Cator, a former bank employee, and Guy, a lawyer, employed simple notations to reflect merchants comments about their shoppers payment habits: Prompt, Slow, or Requires Cash. They published these findings as The Merchants Guide, sold it for $25, and offered individual credit reports. [23], In March 2018, the Security and Exchange Commission accused Jun Ying, Equifax's former CIO, of illicit insider trading, by selling company stock before the breach was publicly disclosed. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Although the company sold seven subscriptions rapidly after one of Atlanta's largest department stores bought the first, by the end of Retail Credit's first year only 37 merchants and 47 grocers had signed on board. 1899: The Woolfords moved to Atlanta with the goal of making credit reporting their new career. The following year the company also opened a branch office in Cincinnati. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Your support helps us commission new entries and update existing content. Residents in the United Kingdom (15.2 million) and Canada (about 19,000) were also impacted. In addition to formation of a technology division, brought about by the consolidation of the company's activities in that field, Equifax also acquired Telecredit, Inc., a Los Angeles credit bureau that provided check and credit card authorization services, for $457 million in 1990. 1923: The company forms Credit Service Exchange, a credit rating operations firm. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Principal Operating Units: North American Information Services; Payment Services; Equifax Europe; Equifax Latin America; Knowledge Engineering. Late in 1991, the company bought out its British partner to form Equifax Europe. Cator Woolford Gardens - Cator, Three (CWG) (GC4BAB) was created by BigDoggie & Frogger (adopted by ckirbee) on 4/10/2002. "[42], According to senator Michael Crapo, "The amount of data that the private industry and Government collect and store is very concerning. . In 2000, Equifax, along with Experian and TransUnion, was fined $2.5 million for blocking and delaying phone calls from consumers trying to get information about their credit. For instance, in 1908 the company began issuing reports for automobile liability insurers. Other failings were on the exposure of American salary data, and website malware. Insurance companies paid much more highly for the information they needed; Retail Credit quickly expanded operations into this lucrative area. We see them around but we don't know what goes on behind the scenes. Nevertheless, after the company pledged to monitor its procedures more carefully, the government halted its investigation. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. By the mid-1960s, nearly 300 branch offices had been opened along with almost 1,400 sub-offices, employing roughly 7,400 inspectors. Equifax collects and also aggregates information on more than 88 million businesses and more than 880 million individuals worldwide. Here's What You Can Do", "Want that $125 from Equifax? It started in Atlanta, Georgia, under the name of Retail Credit Company. With the company's sales running at $350,000, the Woolfords decided to incorporate. By 1986 the company's files covered 150 million people in 28 states. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Sorry! Woolford was sympathetic to Roosevelts illness, and he became one of the founders of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation (later, Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation). [83][84], In January 2020, Equifax agreed to a global settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and 50 U.S. states and territories. Despite this setback, geographical expansion continued and New York premises were opened in 1907. The company sold stock to the public for the first time in 1965. 0 cemeteries found in Woolford, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA. Equifax has an annual revenue of over $3.1 billion. In addition, the company hoped to avoid the expensive class action suits over its activities that competitors had suffered. Another concern was growing consumer dissatisfaction. Oops, something didn't work. Cator actually got the idea from his grocery business, where they collected customers' names and evidence of creditworthiness. Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation, Statutory and Executive Boards and Commissions, Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter. Equifax was widely criticized for the hack and for how it responded after the matter. The company planned to handle all phases of the operation, including selection of potential customers, production of mailing brochures, handling of telephone inquiries, verification of credit applications, and property appraisal. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? By the end of the decade, however, Retail Credit had opted to reenter the consumer credit reporting business. In 1935 Cator Woolford donated a parcel of land he owned in Glynn County, adjacent to an old river plantation known as Elizafield, to the state of Georgia for use as a state park. Equifax was forced to confront growing consumer hostility in the early 1990s, as watchdog groups contended that credit bureaus' files were often inaccurate and were used in inappropriate ways. The Cator Woolford Gardens is a mission-driven event space for life's most important moments. Pushed to the limit, Retail Credit finally allowed women to work as inspectors, in most cases permitting wives to take over their absent husbands' jobs. We Have Some Questions", "Equifax, Inc. 