Choicepoint

8 results about this entity

Period: 17 Feb 2005 - 25 Feb 2008

Finextra50 up 1.2% led by ChoicePoint and Microgen

The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index closed up 1.2% to 86.91 last week as Reed Elsevier's planned acquisition of ChoicePoint saw the latter's stock rise by 41%, while lower than expected quarterly results and outlook from Vasco Data Security saw its stock hit a 52 week low.

Reed Elsevier to buy US insurance data firm ChoicePoint for $4.1bn

Publisher Reed Elsevier plans to integrate ChoicePoint with its LexisNexis Risk Information and Analytics Group to create a risk management business with $1.5 billion in revenues.

ChoicePoint acquires insurance analytics firm Optimal Decisions

ChoicePoint is acquiring Australian firm Optimal Decisions Group (ODG), which specialises in advanced analytics and software for the insurance industry. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Finextra50 dips slightly to 100.18

European share prices fell again last week, weighed down by banking stocks, while the US markets were down by less than one percent. The Finextra50 closed down 1.48%, with small falls across many index constituents offset by some impressive gains from Chordiant Software, EDB Business Partner and Factset Research.

Finextra50 dips slightly to 99.56

The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index closed last week slightly down, with falls in Reuters and Cognizant a major contributor, while many of the index's smaller cap stocks saw steady gains, particularly in Europe.

Finextra launches Finextra50 fintech index

The Finextra50 Financial Technology Index is a free-float value weighted index of the world's leading companies that provide technology-based products and services to the financial services industry. It was set at an indexed value of 100 at market close on Friday 4th May 2007. Our weekly update on the index's movements will provide a framework for analysing trends in the financial technology market, particularly vendor consolidation - a trend that shows no sign of slowing down.

Choicepoint to pay $15m for data breach

US credit data firm ChoicePoint will pay $15 million to settle charges that it failed to adequately protect customers' financial information following a data breach where a gang of criminals posing as businessmen managed to gain access to around 163,000 personal records.

ChoicePoint customer data stolen by fraudsters

US credit data firm ChoicePoint says a gang of criminals posing as businessmen managed to gain access to the personal data records of around 145,000 consumers.