Your support helps us commission new entries and update existing content. 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. Failed to report flower. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. 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. While this type of operation was inherently local, Retail Credit had become interested in activities that could be pursued on a broader scale. In the early 1930s Retail Credit, having 81 branch offices at its disposal, began studying cost-effective means of getting back into the commercial credit report business. He established the Thomas Guy Woolford Charitable Trust, which is today administered by SunTrust Banks (now Truist). With his brother Guy, a lawyer six years his junior, Cator settled on Atlanta as the site of his new venture. [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. By 1944 the volume of reports produced had sunk to six million. They were originally founded in 1898, 70 years before the creation of the Trans Union. Soon offices in Chicago and San Francisco came on line. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. [85][86] Equifax ultimately reached a settlement with regulators for up to $700 million. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Equifax Inc. is an American multinational consumer credit reporting agency headquartered in Atlanta, . [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. Weve updated the security on the site. Try again later. 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). "[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. 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. Towards this end, the company opened five new insurance-related offices in that year. 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. In 1934 Retail Credit purchased a Brooklyn credit agency, Retailers Commercial Agency, Inc. Retail Credit moved to professionalize operations in the 1930s, relying less and less on part-time correspondents for information and more often utilizing full-time, company-trained inspectors. (ChoicePoint and Equifax did not then, nor do they now, share information or any relationship.). As one of the key players in the increasingly electronic world of commerce, however, Equifax was likely to survive the thrive. 1986: The company amasses data on more than 150 million consumers in 28 states. Equifax has an annual revenue of over $3.1 billion. 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. Other failings were on the exposure of American salary data, and website malware. [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. Riley, Michael, Anita Sharpe, and Jordan Robertson, "The New Equifax Boss Wants to Make Amends. The company was also alleged to reward its employees for collecting derogatory information on consumers. In addition, the company hoped to avoid the expensive class action suits over its activities that competitors had suffered. All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy, We have a credit expert available right now to take your call. Gilbert. In the late 1920s Woolford befriended Franklin D. Roosevelt and was one of the founders of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute. 1920: Retail Credit Company continues to grow. In 1934, he co-founded the short-lived Correct Address Company, with Edwin K. Large . Equifax has an annual revenue of over $3.1 billion. 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 was widely criticized for the hack and for how it responded after the matter. In mid-1992 Equifax agreed to provide consumers with a toll-free number and to begin investigating disputes within 30 days. Four months later, the company spent $9 million to open an elaborate consumer services center which provided information to callers about their credit file in eight languages. That year also saw Equifax introduce a record 25 new products. This changed in 1999 when the agency started offering services to credit consumer sectors. Woolford's former estate in Druid Hills is now the site of the Frazer Center and the Cator Woolford Gardens. In 1948, Anne Lane was searching for a program for her daughter Anita, who had cerebral palsy. Married Charlotte Louise Boyd (1900-1965) on 01 Jan 1920, at the home of her parents in Griffin, Spalding, GA [60][61] The malware was disguised as an update for Adobe Flash. . Attempts to run facilities in Baltimore, Greensborough, and Philadelphia during this time failed, and the offices were closed. [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]. Once the estate of Cator Woolford, founder of the company now known as Equifax, these lovely grounds include the beautiful Cator Woolford Gardens. [14] Equifax formerly offered digital certification services, which it sold to GeoTrust in September 2001. [57][58] In July 2019, Equifax settled with the Federal Trade Commission for $700 million. [46] Additionally, the security researchers said they were able to gain shell access on Equifax's servers and discovered and reported to Equifax additional vulnerabilities. Inception The agency was founded by two brothers Guy and Cator Woolford, in 1899. In the first full year of U.S. military involvement, the company lost 1,200 workers. 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. [77][78] A Heartland Bank spokesperson said the bank "immediately investigated and contacted the credit reporting agencies after Haman reported" she was still alive. Here's Why You Should Go for It", "Think You've Got Your Credit Freezes Covered? Please reset your password. New Georgia Encyclopedia, 03 November 2006, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/equifax/. The origins of these gardens date back to the 1920's and was once home to Cator Woolford himself - one of the leading founders of what we know today as Equifax. