Experian Offers Scoring Seminar for Credit and Finance Professionals; Course Presents Advanced Portfolio Performance Management Applications

Business Wire, March 16, 2001

Business Editors

ORANGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2001

Experian, a leading provider of global information solutions, today announced the schedule for its Quantifying Portfolio Performance Seminar, the first in an ongoing series of scoring workshops and seminars.

The one-day seminar, which will be held in Chicago on April 10, 2001, offers advanced level training for credit and finance professionals with quantitative backgrounds.

Topics covered in the seminar include key portfolio performance drivers, utilizing vintage analysis for portfolio measurement, forecasting future trends, and comparing results to industry standards. The cost is $300 per person.

"Experian presented a wide breadth of information, both qualitative and quantitative, for a one-day seminar," said Dylan Defrees of First Consumers National Bank and a participant in last year's seminar.

Experian's series of hands-on, interactive scoring workshops and seminars are designed to help credit and risk management professionals understand, design and implement scoring strategies for all phases of the credit life cycle. Five different workshops will be offered in locations throughout the country, and cost $300-$600 per seminar, per person.

"Experian's scoring workshops give professionals an opportunity to keep pace with an increasingly dynamic marketplace by providing cutting edge scoring information and technology," said Steve Darsie, vice president of Experian's decision solutions consulting unit.

The Quantifying Portfolio Performance Seminar will also be offered on Oct. 21, 2001 in San Antonio and Feb. 21, 2002 in Orange County, Calif.

To register for Experian's educational workshops and seminars, or for additional information, contact Cindy McGeorge at 800/859-8990, via e-mail at cindy.mcgeorge@experian.com, or go to Experian's Web site, www.experian.com.

Experian is an information solutions company. It uses the power of information to help its clients target prospective customers, manage existing customer relationships and identify opportunities for profitable growth. Through multi-channel delivery of its Web-based products and services, Experian enables its clients to conduct secure and profitable e-business. Experian is a subsidiary of The Great Universal Stores PLC and has headquarters in Nottingham, U.K. and Orange. Its 12,000 people support clients in more than 50 countries. Annual sales are about $1.5 billion.

For more information, visit the company's Web site, www.experian.com.