ConsumerInfo Achieves 1 Million Member Milestone.Business Editors & Internet Writers ORANGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2002 ConsumerInfo.com, the leading online provider of consumer-direct credit reports and other credit-related content, today announced that its CreditCheck(R) Monitoring Service The general surveillance of known air traffic movements by reference to a radar scope presentation or other means, for the purpose of passing advisory information concerning conflicting traffic or providing navigational assistance. has reached 1 million members. The company marked this accomplishment with a Millionth Member marketing promotion and giveaway. "This is an exciting time for us and we want to share our accomplishment with our members," said Ed Ojdana, president of Experian Consumer Direct and ConsumerInfo.com. "Achieving this milestone solidifies our standing as consumers' top resource for credit information." Jeff Inabnit, the one-millionth CreditCheck member, received an all-inclusive vacation to the Club Med Club Med (short for Club Méditerranée) is a French corporation of vacation resorts found in many parts of the world, usually in highly exotic locations. It is seen by many as having started the all-inclusive resort concept, which is now a popular vacationing style for resort in Xtapa, Mexico. The 100 members after that collected gift certificates and t-shirts commemorating the event. CreditCheck, the company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , enables members to privately check their credit report on an unlimited basis. It also includes additional services such as online alerts of key changes to consumers' credit reports. "You need to know where your credit stands if you want to get it fixed," said Inabnit of Hughson, Calif. "You can't move forward if you don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what the problems are. ConsumerInfo helps you do that." Inabnit said he went to ConsumerInfo when he realized his credit was damaged after working with a credit counseling Credit counseling (known in the United Kingdom as debt counselling) is a process offering education to consumers about how to avoid incurring debts that cannot be repaid. This process is actually more debt counseling than a function of credit education. service. He and his wife hope to buy a home in the next year, and plan to use CreditCheck to help them reach that goal. Inabnit will receive online alerts when information changes on his report. He's also looking forward to accessing dispute tips and forms, credit tools and expert credit articles as he works to improve his credit rating. "Like so many people, Jeff has already benefited from our service," Ojdana said. "The sense of empowerment that comes from understanding your credit rating and what it takes to improve or maintain it is exciting. Hearing that energy from our new members, it's really a reminder of why we're here." Since 1995, ConsumerInfo has provided consumers with online access to their credit reports and scores, as well as valuable credit tools and information. The ConsumerInfo family of sites has most recently ranked within the Top 10 most visited Web destinations in a study released by the Online Publishers Association, as well as in the Top 6 among subscription content publishers according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a study released by Intermarket Group. About ConsumerInfo.com ConsumerInfo.com gives consumers quick, easy and inexpensive access to their credit histories. Since its founding in 1995, the company has provided more than 5 million credit reports to U.S. consumers. Its Internet properties, which include CreditMatters.com, FreeCreditReport.com and QSpace.com, receive more than 9 million visitors monthly. ConsumerInfo.com was the first U.S. company to offer consumers online access to single-bureau credit reports, three-agency credit reports and lender-style credit scores. The 3 Bureau Online Credit Report provides consumers access to their complete credit history from their Equifax (Nasdaq:EFX EFX Effects (as in motion picture special effects; sometimes just FX) EFX Elite Force Xtreme (gaming) EFX Elliptical Fitness Crosstrainer EFX Expeditionary Force Experiment ), Experian, and TransUnion files in seconds. It is the only report on the market that allows consumers to view all three of their credit scores. ConsumerInfo has developed prominent co-branded partnerships with sites such as Yahoo!, Quicken, LendingTree, E-LOAN, Earthlink, MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). HomeAdvisor and other top Internet properties. ConsumerInfo.com is an Experian(R) company and part of GUS GUS Gemeinschaft Unabhängiger Staaten (German: CIS) GUS Gravis Ultrasound GUS Great Universal Stores GUS Grown Up Soda GUS Giornalisti Uffici Stampa (Italian) GUS Guide to the Use of Standards plc (London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. :GUS.L). |
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