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[62], On October 13, 2017, the attack was revealed to have been performed by hijacking third-party analytics JavaScript from Digital River brand FireClick. These 39 acres of property are nestled in the heart of the North Druid Hills area. [42], Equifax also offers fraud prevention products based on device fingerprinting such as "FraudIQ Authenticate Device. [36], On 2 August 2022, a week after its CEO Mark Begor was deemed "uniquely qualified to lead the Company" and was granted a $25 million bonus package by Equifax's board, the Wall Street Journal reported that Equifax had sent millions of incorrectly calculated credit scores to lenders. New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Aug 19, 2013. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/equifax/, Reese, K. (2006). Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? In the ensuing years, the volume of requests for this new service increased dramatically. Not long after, the government accused the company of rating employees based on how much negative information they could find about consumers. Son of John Stevens Brohawn and Mary Ellen Rees Woolford. Pleased with the success of his first listing, Woolford set out to make credit reporting his career. Gilbert. The same cybersecurity firm was hired following the MayJuly breach. [48] The event was considered "one of the biggest data breaches in history. The credit bureau had opened 34 branch offices in the United States and three in Canada, as well. By 1937 nearly three quarters of all the company's inspection forms were being filled out by full-time investigators, operating out of 96 Retail Credit offices in cities across North America. Married Charlotte Louise Boyd (1900-1965) on 01 Jan 1920, at the home of her parents in Griffin, Spalding, GA In 1979 the company took a big step in that direction, acquiring Elrick & Lavidge, a Chicago firm that performed marketing surveys, and merging it into the company's Marketing Information Services subsidiary. Consolidation in the credit bureau industry continued throughout the 1980s, as Equifax and its two largest competitors, TRW Inc. and the Trans Union Corporation, divided up the nation's smaller credit bureaus amongst themselves. As of Apr 06 -3.03 / -1.52%. New Georgia Encyclopedia, 03 November 2006, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/equifax/. The company's retail credit reporting activities were restricted to the Atlanta area, while insurance activities were delegated a wider scope. In 1899 Cator and Guy Woolford, two brothers from Woolford, Maryland, began operations as the Retail Credit Company in Atlanta. The agency agreed to a global settlement in January 2020 with different institutions like the Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Trade Commission, and 50 U.S. states and territories. In a ten-year period, 104 smaller credit bureaus had been added to the Equifax network alone. You shouldn't count on it", "If you made a claim for $125 from Equifax, you're not getting it after court awards nearly $80 million to attorneys", "Equifax acquires Ansonia expanding leadership in commercial credit data solutions", "WSJ News Exclusive | Equifax Sent Lenders Inaccurate Credit Scores on Millions of Consumers", "Equifax issued wrong credit scores for millions", "Equifax sued over erroneous credit scores sent for "millions" of Americans", "Equifax to acquire Brazilian credit bureau Boa Vista Servios for $596m", "Freezing Credit Will Now Be Free. The company continued expansion by opening new branch offices throughout the decades following the war. Equifax has been operational for over a decade, during which time it has experienced immense success. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Cator Ringgold Woolford I found on Findagrave.com. Between 1983 and 1988, the company's overall revenues increased by nearly 60 percent, to $743 million, and earnings more than doubled. Another achievement is being named a Top Technology Provider, Top Workplace, and it was the winner of the InformationWeek Elite 100, among many others. Equifax is headed by Mark L. Feidler as the chairman of the board, Mark W. Begor, as the CEO, and John W. as the vice president as well as the CFC. That year also saw Equifax introduce a record 25 new products. Are you sure that you want to delete this flower? In April 1903 Retail Credit closed its Augusta office, after clearly noting signs that the branch would not become profitable. Two years later the San Francisco office was entirely destroyed by earthquake and fire. Equifax is 124 years old. Retrieved Aug 19, 2013, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/equifax/. Failed to delete memorial. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. Equifax's image-polishing moves came just as the company's net income had declined from $64 million in 1990 to $5 million in 1991; the general recession had held down demand for credit and credit reports, plus a restructuring that cut about 1,900 jobs resulted in a $19 million charge. Equifax formed Wescot Decision Systems as a joint venture with marketer Next PLC in the United Kingdom. [74] An Equifax spokesperson said that Equifax is considering appealing the jury's verdict. [46], "I didn't have to do anything fancy," the researcher told Motherboard, explaining that the site was vulnerable to a basic "forced browsing" bug. