DP Information Group

DP Information Group
Private
Founded Singapore, (1978 (1978))[1]
Headquarters Singapore
Key people
 James GOTHARD General Manager, Credit Services and Strategy SEA, Experian
Products credit reports
credit rating
credit scoring
consumer credit bureau
Number of employees
 130 (2010)
Website www.dpgroup.sg

DP Information Group is a Singapore credit and business information bureau formed in 1978.[1] As of 2007 it was considered the largest providers of credit and business information in Singapore.[2]

History

DP Information Group was started by private individuals in 1978. Forty percent of it was acquired by Experian on October 2008.[1] In late 2015 the company was fully acquired by Experian.

Products

DP sells credit information through an online portal, QuestNet. Its key clients are banks, insurers, corporations and SMEs.

In 2007, DP started a consumer credit bureau, DP Credit Bureau.

DP Info also develops credit rating and credit scoring models. Its custom credit ratings model for Singapore companies, based on a regression methodology; it is currently being used by government agencies such as the Building and Construction Authority and the Committee for Private Education to evaluate top-tier construction companies and privately operated education firms respectively.

Since 1986, the company has published the “Singapore 1000 & SME 500” (as of 2008, “Singapore 1000 & SME 1000”), an annual ranking of Singapore's most successful companies and small and mid-sized firms by financial performance.[3] In recent years, it also started an annual companion ranking called the “Singapore International 100”, recognising the nation state’s largest companies by overseas revenue.[4]

The company operates an SME advisory services arm, which helps local and foreign entrepreneurs set up their business in Singapore. It helps new enterprises with business services such as filing for licenses and corporate secretarial services etc.

Partnerships

DP Information Group has a partnership with RAM Holdings Berhad, a bond rating agency in Malaysia to set up RAM Credit Information Sdn Bhd, headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It provides similar credit and business information for the Malaysian market.

  • DP Information Network Pte Ltd
  • DP Credit Bureau Pte Ltd
  • DP Management Pte Ltd
  • RAM Credit Information Sdn Bhd (Malaysia)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Acquisition of minority stake in DP Information Group" (Press release). Experian. 2008-01-10.
  2. ↑ Newman, Oksana (2007). Online Business Sourcebook. Walter de Gruyter. p. 136.
  3. ↑ Yahya, Yasmine (February 26, 2016). "Revenue of top 1,000 Singapore firms crosses $3 trillion". The Straits Times. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "HSBC is proud to be the key sponsor for the 2010 Singapore 1000, SME 500 and Singapore International 100 Awards and Rankings". HSBC Singapore. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
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