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. Revenues had reached a record $1.62 billion by 1998, but the outlook was somewhat clouded by the economic uncertainties that had begun with the Asian financial crisis of 1997. Exited Healthcare and Insurance, Expanded Internationally, in Mid-to-Late 1990s. 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. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. [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. based on information from your browser. In 1975 the company changed its name to "Equifax"reportedly to counteract its tarnished reputation. Here's Why You Should Go for It", "Think You've Got Your Credit Freezes Covered? Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. In 1934, he co-founded the short-lived Correct Address Company, with Edwin K. Large . Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. It's a Regular size geocache, with difficulty of 2, terrain of 2.5. . Woolford was sympathetic to Roosevelts illness, and he became one of the founders of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation (later, Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation). According to Bloomberg, Equifax enlisted Mandiant (owned by FireEye, Inc.) to assist in investigating the March attack. The New Georgia Encyclopedia is supported by funding from A More Perfect Union, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Another achievement is being named a Top Technology Provider, Top Workplace, and it was the winner of the InformationWeek Elite 100, among many others. [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. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. It started in Atlanta, Georgia, under the name of Retail Credit Company. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. 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. 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. Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation, Statutory and Executive Boards and Commissions, Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter. As one of the key players in the increasingly electronic world of commerce, however, Equifax was likely to survive the thrive. Learn more about managing a memorial . [83][84], In January 2020, Equifax agreed to a global settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and 50 U.S. states and territories. Your support helps us commission new entries and update existing content. Equifax, one of the largest credit-reporting agencies in the country, collects data on more than 400 million credit holders nationwide. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. [76], In 2014, Equifax and Heartland Bank were sued by Kimberly Haman of the St. Louis area for reporting she was dead. Nestled on 39 acres of mature hardwoods, the Cator Woolford Gardens are situated on one of the few remaining intact historic estates in Metropolitan Atlanta and are located just a few miles from the heart of downtown. As a result of its growing insurance business, Guy Woolford opened a second company office in Dallas, Texas, in March 1902. Retail Credit Company's information holdings and willingness to sell its information attracted criticism in the 1960s and 1970s. 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. [27][28], In July 2019, The New York Times, the New York Post and other media reported Equifax had agreed to pay approximately $650 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to resolve investigations by several state attorneys general, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the FTC, and a consumer class-action lawsuit related to the data breach. In 1994 the company also greatly expanded its international operations through acquisitions and joint ventures, gaining a presence in 12 countries, including Argentina, Chile, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Australia. In June 1901 Retail Credit branched out into another industry, as it began providing so-called "moral hazard" information on potential policyholders to the Equitable Life Assurance Society. In 1989 Equifax had commissioned a poll that showed that 71 percent of all Americans thought they had lost control over information concerning their lives and 79 percent considered privacy a basic right. These included that it collected "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." As of Apr 06 -3.03 / -1.52%. Equifax formed Wescot Decision Systems as a joint venture with marketer Next PLC in the United Kingdom. There he supervised the compilation of a list of customers, with indications of their creditworthiness, for the local Retail Grocer's Association. The company continued expansion by opening new branch offices throughout the decades following the war. Equifax was founded in 1898 by two brothers, Cator and Guy Woolford. 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. [12] It is alleged that the hearings prompted the Retail Credit Company to change its name to Equifax in 1975 to improve its image. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. 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. It has employed more than 32,000 workers globally, and it is traded at the New York Stock Exchange under the name EFX. [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. Another concern was growing consumer dissatisfaction. Towards this end, the company opened five new insurance-related offices in that year. Today, we know that company as Equifax. [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 is one of the three largest consumer credit reporting agencies in the United States alongside TransUnion and Experian. 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. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Milton Old School Baptist Church Cemetery, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73468528/cator-ringgold-woolford. