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How Data Analytics Helps Retailers
22nd Jan 2024

Data analytics to retailers is like a microscope to a scientist – revealing details and patterns in consumer behaviour that otherwise remain unseen. For online retailers, data analytics can mean the difference between guesswork and precise knowledge about what works. Between maintaining the status quo and adapting to dynamic market changes. Between losing revenue to fraudsters and safeguarding profits.

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PPSR Expiry and Renewals

The ramifications are serious if a registration lapses due to non-renewal. A lapsed registration cannot be restored. It will simply disappear, never to be seen again. If you don’t have a warning system that notifies you of approaching expiries, you may not even be aware that it has gone. 
 

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8 answers to the most popular open data questions

Open Data was a hot topic at the Equifax global SPARK conference, held in Sydney on 10 September 2019. With consumer, account and transaction data due to become available from February 2020, there's much interest in the implementation of the Consumer Data Right in Australia.

Here are the top eight questions put to a leaders' panel that included Fred Schebesta of Finder, Damir Cuca of Basiq, Kari Mastropasqua of Equifax, James Bligh of Data 61 and Alex Ortner of Allens.

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But construction industry insolvencies continue to increase on an annual basis, jumping to 24% for the September 2019 quarter.

The latest statistics1 by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) reveal that the construction industry is a leading contributor to Australia’s rising rate of company defaults2 (EXADs). The impact of failed construction companies is especially noticeable in the eastern seaboard, where insolvencies increased in Victoria by 78%, Queensland by 41% and NSW by 7% for the September 2019 quarter (QoQ).

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Lessons learned about Open Banking in the UK

It’s famously said ‘experience is the teacher of all things’, so where better to turn to for open banking lessons than the UK. With open-banking regulations in force since early 2018, much can be drawn from the British financial services sector’s experience.

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Open Data in 2020 - From Day 1 to Year 1

From February 2020, Australia's new data-driven environment will change banking as we know it. The Consumer Data Right (CDR) has been legislated by the Government to give Australians greater control over their data.

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Smart decisions take many forms, but the best ones are usually those based on accurate and reliable analytics. The development of an Equifax solution for improving the accuracy and coverage of ANZSIC codes has improved the ability of SMEs to make decisions that can help increase profits and mitigate risk.

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Test for bias in your artificial intelligence. Then learn how to work towards the fairest outcome for your customers.

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Automotive industry slump calls for new operating model

The downturn in the Australian automotive industry is expected to last into 2020. A motor industry overview presented by Deloitte at the recent Equifax Automotive Finance Forum painted a stark picture of declining car sales and an industry heavily reliant on income from bonuses and Finance & Insurance 

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Q2 2019 insolvency statistics show a 15% increase compared with the previous quarter.

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Download our free eBook for your beginner's guide to the PPSR. 

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