Equifax agrees to acquire Mexico credit bureau Círculo de Crédito for $750 million

• Equifax agreed to buy Mexico credit bureau Círculo de Crédito for an enterprise value of USD 750 million.
• Deal expands Equifax into Mexico, Latin America’s second-largest economy; Círculo is the only local bureau covering consumer, commercial credit.
• Círculo has more than 1,700 customers; about 2 billion tradelines spanning 80 million validated identities.
• Transaction adds alternative data capabilities; Equifax plans to deploy cloud-native tools, EFX.AI, identity protection, fraud prevention across the platform.
• Equifax expects the purchase to support its bolt-on acquisition strategy; it would be the 17th deal in six years.

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