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. [42][43][44], In 1999, Equifax began offering services to the credit consumer sector in addition, such as credit fraud and identity theft prevention products. Soon offices in Chicago and San Francisco came on line. Its stock value consistently outperforms the market, and the company often explores new ventures, although with varying degrees of success. For many years, Equifax has operated mostly on the business-to-business sector, where it sold consumer credit and insurance reports. 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. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. In 1899 Cator and Guy Woolford, two brothers from Woolford, Maryland, began operations as the Retail Credit Company in Atlanta. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Between 1983 and 1988, the company's overall revenues increased by nearly 60 percent, to $743 million, and earnings more than doubled. 1920: Retail Credit Company continues to grow. Frazer Center is tucked away on 39 acres of old-growth forest in the heart of Atlanta. [73] The jury's verdict is believed to be the largest award in an individual case under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. In the following year, the company's capacity grew 40 percent, to cover all 50 states. To cover the costs of this effort, Woolford sold copies of the book to other merchants. "With his brother Guy, Cator Woolford started the Retail Credit Company, the precursor to Equifax. 1989: Equifax forms an alliance with CSC Credit Services. Cator is buried in Woolford. Other services offered by Equifax include selling credit monitoring to their customers as well as fraud prevention services. Retail Credit attempted to make up the slack by increasing automobile insurance reporting; by the following year, more than one-fifth of the agency's business was contributed by this division. 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. Equifax collects and provides data through the National Consumer Telecom and Utilities Exchange (NCTUE), an exchange of non-credit data including consumer payment history on telecommunications and utility accounts. [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. The agency has recorded a very big growth over the years, and they have total assets worth $7.23 billion. The company was founded by Cator Woolford and Guy Woolford in 1899 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Read More Today's Range Now: $198.53 $197.52 $199.67 50 Day Range MA: $205.27 $193.14 $230.65 2 Week Range Now: $198.53 $145.98 $234.14 Volume 86,944 shs Average Volume 775,271 shs Market Capitalization $24.46 billion P/E Ratio 35.14 Family members linked to this person will appear here. Equifax is the oldest and largest credit bureau in existence today. [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. Equifax Inc. In 1923 Retail Credit spun off local consumer credit rating operations and formed a new corporation, Credit Service Exchange. This changed in 1999 when the agency started offering services to credit consumer sectors. 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. Residents in the United Kingdom (15.2 million) and Canada (about 19,000) were also impacted. Failed to delete memorial. [82], Equifax software engineer Sudhakar Reddy was charged with insider trading for purchasing options prior to the disclosure of the 2017 data breach. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. [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. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. [16] Certegy effectively became a subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial as a result of this reverse acquisition merger (See Certegy and Fidelity National Information Services for further information).[16]. In the first full year of U.S. military involvement, the company lost 1,200 workers. In April 1903 Retail Credit closed its Augusta office, after clearly noting signs that the branch would not become profitable. Beautiful, intimate, and all-inclusive. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). With the 1993 acquisition of Integratec Inc., Equifax gained a leading provider of debt collection and other back-office services for credit card issuers and other lenders. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. These services included identifying theft prevention products as well as credit fraud identity. Source: International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 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. Cator Woolford got his start in the credit bureau business as a grocer in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Inception The agency was founded by two brothers Guy and Cator Woolford, in 1899. 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. Pleased with the success of his first listing, Woolford set out to make credit reporting his career. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. 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. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. There was a problem getting your location. The business soon became very successful. [53][54], On September 7, 2017, the same day as Equifax announced a large security breach, Equifax removed its official mobile apps from the Apple App Store and from Google Play. Equifax was founded by Cator and Guy Woolford in Atlanta, Georgia, as Retail Credit Company in 1899. "[42], According to senator Michael Crapo, "The amount of data that the private industry and Government collect and store is very concerning. 