<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:vb="urn:the-xml-files:xslt-vb"><channel><title>Callcredit News</title><link>http://www.callcredit.co.uk/press-office/news/rss</link><pubDate>2012-02-02T00:00:00</pubDate><generator>umbraco</generator><description>
                          This is a feed of the news from Callcredit.
                      </description><language>en</language><item><title>Zenith selects Callcredit as its Credit Reference Agency</title><link>http://www.callcredit.co.uk/press-office/news/2012/02/zenith-selects-callcredit-as-its-credit-reference-agency</link><pubDate>2012-02-02</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Specialist fleet solutions provider Zenith has selected Callcredit Information Group as its preferred Credit Reference Agency (CRA), to help assess applications for car salary sacrifice funding.

Zenith, which is one of the leading providers of employee car salary sacrifice schemes in the UK, will use Callcredit’s SHAREReport service to quickly identify potentially high risk applications for car finance.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Analysis of 2012 Electoral Roll identifies decrease in overall opt-out rate but highlights worst hit areas</title><link>http://www.callcredit.co.uk/press-office/news/2012/01/analysis-of-2012-electoral-roll-identifies-decrease-in-overall-opt-out-rate-but-highlights-worst-hit-areas</link><pubDate>2012-01-31</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Direct marketing services and credit data agency Callcredit Information Group has today published its ‘2012 Regional Electoral Opt-Out Report’ for the 2012 canvas.

With 99% of UK councils’ electoral rolls now received, the report confirms that opt-out rates have decreased for the second year in a row, with 4.7% fewer people opting out of the edited electoral roll compared to last year. Despite this, opt-out rates still remain significantly high and there are still dramatic disparities between local authorities.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Callcredit whitepaper looks at turning data into insight</title><link>http://www.callcredit.co.uk/press-office/news/2012/01/callcredit-whitepaper-looks-at-turning-data-into-insight</link><pubDate>2012-01-25</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Callcredit Information Group has today published its latest whitepaper, ‘Making the Most of Your Data’, looking at how effective use of credit data can deliver improved customer insight and smarter strategies in a challenging market.

The whitepaper is written by Will North, Market Development Manager at Callcredit, who examines how lenders and other organisations can reduce their exposure to unnecessary risk by using a wide range of data sources to influence their decisions. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Callcredit unveils new Home Move Triggers alert service</title><link>http://www.callcredit.co.uk/press-office/news/2012/01/callcredit-unveils-new-home-move-triggers-alert-service</link><pubDate>2012-01-23</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Callcredit Marketing Solutions has today unveiled a new service that will help marketers tap into the lucrative home mover market.

The Home Move Triggers Daily Alert service can identify consumers at every stage of the moving cycle – from putting their home on the market and securing a mortgage, through to completing the sale or signing a new rental contract.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Latitude Digital Marketing wins BrewDog account</title><link>http://www.callcredit.co.uk/press-office/news/2012/01/latitude-digital-marketing-wins-brewdog-account</link><pubDate>2012-01-20</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Latitude Digital Marketing has won the account for progressive beer brand BrewDog to look after their digital marketing activities. BrewDog, founded by James Watt and Martin Dickie in 2007 as a two-man revolution against stuffy ales dominating the UK beer industry, has taken the beer industry by storm and is currently producing the fastest growing craft beer in the UK. BrewDog chose Latitude to look after their SEO and Facebook Advertising activities.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>McAndrew's Around</title><link>http://www.callcredit.co.uk/press-office/news/2012/01/mcandrews-around</link><pubDate>2012-01-20</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Read the latest blog by John McAndrew (Callcredit's Chief Executive), as he looks ahead to a year of strong growth and strong investment for the Group.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Callcredit Whitepaper takes a positive look at PPI claims management</title><link>http://www.callcredit.co.uk/press-office/news/2012/01/callcredit-whitepaper-takes-a-positive-look-at-ppi-claims-management</link><pubDate>2012-01-18</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ As the Financial Ombudsman Service reports a significant rise in the number of PPI complaints, Callcredit Information Group today publishes a thought-provoking whitepaper outlining how banks who handle cases in a positive and proactive way can reap the commercial benefits.

The whitepaper, ‘PPI – Reaping Opportunities from the Costs,’ is written by Juliet Coukham, director of retail lending strategy at Callcredit. In it, she explores how the PPI mis-selling judgement can be turned into a positive opportunity for banks to strengthen their relationships with customers – but only if they handle claims correctly. 
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Callcredit helps Insurance Initiatives Limited (IIL) to hit 1/2 million quotes a day</title><link>http://www.callcredit.co.uk/press-office/news/2012/01/callcredit-helps-insurance-initiatives-limited-to-hit-half-million-quotes-a-day</link><pubDate>2012-01-16</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Insurance Initiatives Ltd (IIL), the market leading provider of data enrichment services to the insurance industry has announced that its real-time Informed Quotes (IQ) service is now processing in excess of a ½ million new insurance quotations per day. IQ makes rapid external searches of Callcredit Information Group’s consumer risk data including the powerful Gauge score and address link and alias name data for the proposer. This can be used to significantly enhance searches of the Informed Claims database (derived from CUE), by finding non-disclosed claims at previous addresses or registered under previous names. 

]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Callcredit welcomes Housing Minister’s new proposals to reduce social housing fraud</title><link>http://www.callcredit.co.uk/press-office/news/2012/01/callcredit-welcomes-housing-ministers-new-proposals-to-reduce-social-housing-fraud</link><pubDate>2012-01-12</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The increasing value that Local Authorities ascribe to accessing accurate data in their fight against public sector fraud was highlighted in the Department for Communities and Local Government Consultation announced by the Minister for Housing, Grant Shapps MP. The Consultation forms part of the Minister’s new housing strategy and is focused on reducing social housing fraud, estimated by the National Fraud Authority to cost the UK £900million a year and to prevent between 50,000 and 160,000 tenants from occupying social housing. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Paddy Power signs deal with Callcredit</title><link>http://www.callcredit.co.uk/press-office/news/2012/01/paddy-power-signs-deal-with-callcredit</link><pubDate>2012-01-12</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ Paddy Power, Ireland’s biggest bookmaker, has selected Callcredit Information Group to provide a tailored identity verification service for its online gaming consumers.

The bespoke identification and verification software allows Paddy Power to check the identity of players signing up to its online betting site, both within the UK and internationally. The prevention of underage betting and identity fraud is a significant concern in the online gaming sector, however effective verification tools can help reduce this risk.
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