Credit information provided by Equifax is available on Canadian companies
posting on Link.
Clicking on the Equifax tab on the leads screen, the Member List or the Carrier
Locations screen
will
display Equifax credit information on the selected company.
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File opened:
The year Equifax opened a file on the company
Total owed:
Total amount owing by the company to companies reporting their receivable
balance.
Payment Index:
The number of days past due the company pays (on average).
Comp. Index:
An overall score based on all information in the Equifax database on a
customer. Lower is better.
Negative Occurrences:
Number of negative payment occurrences attributed to the company, including
bounced cheques, collections etc.
Total Amount:
The dollar amount of the negative occurrences. |
If
more information is desired, a detailed credit report can be obtained. (see
Requesting Credit Checks).
If a
detailed credit report is already present, it can be viewed by clicking the
button.
The detailed
Equifax report expands on the information displayed on the Equifax tab.
Negative
occurrences: Displays the various negative occurrences along with dollar values
and dates.
Payment Index Key:
As on the Equifax tab, shows the average number of days past due that the
company typically pays.
Composite Index: A
compiled score showing the overall risk of the company. Under 30 is considered
acceptable risk.
Payment Trend:
Shows various pertinent scores over the last nine business quarters.