1899CatorChattanooga . In the late 1920s Cator Woolford befriended Franklin D. Roosevelt when the future president began visiting Warm Springs, seeking a cure for his polio. Photograph of Cator Woolford, who, with his brother Guy, started the Retail Credit Company, the precursor to Equifax, in Atlanta, Georgia. Cator Woolford, Co-Founder Guy Woolford, Co-Founder Equifax Board Members Mark Begor, Director Elane B. Relying on his experience in Tennessee, Cator began by seeking out an alliance with the city's grocers. Principal Operating Units: North American Information Services; Payment Services; Equifax Europe; Equifax Latin America; Knowledge Engineering. You may request to transfer up to 250,000 memorials managed by Find a Grave. Gathering information by telephone, as well as simplifying forms for recording information, were two of the steps taken towards this end. Year should not be greater than current year. Armed with a form showing the information that would be provided about each potential customer, the salesman pulled in a large number of new clients. The Cator Woolford Gardens is a mission-driven event space for life's most important moments . There he supervised the compilation of a list of customers, with indications of their creditworthiness, for the local Retail Grocer's Association." This episode of our daily podcast, The Outline World Dispatch was all about the Equifax breach. "[45], According to an October 2017 report from Motherboard, around December 2016, a security researcher examining Equifax's servers found that an online portal, created for Equifax employees only, was accessible to the open Internet. These 39 acres of property are nestled in the heart of the North Druid Hills area. Are you sure that you want to delete this flower? These activities had long taken place at a different location under separate management; three years later, Retail Credit further severed its connection when the Exchange was sold to businessman L.S. During this time, Retail Credit also took its first steps toward automation, converting files written on 3x5 index cards to electronic data systems. Please try again later. 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. [77] An Equifax "spokesperson told the Post-Dispatch that Equifax blocked the Heartland account information from appearing on Haman's credit report after a reporter's inquiry. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Its headquarters are located on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. GREAT NEWS! We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Copyright (c) 2022 Company-Histories.com. Name. Where It All Started The marketing division had sales of $90 million in the first nine months in operation. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. [47], Between May and July 2017, yet-identified hackers were able to use a known exploit on one of Equifax' web servers that had yet to be updated to access the credit records of more than 140 million Americans as well as some British and Canadian citizens before the breach was detected and shut down. In May 1989 Equifax formed a strategic alliance with the fifth largest credit bureau, CSC Credit Services, a division of the Computer Sciences Corporation; the yield was 65 additional bureaus, bringing Equifax's total number of bureaus to more than 300. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. A system error has occurred. The following day, a class-action lawsuit was filed by Jacksonville, Florida resident Nydia Jenkins against Equifax alleging she had received a "substantially pricier car loan" (resulting in an additional loan payment of $2,352 more per year) due to Equifax reporting her credit score 130 points off from what it should have been. . 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. On March 1, 2018, Equifax announced that 2.4 million additional U.S. customers were affected by the breach,[21] increasing the number of affected to 147.9 million Americans. [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. In 1920, however, Retail Credit's insurance business suffered a serious blow when a consortium of insurance companies formed the American Service Bureau to provide members with investigative reports of the sort that Retail Credit supplied. Reese, Krista. Two brothers, Cator and Guy Woolford, created the company. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. 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. There was an error deleting this problem. 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"Equifax." The researcher requested anonymity out of professional concerns. 2015 mmwoodruff (Atlas Obscura User) The Cator Woolford Gardens, a 39-acre park just a few miles outside of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, are one of the last remaining historic estates anywhere in . In the late 1920s Woolford befriended Franklin D. Roosevelt and was one of the founders of the . Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Where would you like to work? Cator Woolford got his start in the credit bureau business as a grocer in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Equifax Inc. - then called the Retail Credit Company - was founded in Atlanta, Georgia, by brothers Cator and Guy Woolford in 1899. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. [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. 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. Until his retirement in 1931, he successfully steered the company as general manager, president and chairman. 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 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). After a couple of years, the company expanded into commercial credit reports on big companies in the UK, the US, and Canada. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. On two occasions, the agency was fined by the Federal Trade Commission, and this was for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). Equifax Europe ; Equifax Europe ; Equifax Latin America ; Knowledge Engineering got your Credit Freezes Covered Escape. 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