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BIŠKEK (KYRGYZSTAN) AND BOLOGNA (ITALY), SEPTEMBER, 23 2021

CRIF acquires Credit Bureau in Kyrgyzstan

CRIF has signed an agreement to acquire 70% of “Safe&Sound CJSC”, a credit bureau company in Kyrgyzstan. With the acquisition, the company name becomes "CRIF KG CJSC".

BOLOGNA, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

CRIF is confirmed among the IDC FinTech Rankings top 100 for the ninth year running and accelerates its development of digital open banking solutions.

In line with its global positioning, the CRIF industrial plan for the three-year period 2021-2023 involves global investments totaling EUR 350 million, with particular focus on FinTech, Open Finance, and new global acquisitions.

HONG KONG, DUBLIN & BOLOGNA, AUGUST 31, 2021

Know Your Customer and CRIF announce strategic investment and global commercial partnership for premium corporate KYC

The partnership will enable Know Your Customer to leverage CRIF’s long-established and extensive customer network across 40 countries and 10,500 financial institutions to accelerate growth in new and existing global markets. 

BOLOGNA, ITALY, MAY 24, 2021

CRIF invests in Fido to boost the ability of consumers to get credit thanks to their digital footprint and machine learning

Fido has created the first European platform to boost the ability to assess the creditworthiness of consumers through the analysis of digital signals and machine learning. Through this transaction, CRIF wants to contribute to Fido’s growth and to confirm its commitment to innovative digital services for consumers and SMEs.

DUBLIN, MAY 24, 2021

CRIF announces the integration of SkyMinder® with the we.trade platform

Thanks to the partnership with we.trade Innovation DAC, we.trade users now can access SkyMinder® services directly from the we.trade trade finance digital platform. 

China, April 20, 2021

CRIF expands its business operations in China, providing enterprises with business and credit information

The Shanghai Head Office of the People's Bank of China (“PBOC”) recently announced the approval of the registration of CRIF (Shanghai) Business Information Service Co., Ltd. as a business and credit information provider.

BOLOGNA (ITALY), APRIL 19, 2021

CRIF continues to grow and draws a new EUR 45 million tranche through the private placement program with Pricoa Private Capital, launched in 2016 and extended in 2020

This new issue is part of the Shelf Facility which provides the possibility of placing new issues up to a total value of USD 125 million, helping to support the EUR 350 million investment plan for the three-year period 2021-2023. The note placement involves a 12-year amortization plan (6.5-year average life span) at a fixed interest rate.

HONG KONG, MARCH, 18, 2021

CRIF’s N.E.O.S. receives “Track Winner Open Bank API” recognition at the FinTech Nations Hackathon

The FinTech Nations Hackathon attracted almost 300 teams of FinTech talent from all over the world. CRIF presented N.E.O.S. (New Evaluation Open Suite), one of its most innovative solutions for the lending industry, which won the ‘Track Winner Open Bank API’ prize.

DUBLIN AND BOLOGNA (ITALY), JANUARY 27, 2021

we.trade bolsters market position with CRIF partnership

CRIF joins as new shareholder following successful capital round by we.trade, nominating Paola Galassi to we.trade Board.

DECEMBER, 2020

CRIF named as a “Strong Performer” in the Forrester Wave™: Digital Decisioning Platforms, Q4 2020

This is the second recognition for CRIF by from Forrester , since CRIF, has already been cited in the Forrester’s Now Tech: Digital Decisioning Platforms, Q3 2020 as a Digital Decisioning Platform (DDP) provider.