TransUnion Community

TransUnion makes sure those past-due student loan bills follow you across the country. The firm is one of the three major consumer credit reporting agencies (the others are Experian and Equifax) that lenders use to help determine a borrower's creditworthiness.

Combining technology with analysis, the company combats fraud and facilitates credit transactions between businesses and consumers by maintaining credit histories of more than 500 million people in nearly 35 countries.

TransUnion also provides risk management services, insurance credit information, and real estate information services. The company's TrueCredit subsidiary helps consumers to protect and improve their credit ratings via its Web site.