Welcome to our dedicated page for Equifax news (Ticker: EFX), a resource for investors and traders seeking the latest updates and insights on Equifax stock.
Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) is a global data, analytics, and technology company whose news flow reflects its role in credit reporting, workforce solutions, and compliance services. As one of the major U.S. credit bureaus, Equifax regularly releases updates that matter to lenders, employers, and policymakers, as well as to investors following the EFX stock.
News about Equifax often highlights new data and analytics products, such as tools that use the Equifax Cloud™ and EFX.AI™ capabilities for risk assessment, fraud prevention, and personalized credit score planning. Recent announcements include the launch of Income Qualify, which delivers income and employment insights from The Work Number® to mortgage lenders earlier in the lending process, and the introduction of Optimal Path™, an interactive score planner integrated into platforms like Kikoff.
Equifax also issues releases on workforce and employer services, including unemployment claims solutions like the Unemployment Claims Power of Attorney Manager and verification enhancements driven by acquisitions such as Vault Verify. Regulatory and risk-related news includes new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Compliance Solutions that use AI to screen and monitor customers against sanctions and high-risk lists.
Investors tracking EFX can find announcements on quarterly dividends, participation in investor conferences, and periodic Market Pulse reports that summarize U.S. consumer credit trends using Equifax data. This news page aggregates these product launches, market insights, capital markets events, and corporate updates in one place, providing a focused view of how Equifax’s data, analytics, and cloud technology are being applied across credit, employment, and compliance use cases.
Equifax (NYSE: EFX) will participate in three investor conferences in March 2026. Trevor Burns, Senior Vice President of Corporate Investor Relations, will attend the RBC Global Financial Institutions Conference on March 10, the Wolfe Research FinTech Forum on March 11, and the Bank of America Information and Business Services Conference on March 12.
Equifax (NYSE: EFX) named David Smith President of U.S. Information Solutions, effective March 2, 2026. Smith joins from Truist, where he led a $4 billion consumer lending business and has more than 25 years of lending and credit experience.
He will lead USIS's post-cloud transformation, leveraging EFX.AI and proprietary data to expand decision-intelligence products and drive growth for customers and consumers.
Equifax (NYSE: EFX) said its Board approved a 12% increase in the quarterly cash dividend, raising the dividend to $0.56 per share for Q1 2026. The dividend is payable on March 17, 2026 to shareholders of record as of March 9, 2026.
Equifax noted it has paid cash dividends for more than 100 consecutive years. The $0.56 dividend remains subject to future declaration by the Board.
Equifax (NYSE: EFX) released its Market Pulse Q4 2025 U.S. consumer credit trends showing total consumer debt reached $18.20 trillion in December 2025, with year-over-year growth accelerating to +3.7%. Delinquencies eased from recent highs but remain elevated versus pre-pandemic norms.
Bankcard balances rose while private label credit contracted; auto leasing and student loan delinquency dynamics also stood out.
Equifax (NYSE: EFX) launched Optimal Path in the myEquifax mobile app on Feb 17, 2026, offering free, AI-driven 30-day credit score action plans to U.S. consumers.
Optimal Path uses two Equifax patents and EFX.AI to create personalized tasks tied to a consumer's Equifax credit file, track 30-day progress, send reminders, and show milestones over three months.
Gen Digital (NASDAQ: GEN) and Equifax (NYSE: EFX) expanded a strategic partnership on Feb. 4, 2026 to integrate Equifax differentiated data with Gen's AI-powered products and to surface Gen's Engine platform capabilities within myEquifax in the U.S.
The deal aims to boost identity protection, financial wellness recommendations and personalized financial product recommendations for consumers across Gen brands Norton, Avast, LifeLock and MoneyLion, while giving Equifax access to Engine by Gen to enhance myEquifax personalization.
Equifax (NYSE: EFX) reported Q4 2025 revenue of $1.551 billion, up 9% year-over-year and $30 million above guidance midpoint. Full-year 2025 revenue was $6.075 billion, up 7%, with diluted EPS $5.32 and adjusted EPS $7.65. Q4 free cash flow supported $561 million returned to shareholders, including $500 million share repurchases. Management issued 2026 guidance midpoint of $6.72 billion revenue and $8.50 adjusted EPS, targeting ~10% organic growth and continued margin expansion driven by cloud and AI investments.
Equifax (NYSE: EFX) on January 30, 2026 launched Credit Abuse Risk, a predictive model using FCRA-regulated data to detect first-party fraud such as loan stacking and credit washing.
The model provides FCRA-compliant scores with adverse action reason codes, real-time behavioral insights for prequalification, origination, and portfolio review, and integrates with layered fraud defenses including synthetic identity tools.
Equifax (NYSE: EFX) launched two Employment Insights solutions on January 28, 2026 to give auto dealers verified employment and income data alongside the Equifax Consumer Credit Report.
The offerings target prequalification and financing stages, using data from The Work Number to speed decisions, improve DTI/PTI confidence, and help validate applications at deal close.
Equifax (NYSE:EFX) launched Income Confirm on January 26, 2026, a product that delivers verified employment and income data from The Work Number alongside an Equifax Consumer Credit Report.
Income Confirm supplies applicant employee name/SSN, employer name, employment status, and a calculated annualized income where available to support credit card decisioning, credit line assignment, and faster applicant approvals.