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. By 1994 Equifax had acquired three more healthcare information firms, giving it a substantial presence in claims processing. Woolford also spearheaded fund-raising efforts for the construction of Georgia Hall, one of several buildings Roosevelt erected in Warm Springs. Oops, we were unable to send the email. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. It has been recognized in the Top 100 list of the Worlds Most Innovative Companies by Forbes. Cator Woolford got his start in the credit bureau business as a grocer in Chattanooga, Tennessee. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. [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. In Canada, Equifax purchased Collective Credit Bureaus Ltd. and Creditel of Canada Limited, a credit reporting agency. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retail Credit set a pattern of aggressive development in the life insurance-related business that would later be applied when entering other fields. Copyright 2018 Key Credit Repair. Retail Credit Company's information holdings and willingness to sell its information attracted criticism in the 1960s and 1970s. The same cybersecurity firm was hired following the MayJuly breach. As a trustee of the Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta, Woolford helped to acquire land that would become a buffer for the Fernbank Forest. [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. As of Apr 06 -3.03 / -1.52%. 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. Until his retirement in 1931, he successfully steered the company as general manager, president and chairman. Cator, a former bank employee, and Guy, a lawyer, employed simple notations to reflect merchants comments about their shoppers payment habits: Prompt, Slow, or Requires Cash. They published these findings as The Merchants Guide, sold it for $25, and offered individual credit reports. To cover the costs of this effort, Woolford sold copies of the book to other merchants. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? 1898: Equifax's roots begin in this year as a Tennessee-based grocery story. (TRW's credit bureau was spun off as Experian Inc. in 1996.). 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. Beautiful, intimate, and all-inclusive. "With his brother Guy, Cator Woolford started the Retail Credit Company, the precursor to Equifax. [citation needed] The company also had a division selling specialist credit information to the insurance industry but spun off this service, including the Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange (CLUE) database as ChoicePoint in 1997. Similarly an agency that had previously limited its activities to claims inspection also joined the fray. In the ensuing years, the volume of requests for this new service increased dramatically. 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 . [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. 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. For many years, Equifax has operated mostly on the business-to-business sector, where it sold consumer credit and insurance reports. [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. Its believed that this change was part of a means to improve its image after being found in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act after it was signed into law in 1971. Other services offered by Equifax include selling credit monitoring to their customers as well as fraud prevention services. Equifax disclosed the breach on September 7, 2017, after determining the means and scope of the breach. Learn more about managing a memorial . However, in February 2020, the United States Department of Justice indicted four members of China's People's Liberation Army on nine charges related to the breach, which China has denied. By 1920, it has 37 branches throughout North America. Photograph of Cator Woolford, who, with his brother Guy, started the Retail Credit Company, the precursor to Equifax, in Atlanta, Georgia. The agency handles information on more than 88 million businesses and 880 million individuals globally. [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. Equifax Inc (NYSE:EFX) 196.37. In addition to consumer and commercial credit information services, Equifax has a diversified array of operations including payment services, software, modeling, analytics, consulting, and direct-to-consumer services. In June the pages of the book were run out on a mimeograph machine and bound between hard covers with the title "Merchant's Guide.". Guy Woolford and his brother, Cator, founded Retail Credit Company, which became Equifax in the 1970s. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. In 1935 Cator Woolford donated a parcel of land he owned in Glynn County, adjacent to an old river plantation known as Elizafield, to the state of Georgia for use as a state park. Again, charges were droppedby that time (1982), national computer databases made information that was once available only regionally accessible nationwide. 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. 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. Merchants paid $25 a year to use the book and subsequent credit reports; grocers paid less. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. With over 14,000 employees worldwide, Equifax has nearly US$5 billion in annual revenue and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol EFX.[7]. To make amends, Equifax announced in August 1991 that it would cease using credit information to compile lists for the purposes of direct marketing. 1923: The company forms Credit Service Exchange, a credit rating operations firm. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. In 1899 Cator and Guy Woolford, two brothers from Woolford, Maryland, began operations as the Retail Credit Company in Atlanta. 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. Although the company sold seven subscriptions rapidly after one of Atlanta's largest department stores bought the first, by the end of Retail Credit's first year only 37 merchants and 47 grocers had signed on board. Source: International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. Woolford relied on a large number of correspondents, primarily lawyers and merchants in small towns across the Southeast, to fill out reports on people trying to get insurance. Two brothers, Cator and Guy Woolford, created the company. One of Atlanta's most meaningful hidden gems, the Cator Woolford Gardens provides a beautiful event space for life's special moments with all proceeds directly supporting the Frazer Center's mission of fostering inclusion and celebrating diversity in the Atlanta community. In 2000, Equifax, along with Experian and TransUnion, was fined $2.5 million for blocking and delaying phone calls from consumers trying to get information about their credit. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. In the late 1920s Woolford befriended Franklin D. Roosevelt and was one of the founders of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute. Their downtown office quickly expanded, as the brothers offered life and auto insurance. Today the facility operates as Morningstar Treatment Services, which serves children with intellectual disabilities. [citation needed] Business customers include retailers, insurance firms, healthcare providers, utilities, government agencies, as well as banks, credit unions, personal and specialty finance companies and other financial institutions. [74] An Equifax spokesperson said that Equifax is considering appealing the jury's verdict. "[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. The U.S. entry into World War II had a serious impact on Retail Credit's business. We Have Some Questions", "Equifax, Inc. 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After a decade-long court battle, Retail Credit was allowed to retain the purchases. 1913: Retail Credit Company incorporated in 1913 and continued to grow its insurance-related business. He was co-founder of Atlanta Retail Credit Company (now Equifax) and used part of his fortune to build this estate and mansion in the historic Ponce de . Gathering information by telephone, as well as simplifying forms for recording information, were two of the steps taken towards this end. Woolford, the founder of the Retail Credit Company - which later became Equifax. Year should not be greater than current year. [12] It is alleged that the hearings prompted the Retail Credit Company to change its name to Equifax in 1975 to improve its image. 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. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. [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. Cator actually got the idea from his grocery business, where they collected customers' names and evidence of creditworthiness. The agency has recorded a very big growth over the years, and they have total assets worth $7.23 billion. 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"). Equifax was founded in 1898 by two brothers, Cator and Guy Woolford. Expanded into Insurance-Related Business in 1901. Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. [72] The award included $18.4 million in punitive damages, and $180,000 in compensatory damages. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. Resend Activation Email. "Equifax." There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Are you sure that you want to delete this flower? Thanks for your help! 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. The same year, the company split operations between its two main clients, handling retail and insurance reports separately. Equifax was founded by Cator and Guy Woolford in Atlanta, Georgia, as Retail Credit Company in 1899. Equifax Inc. 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. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Equifax was forced to confront growing consumer hostility in the early 1990s, as watchdog groups contended that credit bureaus' files were often inaccurate and were used in inappropriate ways. It started in Atlanta, Georgia, under the name of Retail Credit Company. Residents in the United Kingdom (15.2 million) and Canada (about 19,000) were also impacted. There is intrinsic vulnerability in collecting and storing personal financial information, and we need to have a meaningful discussion on how to protect and limit access to it. 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." All these figures have been every rising every year for the past couple of years. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. [29][30][31], By September 2019, however, Equifax had added qualifications and "hurdles" to its claims process which put in doubt whether the previously announced cash settlement of $125 per affected consumer would actually be awarded. 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 settlement includes up to $425 million to help people affected by the data breach. (to see if you were a victim of this hack, please. Nevertheless, after the company pledged to monitor its procedures more carefully, the government halted its investigation. [64][65], Also on October 13, 2017, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service was reported to have suspended a $7.2 million contract with Equifax as a result of the attack. 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