinion polls in Australia. By 1944 the volume of reports produced had sunk to six million. The company's operations had already been divided into four divisions: insurance information services, its traditional strength; credit services; marketing services, the newest division; and Canadian operations, which were consolidated into one company, Equifax Canada Inc., in June 1989. Cator Woolford got his start in the credit bureau business as a grocer in Chattanooga, Tennessee. For those that were affected by the data breach, there were open suggestions to file claims against it. [71] In her lawsuit, Miller alleged Equifax had merged her credit reports with another person with a different Social Security number, date of birth, and address. By the mid-1960s, nearly 300 branch offices had been opened along with almost 1,400 sub-offices, employing roughly 7,400 inspectors. "[42], According to senator Michael Crapo, "The amount of data that the private industry and Government collect and store is very concerning. 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