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Creditinfo is an Icelandic credit bureau and information services group with operations in 20 countries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Creditworthiness operations in Sudan and Afghanistan )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Private Credit Bureaus around the World )〕 As of 2014 the company employs over 250 people with corporate headquarters in Reykjavík, Iceland. The company was initially created in 1997 as Lánstraust ehf, later taking up the name Creditinfo as the company expanded internationally.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Creditinfo.com )〕 == History == The initial share capital of Lánstraust ehf in 1997 was one million ISK (then worth €6.600).〔GRÉTARSSON, R. ''Creditinfo Group Part I'' (Creditinfo Group: Reykjavík, 2012.)〕 The sole founder was Reynir Grétarsson, the two co-founders brought their share capitals later the same year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Creditinfo.com )〕 One of these partners left after a few months, the other partner left after 3 years. In 2003, Creditinfo was established. Since then the company has opened offices in 18 countries, most of which still remain, but a few were closed or sold.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Advokatfirman Cederquist represents Bisnode in its acquisition of Creditinfo SCHUFA companies in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hellastat Greece Acquires Creditinfo Hellas )〕 From 2000 to 2009, sales of Creditinfo in Iceland grew from €500.000 to almost €6.000.000. From 2004 to 2007 Creditinfo Group revenue increased from €5 million to €22 million.〔GRÉTARSSON, R. ''Creditinfo Group Part I'' (Creditinfo Group: Reykjavík, 2012.)〕 From 2004 to 2008, Creditinfo was selected as one of Europe’s top entrepreneurial companies for five consecutive years.〔GRÉTARSSON, R. ''Creditinfo Group Part I'' (Creditinfo Group: Reykjavík, 2012.)〕 In 2005, Graham C. Platts and two other former executives of Experian became shareholders by buying initially around 17% of the Creditinfo Group shares. They brought expertise in the area of scoring and other value added services into Creditinfo and remained shareholders until 2013, when the company itself bought back their share in the company, at that time 31,5%. Buyback of shares was concluded in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Graham Cedric Platts )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Scoresoft acquires 18,6% stake in Creditinfo )〕 In 2009, Creditinfo and Schufa, one of the oldest and biggest credit bureaus in Europe, signed a contract and created Creditinfo SCHUFA GmbH. The strategy of this company was to offer pan-European credit information and related services. This cooperation was terminated in 2011, with each party deciding to pursue its own international strategy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Creditinfo signs joint venture deal with SCHUFA GmbH )〕 In March 2012, Creditinfo established the first licensed credit bureau in Jamaica. To date, some 36 entities have been registered with Creditinfo Jamaica Limited.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=jis.gov )〕 Generally said, Creditinfo Group is a leading subject in establishing credit bureaus across the Caribbean.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=jis.gov )〕 In February 2013, Creditinfo signed an agreement to provide credit bureau software (CBS5) to Central Bank of Afghanistan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Creditinfo.com )〕 In June the same year, The Bank of Tanzania has officially granted a full operation licence to Creditinfo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BoT gives nod to start of credit bureau’s dealing )〕 In November 2013, Creditinfo and CRIF were shortlisted to establish the first credit bureau in Azerbaijan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=abc.az )〕 Creditinfo Group has been selected in several tenders supported by World Bank, International Finance Corporation, Millennium Challenge Corporation and other international organizations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Creditinfo.com )〕 Creditinfo Group is listed in “Doing Business 2013” publication issued by World Bank and International Finance Corporation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Doing Business 2013 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Creditinfo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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