We are very pleased to inform you that Al Etihad Credit Bureau ( AECB), the only credit bureau operating in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has joined ACCIS as an associate member, effective 1 April 2018. AECB is a Public Joint Stock Company wholly owned by the UAE Federal Government, collects credit information from financial and non-financial institutions in the UAE. AECB aggregates and analyses this data to calculate Credit Scores and produce Credit Reports that are made available to individuals and companies in the UAE.

For more information, please visit www.aecb.gov.ae

As of 1 February 2018, ACCIS welcomes the Central Bank of Albania as a new full member. The Bank of Albania manages the Credit Registry System (CRS), the only electronic database of borrowers in the Albanian banking and financial system.

Please find further information on the website of the Bank of Albania.

Kredi Kayit Burosu (KKB), the first and only credit bureau in Turkey, has re-joined ACCIS as a Full member effective 1st January 2018. KKB’s decision reinforces ACCIS as the largest representative group of credit reference agencies in the World.

The Central Credit Register has been established in accordance with the Central Credit Register Act (Official Gazette of RS, No. 77/16), and constitutes a centralised national database on the indebtedness of individuals and legal entities.

It has been established for the purpose of exercising the Bank of Slovenia’s powers and tasks (particularly in the area of monetary policy, financial stability, macroprudential supervision and risk management) and for the purpose of managing the Data Exchange System.

The Data Exchange System was established for the purpose of effective credit assessment and credit risk management, the encouragement of policies and measures for responsible lending and sustainable borrowing, and the prevention of over indebtedness on the part of individuals and legal entities.