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. [4] Equifax collects and aggregates information on over 800 million individual consumers and more than 88 million businesses worldwide. There was a consent decree. The enterprise was newly christened the Retail Credit Company, Inc., on December 29, 1913. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Revenues had reached a record $1.62 billion by 1998, but the outlook was somewhat clouded by the economic uncertainties that had begun with the Asian financial crisis of 1997. They were originally founded in 1898, 70 years before the creation of the Trans Union. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. In the early 1970s, Retail Credit purchased several competitors, buying credit bureaus in Oregon, Idaho, and California, and Credit Bureau, Inc., located in Washington, D.C. Founder of the Retail Credit Company of Atlanta, Ga., now Equifax, one of the three major credit-rating agencies in the US. Thanks for your help! Reese, Krista. [81], Consumer lawsuits claiming damages under the FCRA have been successful in small claims court. "Equifax." Equifax was founded in 1898 by two brothers, Cator and Guy Woolford. 1989: Equifax forms an alliance with CSC Credit Services. Failed to report flower. There he supervised the compilation of a list of customers, with indications of their creditworthiness, for the local Retail Grocer's Association." This episode of our daily podcast, The Outline World Dispatch was all about the Equifax breach. [citation needed] Business customers include retailers, insurance firms, healthcare providers, utilities, government agencies, as well as banks, credit unions, personal and specialty finance companies and other financial institutions. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Some of the company's data storage equipment is pictured circa 1978. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Equifax Inc. is an American multinational consumer credit reporting agency headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and is one of the three largest consumer credit reporting agencies, along with Experian and TransUnion (together known as the "Big Three"). Your Scrapbook is currently empty. The increased competition resulted in a serious slump in Retail Credit's life insurance and credit reporting activities in 1921. The Woolford brothers left their own legacies apart from the phenomenally successful business they started. The settlement includes up to $425 million to help people affected by the data breach. "All you had to do was put in a search term and get millions of results, just instantlyin cleartext, through a web app," they said. Equifax Inc (NYSE:EFX) 196.37. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. The origins of these gardens date back to the 1920's and was once home to Cator Woolford himself - one of the leading founders of what we know today as Equifax. Cator Woolford, Co-Founder Guy Woolford, Co-Founder Equifax Board Members Mark Begor, Director Elane B. Other services offered by Equifax include selling credit monitoring to their customers as well as fraud prevention services. Market Value. Watch Full Video Weddings & Events Photography & Video 28. Gathering information by telephone, as well as simplifying forms for recording information, were two of the steps taken towards this end. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. were exposed as in the MayJuly breach, according to Motherboard. It had turned to Edelman for earlier crisis control after the October 2017 privacy breach. The company handles or facilitates more than ten million electronic transactions per day for 300,000 customers worldwide. ", The same types of sensitive private information of American consumers (names, birth dates, social security numbers, etc.) Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Cator Woolford (73468528)? Relying on his experience in Tennessee, Cator began by seeking out an alliance with the city's grocers. Copyright (c) 2022 Company-Histories.com. [9] By the 1960s, Retail Credit Company was one of the nation's largest credit bureaus, holding files on millions of American and Canadian citizens. On March 22, 1899, the company opened for business. Miller contacted Equifax repeatedly in writing and over the telephone, but Equifax refused to delete dozens of false collection accounts from Miller's credit report. Cator Woolford got his start in the credit bureau business as a grocer in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 1930: The Retail Credit Company has 81 branch offices throughout North America. Cator Woolford (1869-1944) moved to Georgia and formed a credit bureau there with his brother Guy. . For those that were affected by the data breach, there were open suggestions to file claims against it. The company was founded by Cator Woolford and Guy Woolford in 1899 and is headquartered in Atlanta . With the 1993 acquisition of Integratec Inc., Equifax gained a leading provider of debt collection and other back-office services for credit card issuers