Innovative Enterprises and the NCRA Announce Strategic Partnership
Innovative Enterprises and the National Consumer Reporting Association (NCRA) Announce Strategic Partnership
New Alliance Will Provide Best-In-Class Information Products
and Preferred Pricing to NCRA Members
NEWPORT NEWS, VA - March 28, 2013
Innovative Enterprises, Inc., a strategic partner to the background screening industry and expert provider of court research information products, smart data solutions and ancillary services, today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with the National Consumer Reporting Agency (NCRA). Through this new alliance, NCRA members gain immediate access to Innovative's business-building, growth and support resources and receive highly-competitive, preferred pricing on several of the industry's best information products, including the National Criminal Information Scan®, the industry's leading multi-jurisdictional criminal search solution; NCIS-Alias™ and the AssuredTenant™ comprehensive resident screening solution.
"We are excited to forge this new partnership with NCRA," stated William J. Bollinger, Innovative's Executive Vice President. "NCRA members will now have access to the most advanced set of services in the background screening industry, while realizing significant cost savings. I am confident that this program will provide NCRA members a distinct competitive advantage in the marketplace, helping to ensure their long term growth and success."
Terry Clemans, NCRA Executive Director, added, "We are thrilled to offer these great new programs to our expanding membership. Innovative is a proven industry leader, and their history of data integrity, blended with advanced customer service, is exactly the combination we look for when developing strategic partnerships to add value to the NCRA membership experience."
About Innovative Enterprises, Inc.
Innovative serves as a strategic partner to the background screening industry as an expert provider of court research information products, smart data solutions and ancillary services. Innovative commands an intimate knowledge of its core competencies gleaned from more than two centuries of cumulative staff experience in public records research and aggregation, law enforcement, judicial administration and private investigation.
An industry leader since 1996, Innovative is a member of the National Consumer Reporting Association and a founding member of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners. Innovative was honored in 2008 and again in 2009 as one of the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies in America. For more information, please call 1-888-777-9435, email solutions@knowthefacts.com, or visit us online at http://www.knowthefacts.com.
About NCRA
Founded in 1992, NCRA is a national trade organization of consumer reporting agencies and associated professionals that provide products and services to the housing industry. Hundreds of thousands of mortgage lenders, property managers, landlords, employers and all types of general businesses that use background information use NCRA members for the vital information required to make informed decisions.
Headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Roselle, Illinois, NCRA serves members in the United States and Puerto Rico. NCRA's membership includes two of every three mortgage credit reporting agencies in the United States that can produce a credit report that meets the requirements of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and HUD for mortgage lending. Additionally, our members produce reports for tenant screening in accordance with HUD's housing guidelines for property management.
To assist NCRA members and their customers in compliance with all federal and state applicable laws, NCRA has developed certification programs that cover topics such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, and the Gramm- Leach-Bliley Act and HUD's Fair Housing Regulations. These laws define the appropriate procedures for obtaining consumer and credit information, establishing the responsibilities and privacy protocols of the users and furnishers of consumer information, and NCRA's certification programs help members and their customers understand their responsibilities as providers and users of consumer data. For more information on NCRA go to www.ncrainc.org.