News

JANUARY 10, 2022

CRIF acquires the majority of shares in HPI (Hire Purchase Information) in Ireland

The acquisition will strengthen CRIF’s local presence in the field of risk management and decision support solutions.

DECEMBER 27, 2021

CRIF acquires ICAP, the largest b2b services group in Greece, with a strong presence in Southeastern Europe

The acquisition will strengthen CRIF’s leading position in the field of business and credit information and risk management solutions in the region.

NOVEMBER 2021

Value added financial services for SMEs

SMEs, and in particular micro and small businesses, are the backbone of the European economy. This segment includes over 25 million companies, with a total turnover of more than €10bn.

HONG KONG, NOVEMBER 2021

The Green Finance and RegTech White Paper

Vincenzo Resta, Giordano Giulianelli, Gianluca Natalini, and Francesco Portioli contributed to the paper.

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Green and sustainable finance: CRIF and RED win at G20 Techsprint 2021 for their ‘Climate Risk Analytics Suite’ solution

Banca d’Italia and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announce the winners of the international G20 TechSprint 2021 hackathon. CRIF and RED win the ‘Analysis and assessment of transition and physical climate-related risks’ category.

BIŠKEK (KYRGYZSTAN) AND BOLOGNA (ITALY), SEPTEMBER, 23 2021

CRIF acquires Credit Bureau in Kyrgyzstan

CRIF has signed an agreement to acquire 70% of “Safe&Sound CJSC”, a credit bureau company in Kyrgyzstan. With the acquisition, the company name becomes "CRIF KG CJSC".

BOLOGNA, SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

CRIF is confirmed among the IDC FinTech Rankings top 100 for the ninth year running and accelerates its development of digital open banking solutions.

In line with its global positioning, the CRIF industrial plan for the three-year period 2021-2023 involves global investments totaling EUR 350 million, with particular focus on FinTech, Open Finance, and new global acquisitions.

HONG KONG, DUBLIN & BOLOGNA, AUGUST 31, 2021

Know Your Customer and CRIF announce strategic investment and global commercial partnership for premium corporate KYC

The partnership will enable Know Your Customer to leverage CRIF’s long-established and extensive customer network across 40 countries and 10,500 financial institutions to accelerate growth in new and existing global markets. 

BOLOGNA, ITALY, MAY 24, 2021

CRIF invests in Fido to boost the ability of consumers to get credit thanks to their digital footprint and machine learning

Fido has created the first European platform to boost the ability to assess the creditworthiness of consumers through the analysis of digital signals and machine learning. Through this transaction, CRIF wants to contribute to Fido’s growth and to confirm its commitment to innovative digital services for consumers and SMEs.

DUBLIN, MAY 24, 2021

CRIF announces the integration of SkyMinder® with the we.trade platform

Thanks to the partnership with we.trade Innovation DAC, we.trade users now can access SkyMinder® services directly from the we.trade trade finance digital platform.