TransUnion reports news about its credit reporting, consumer information, fraud detection, marketing, and analytics businesses. Company updates commonly cover U.S. consumer credit trends, Credit Industry Insights Report research, credit scoring developments involving VantageScore, and demand across Credit, Marketing, Fraud, and Consumer Solutions.
News also includes financial results, international segment activity, completed acquisitions, and product launches such as TruIQ Credit Strategy Studio, TruAudience Data Marketplace offerings, Digital Business Profile, and solutions built on the OneTru technology platform. Additional recurring themes include digital fraud analysis, lender workflow tools, mortgage-market data, and governance matters.
TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) will release its third-quarter 2026 financial results on October 27, 2026, followed by an earnings conference call. The results cover the quarter ended September 30, 2026, and will be published at approximately 6:00 a.m. Central Time. The call begins at 8:30 a.m. Central Time that day. The results release and live webcast will be available on the company's Investor Relations website.
TransUnion (TRU) extended its $0.99 standalone VantageScore 4.0 mortgage origination score pricing through December 2028.
Mortgage customers who purchase a FICO score can continue to receive VantageScore 4.0 at no additional cost. In September 2026, the Federal Housing Finance Agency expanded the score’s availability to approved Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lenders. The Federal Housing Administration plans to accept mortgage collateral backed by the score beginning January 1, 2027.
Between January and September 2026, adoption expanded to more than 1,100 mortgage lenders, including 9 of TransUnion’s 15 largest mortgage lender customers.
TransUnion (TRU) named Malte Bernholz executive vice president and chief strategy and corporate development officer, effective September 28, 2026.
In the newly created role, Bernholz will lead Enterprise Strategy and Corporate Development, report to President and CEO Chris Cartwright, and serve on the executive leadership team. TransUnion said the role will help align the organization around a long-term strategy for global innovation and scale. Bernholz previously oversaw growth strategy at Adobe, where he also founded and scaled a new product incubator.
TransUnion (TRU) announced that Chief Financial Officer Todd Cello will step down on December 31, 2026.
Cello has spent 29 years with TransUnion, including nine as CFO. He will remain CFO through December 31 and then serve as a full-time advisor until March 1, 2027. TransUnion has begun a search for his successor and reaffirmed its third-quarter and full-year 2026 guidance for revenue, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted diluted earnings per share. The company does not expect the planned departure to affect its business operations, long-term financial targets or capital allocation approach.
TransUnion (TRU)/b) announced that President and CEO Chris Cartwright will present at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference on Tuesday, September 15, 2026.The presentation begins at 10:15 a.m. CT (11:15 a.m. ET). A live webcast and replay will be available on the TransUnion Investor Relations section of the company’s website.
TransUnion (TRU) released commissioned research showing that 60% of surveyed organizations experienced at least one material cyberattack impact in the past 18 months.
The Forrester Consulting study of 327 U.S. director-level and above incident response decision-makers found 40% lack an end-to-end incident response partner and 37% have no comprehensive incident response plan. While more than 70% already use at least one external provider, only 46% rate their current provider as delivering end-to-end readiness and response very or extremely well, and 41% plan to reevaluate providers within 12 months.
TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) announced that its TruAudience Marketing Solutions campaign, “Bring Clarity to Chaos: How TransUnion Turned Mindshare Into Market Share,” was named a 2026 AdExchanger Awards finalist for “Most Innovative Marketing Campaign.”
The campaign translated TransUnion’s promise of clarifying fragmented marketing ecosystems into an omnichannel brand experience across Connected TV, online video, social, podcasts, trade media, digital out-of-home and major industry events such as Cannes Lions, CES and Advertising Week. According to TransUnion, TruAudience integrates identity, data, audience and measurement capabilities, leveraging identity data covering more than 98% of U.S. consumers to help advertisers and media companies better understand and reach audiences while maintaining privacy-centric standards.
TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) released new research showing that financially distressed consumers who enroll in third-party debt settlement programs can see larger credit score declines than those who file for bankruptcy. Three months before enrollment, debt settlement consumers had a median VantageScore® 4.0 of 587 versus 570 for eventual bankruptcy filers, and near-prime borrowers were more prevalent among settlement enrollees.
Among consumers who were current at enrollment, median scores dropped from 645 six months before enrollment to 549 six months after, a 96-point decline, compared with a 20-point decline for bankruptcy filers. TransUnion identified predictive indicators—such as rising utilization, growing balances, more unsecured personal loans and trade activity changes—that, when combined with bankruptcy-related risk signals and TruVision™ attributes, helped capture an additional 25% of settlement enrollees within the highest-risk 10% of consumers, potentially improving lenders’ early risk detection and account management.
TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) released survey findings showing that trust, reputation and transparency are the top factors when U.S. consumers select and stay with wealth management providers. Among 1,000 investors with at least $20,000 in investable assets, 65% ranked trust and reputation as top factors versus 49% for fees and pricing.
According to TransUnion, 56% of investors cited transparent fees and advice and 56% cited reputation and brand credibility as key drivers of trust. Over half of investors are moderately to extremely concerned about fraud’s impact on their investments, underscoring the importance of security, fraud prevention and identity protection in digital wealth management experiences.
TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) released findings from its Q3 2026 Insurance Personal Lines Trends and Perspectives Snapshot showing that 30% of Gen Z drivers self-reported owning or driving an uninsured vehicle in the past six months, compared with 17% of Millennials, 7% of Gen X and 1% of Baby Boomers.
Among Gen Z who were uninsured, 28% chose not to renew coverage, 26% cited inability to pay, 22% forgot to pay on time and 20% were dropped by a previous insurer. TransUnion recommends insurers use tools such as telematics, violation histories, and educational outreach plus flexible coverage options to better assess and reduce lapse risk in this growing segment.