and other lenders. With his brother Guy, a lawyer six years his junior, Cator settled on Atlanta as the site of his new venture. Failed to delete flower. [14] Equifax formerly offered digital certification services, which it sold to GeoTrust in September 2001. St. James Press, 1999. Heres a look at how the Atlanta-based company grew into the credit reporting giant that it is today. This legislation gave consumers rights regarding information stored about them in corporate databanks. Retail Credit Company's information holdings and willingness to sell its information attracted criticism in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1973, in one sign of its giant growth, Retail Credit Company again faced off against the Federal Trade Commission, this time for monopolistic practices. Eventually the Frazers and Lanes acquired the former estate of Cator Woolford (founder of the Retail Credit Company, now Equifax), 39 acres located in Lake Claire/Druid Hills. [17], In February 2016, Equifax acquired the Australasian company Veda, the largest credit reference agency in Australia at the time. [47], Between May and July 2017, yet-identified hackers were able to use a known exploit on one of Equifax' web servers that had yet to be updated to access the credit records of more than 140 million Americans as well as some British and Canadian citizens before the breach was detected and shut down. [69][70], In July 2013, a federal jury in Oregon awarded $18.6 million to Julie Miller of Marion County against Equifax for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Once the home of Cator Woolford, a principal founder of what is now known as Equifax, the Italian-style gardens serve as a wedding and event venue infused with decades of classic beauty and Southern charm. Today the facility operates as Morningstar Treatment Services, which serves children with intellectual disabilities. These activities had long taken place at a different location under separate management; three years later, Retail Credit further severed its connection when the Exchange was sold to businessman L.S. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. The change symbolized the company's growing capabilities and prepared the way for further diversification of its activities, from operations centered in the insurance industry to wider marketing functions. In addition to credit and demographic data and services to business,[5] Equifax sells credit monitoring and fraud prevention services directly to consumers. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Where would you like to work? Include gps location with grave photos where possible. Today's Change. As an Equifax executive explained in Business Week, "People see the use of this information as a privacy problem if it goes beyond credit purposes." This was one of the last parcels in Druid Hills to be purchased, ostensibly because so much of it was considered In July 1995 Equifax acquired U.K.-based Infocheck Group Limited and TecniCob S.A., a French payment services firm. The agency has an operating income of $900 million, and its net income was estimated to be $600.1 million last year. Again, charges were droppedby that time (1982), national computer databases made information that was once available only regionally accessible nationwide. Try again later. Most of the credit work was then being done by a subsidiary, Retailers Commercial Agency. The company would also no longer keep tabs on customers' buying histories for the purpose of placing shoppers in a range of categories from "luxury buyers" to "coupon clippers." Equifax Inc. "[71][77], In April 2014, Equifax was sued in New York federal court by God Gazarov, who claimed the company erroneously reports him as having no credit history because of his unusual first name. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. [75] A federal judge reduced the award to $1.62 million in 2014. The following day, a class-action lawsuit was filed by Jacksonville, Florida resident Nydia Jenkins against Equifax alleging she had received a "substantially pricier car loan" (resulting in an additional loan payment of $2,352 more per year) due to Equifax reporting her credit score 130 points off from what it should have been. [57][58] In July 2019, Equifax settled with the Federal Trade Commission for $700 million. By 1994 Equifax had acquired three more healthcare information firms, giving it a substantial presence in claims processing. The company claims to have discovered evidence of the cybercrime event on July 29, 2017. In June the pages of the book were run out on a mimeograph machine and bound between hard covers with the title "Merchant's Guide.". Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Equifax is a multinational American consumer credit reporting agency that is among the top three consumer credit reporting agencies. These included that it collected "facts, statistics, inaccuracies and rumors about virtually every phase of a person's life; his marital troubles, jobs, school history, childhood, sex life, and political activities." In 1994 the company also greatly expanded its international operations through acquisitions and joint ventures, gaining a presence in 12 countries, including Argentina, Chile, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Australia. 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