Move Brings Leading Collections and Treatment Optimization Solutions to Canadian Marketplace
Toronto, Canada and Austin, TX - April 10, 2007 - TransUnion and Austin Logistics today announced TransUnion will offer Austin Logistics patented OnQ and CallTech Collections Optimization solutions to its commercial customer base. In this preferred provider agreement, TransUnion will host the applications as a managed service and make the solutions readily available to its Canadian customers.
In addition, TransUnion also will integrate both the industry leading ActionSelect treatment optimization solution and Valeo, the company's broadly patented inbound call center value routing solution. By combining TransUnion's credit data with Austin Logistics call center management software, collection organizations can better focus their resources on the accounts most likely to deliver the greatest return.
"To give our customers the ability to make better business decisions with advanced decisioning, comprehensive data and modeling was the goal of this joint venture," said TransUnion's Derrick Breau, vice president sales and marketing. "OnQ and CallTech, market leading solutions, coupled with the depth of TransUnion's data and modeling capabilities, will help our customers achieve greater efficiencies and bottom line improvements."
This move is the first deliverable in a strategic partnership between the two companies to help Canadian companies positively affect profitability by reducing both collection and treatment costs as well as charge-offs and risk throughout the credit lifecycle.
"Allying with TransUnion, one of Canadian's most trusted credit information companies is a cornerstone in our market entry into Canada," said Lee E. Martin, Canada General Manager, at Austin Logistics. "The services they provide and the solutions we offer are a great combination to help customers in Canada get the most benefit from their technology spend around collections and risk."
For information about the new offerings from TransUnion go to www.TransUnion.ca. For information about Austin Logistics' upcoming annual Impact conference, "Customer Level Decisioning to Maximize Profitability Across Risk, Marketing and Collections," visit www.austinlogistics.com.
About TransUnion
As a global leader in credit and information management, TransUnion creates advantages for millions of people around the world by gathering, analyzing and delivering information. For businesses, TransUnion helps improve efficiency, manage risk, reduce costs and increase revenue by delivering vast, current data, analytics and decisioning. For consumers, TransUnion provides the tools, resources and education to help manage their credit health and achieve their financial goals. Through these and other efforts, TransUnion is working to build stronger economies worldwide. Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Chicago, TransUnion employs more than 4,000 employees in more than 30 countries on six continents.
In Canada, TransUnion is a leading provider of credit management solutions, including credit reports, credit scores and fraud services. The company's offerings are tailored to meet both the decisioning demands of Canadian businesses and the credit management needs of Canadian consumers. Local service and support is provided in the greater metropolitan areas of: Calgary, Charlottetown, Dartmouth, Edmonton, Moncton, Montreal, Rimouski, Saskatoon, St. John's, Toronto, Vancouver and Quebec City. Visit www.transunion.ca for more details.
About Austin Logistics
Austin Logistics is the leading provider of on-demand, customer focused predictive analytic and business intelligence software solutions for account management and marketing, risk and collections. The company's inventive solutions anticipate customer value and behavior to drive more value from every customer interaction. Since 1992, the company's innovative solutions have helped many of the world's largest financial services, telecommunication, and retail companies to make proactive, profit-focused decisions that optimize actions in collections, risk and fraud, marketing and customer service. The company's ActionSelect solution was selected as one of the Top 100 Collection Technology Products for 2006 by Collection Advisor magazine. For more information, www.austinlogistics.com.