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NEW YORK, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Experian® CheetahMail®, the leading global technology services provider of integrated email, social, mobile and display marketing, today announced that clients now have the ability to display real-time, streaming content in emails through a preferred agreement with Movable Ink. Movable Ink applications enable marketers to deliver the most up-to-date, relevant and personalized email content available, driving strong engagement and increasing...

NOTTINGHAM, England, April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Experian Identity & Fraud has revealed that fraudulent applications for mortgages increased by eight per cent in 2011, marking the fifth consecutive year in which the rate of mortgage fraud has increased. Around 34 in every 10,000 applications for mortgages were found to be fraudulent in 2011, compared to just 15 in every 10,000 in 2006. The overall rate of fraud at the point of application across the UK's...

GXS, a leading provider of B2B integration services, today announced its Director of Financial Services Industry Marketing, Patricia Hines, will be speaking at the Experian Vision 2012 Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Gaithersburg, MD (PRWEB) April 26, 2012 GXS, a leading provider of B2B integration services, today announced its Director of Financial Services Industry Marketing, Patricia Hines, will be speaking at the Experian Vision 2012 Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Hines will be...

LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This Mother's Day, many shoppers are sticking to a budget when finding that special gift for mom and planning to spend about the same amount of money on gifts as last year, according to PriceGrabber(®), a part of Experian. Results from PriceGrabber's 2012 Mother's Day Shopping survey reveal that 50 percent of consumers are planning to spend the same amount of money on Mother's Day gifts as last year, with sixty-two percent planning to...

Tightened credit and a drop in credit applications hurt the industry during the recession. Over the next five years, the industry will enter a period of significant growth. As the economy improves and unemployment drops, more people will be eligible to borrow money. The resulting rise in credit applications will boost demand for credit bureaus and credit rating agencies. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has added a report on the Credit Bureaus & Rating Agencies...

SAO PAULO, April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AMPM Worldwide (www.wwampm.com), the @titude group's digital agency, today announced that Pixit Video Solutions is the first company to integrate AMPM's portfolio. Pixit (www.pixit.com.br) is a company specializing in the creation, production, compression and hosting of videos for Web and Mobile applications that can be viewed without the "buffering problems" typical of other solutions. "This is our first important step to consolidate specialist...

COSTA MESA, Calif., April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Experian®, a leading global information services company, today announced its industry-leading Vision Conference will be held May 6-9, 2012 at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Ariz. Vision offers exclusive insight to help its customers become more efficient and profitable by providing access to industry luminaries, new technology and exclusive research to maximize business performance. The Vision 2012 Conference offers more than...

Google's social network, Google+, grew up 27 percent from February to March, according to a new study by Experian Hitwise. The research firm says that Google+ reached a total of over 61 million visits during the same time frame. Experian Hitwise also reported that Facebook is down 1.3 billion visits between July of 2011 and March of 2012, which is a 15-percent drop. However, the drop in numbers from last year doesn't mean Facebook isn't still the world's largest social network.  The...

COSTA MESA, Calif., April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As many people celebrate the arrival of warmer weather and Spring Break vacations, The freecreditscore.com(TM) Band took to the sun and surf to star in the newest freecreditscore.com television commercial, "Credit Wipeout." The new 30-second spot, launching today, draws attention to the situations that can impact a person's credit status while encouraging consumers to learn more about those factors. freecreditscore.com members...

NEW YORK, April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Experian Marketing Services, a leading provider of data, analytics and marketing technologies, today announced the release of the 2012 Digital Marketer: Benchmark and Trend Report. Now in its fourth year, this 128-page report has become the go-to resource for key industry benchmarks, insights and data that marketing executives need to stay in front of consumer and technology trends. New research by Experian Marketing Services found that 46...