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Bernard Marr, who LinkedIn recently ranked as one of the top 10 business influencers in the world (just behind Bill Gates and Richard Branson), recently published a story on Forbes about how Experian is using machine learning to cut mortgage application times to just a few days. In this article, Experian’s Global CIO, Barry Libenson, discusses how Experian is well-positioned to pioneer technology in this field, due to the fact that banks, insurers and public sector bodies all routinely come to it for its data. “Now the large financial institutions don’t want you to dictate to them how they consume information, they want to tell you how they want to consume it, and you have to deliver it to them in that way. So they can say ‘hey, Experian, we have a simple question we want to ask and we expect a simple response, and we want it in real-time, and we want to be able to get it 24 hours a day from anywhere in the world.'” Check out the full article: How Experian Is Using Big Data and Machine Learning to Cut Mortgage Applicatoin Times To a Few Days

We developed CrossCore to make the industry’s fraud and identity solutions work better for everyone. We wanted to help organizations prevent more fraud while making it easier for their good customers to do business with them and nearly a year after the launch we’re proud of the reception we’ve had from clients, partners and the industry. Our latest honor is a bronze and gold medal from the American Business Awards for Identity and Access Security Solution Product of the Year and Product Management Department/Team of the Year. “We developed CrossCore to help our clients get the strength they want with the flexibility they need for more effective fraud management,” said Kathleen Peters, Global Vice President, Product Management, Fraud and Identity at Experian. “These latest Stevie Awards validate the feedback we’ve received from the market, and more importantly, from our clients.” CrossCore helps organizations with the ever-changing, complex and challenging world of fraud prevention. Businesses readily add solutions from us, other providers, and even their own solutions, to connect, access and orchestrate decisions across multiple systems. To make this possible for our clients, our teams worked around the clock in offices all around the world. They brought experiences and perspectives together to build and test code in packages that could be installed anywhere and everywhere. Using this “immutable infrastructure” approach, the team built, configured, connected, tested and monitored over 20 different systems to ensure everything was working. And they did it in less than nine months. The Stevie Award judges recognize the efforts of this team and the power of CrossCore. Here are just some of the positive comments we received: “The deployment of a global project such as CrossCore in only 9 months is remarkable, especially with 20 different systems being interconnected to deliver the service. Lots of hard work from the team, congrats!” “Seems like the strongest and the best solution in fraud prevention. Experian is already the industry leader in its respective industry, however CrossCore seems to be a great service, with a beautiful and intuitive UI.” “A good write up on what appears to be a useful platform. This is a great accomplishment and the nomination sounds like a talented team of product developers and software engineers.” “Congratulations on delivering an ambitious product in a relatively short timeframe!” We’re excited about how CrossCore could fit into your fraud strategy and would love to talk to you about it. Learn more ways CrossCore can help your business prevent fraud.

In Malaysia, nearly 280,000 people live without electricity. By volunteering with the Liter of Light program, we’re bringing solar panel lights to remote villages, transforming the quality of life and brightening the darker hours for families. In Malaysia, more than 1 percent of the population lives without electricity – one of life’s basic necessities – which equates to nearly 280,000 people living in darkness after the sun goes down. Some people have never had electricity in their life, making simple tasks like cooking or reading nearly impossible after dark. I wanted to change that. My day job is to support and enable individuals within Experian to pursue various career opportunities, but what I’m most passionate about is the way Experian helps me invest in my local community through the Heart of Experian Corporate Social Responsibility program. This year, my team and I had the chance to collaborate with Liter of Light (LOL) – a global, grassroots movement committed to providing affordable, sustainable solar light to people with limited or no access to electricity. In February, we joined one of their projects to install 60 solar street lights in the village of Orang Asli, an indigenous community in the Cameron Highlands.   Over the span of two days in February, a group of 30 Experian volunteers built and installed the solar panel lights. On the first day, the LOL team taught us how to build the panels, teaching us the skills needed to cut wire, assemble PVC pipes and drill holes. The second day, we rode in Jeeps through muddy roads and a three-foot deep river to reach the village. We spent hours unloading the lights and assembling the panel boxes, plotting the village maps and identifying the right spots to install the solar panel lights. I was happy to see some of the local villagers’ curiosity and participation throughout the day. Some helped us assemble the lights while others prepared the right spots for installation by building bamboo stands. The weather was kind to us, so by 5 p.m., nearly all the lights were installed – just before dark! After completing all the hard work, our team recorded a group video using a drone that all of the Orang Asli children chased after. Thanks to our service project providing light to a village in darkness, 150 villagers in Orang Asli will now have more productive, higher-quality lives during the dark hours of the day. I’m so glad I got to play a role in that.