As the global leader in the credit business, it’s our responsibility to assist lenders in managing consumer credit risk, and importantly, to empower consumers to understand and responsibly use credit in their financial lives.
These responsibilities require a commitment – a commitment from us to play a leading role in helping consumers understand the fundamentals of credit management and how they can benefit from this growing marketplace reliant upon credit. To do this, we continually invest in processes and products that help consumers throughout their credit journey.
Experian has created a long-standing culture of commitment to evolve with the changing marketplace and demands of consumers (and the credit industry). We have a proven track record of continual improvements to our systems over the years, including:
- We’ve invested millions of dollars annually upgrading our systems and processes in pursuit of “error-free” data;
- We were the first credit reporting agency (CRA) to add rental payment history to credit reports;
- We empowered our call center operators to stay on the phone with consumers as long as it takes to answer their questions; and,
- We were the first CRA in the U.S. to launch a nationwide financial education campaign.
These are just a few examples – and while we are proud of them, we are not sitting idle and resting on these efforts alone. We are constantly striving to make our data as accurate, complete and current as possible to service the needs of consumers and lenders.
We know there is always more work to do to make this system better, and rest assured, this is core to our commitment. The world of consumer credit is evolving, and it’s up to Experian (and the industry) to continue looking at ways to make it better.
This is a business – but we realize that consumers are at the core of why we are in business in the first place. We are dedicated to helping consumers throughout their journey in this fast-changing world of consumer lending.
This is our culture. This is our commitment. I invite you to hear directly from our employees and our partners about our culture and our commitment at www.experian.com/ourcommitment.
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