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Veda launches enhanced credit assessment product to help lenders grow their customer base with less risk – Equifax Score Apply®
Sydney, Australia: Monday, 9 February 2015 – Veda, the leading provider of credit information and analysis in Australia and New Zealand, today announced the launch of Equifax Score Apply®, a new service designed to help lenders better assess the risk profile of individuals applying for a loan.

216,000 Kiwis present real credit application fraud risk. Does New Zealand have a fraud problem?
Auckland New Zealand, Monday 2 February 2015: According to New Zealand’s largest credit bureau, Veda, 216,000 New Zealanders, over the age of 18, use more than one name to apply for credit and have an adverse credit history, potentially presenting a real credit and fraud risk to banks, finance companies, lenders and other credit providers such as telcos, and energy companies.

Countdown is on for financial adviser register – verification is the key
Sydney, Australia: Monday, 2 February 2015 – With only weeks left to comply with ASIC’s new financial adviser register the countdown is on for financial institutions and non-aligned financial advice licensees to register and properly vet those they put on the register, as the stakes are high.

Veda acquires The Prospect Shop, continuing the growth strategy for marketing services
Sydney, Australia, Wednesday 17 December 2014: Veda, the data analytics company and leading provider of credit information and analytics in Australia and New Zealand, today announced the acquisition of direct marketing and data agency The Prospect Shop (TPS).