
General information
A company dedicated to business and technology information for companies. Its main mission is to help companies around the world, with advanced analytics solutions and data integration tools, to identify business opportunities and potential risks of non-payment through business information, predictive models and propensity to buy; so that the areas of finance, risk, marketing, sales, purchasing and logistics can identify opportunities and potential risks of non-payment through business information, predictive models and propensity to buy; so that the areas of finance, risk, marketing, sales, purchasing and logistics can identify opportunities and potential risks of non-payment:
- Find new and good customers.
- Analyse the financial health of companies.
- Minimise the risk of non-payment of commercial transactions.
Iberinform is a subsidiary of Crédito y Caución, a global credit insurance operator with a presence in more than 50 countries.
Main products and services
Its products and services are:
- Insight View: advanced analytics solution with information from companies around the world to enable finance, risk, marketing, sales, purchasing and logistics to identify business opportunities and minimize business risk. Covering 322 million companies in 72 countries, access to Risk Score, RAI, and Asnef Companies, with 175,000 data points updated daily and 25 types of alerts.
- APIs · Data integration (CRM/ERP): Catalog of 52 APIs in DaaS mode to integrate Iberinform data and functionalities into your systems (CRM, ERP, apps and forms): identification, annual accounts, Company Alerts, Asnef /RAI, Tenders, etc. Free connectors for Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics and sandbox with API Key/API Secret for testing.
- Findato: is a solution that offers unlimited access to company files with relevant and easily interpretable information to make better business decisions and find new customers.
- EricaPro: Analysis of financial data. Platform developed with TTR Data for best-in-class analysis of companies in Spain and Portugal: detailed annual accounts, advanced search engine (by NIF, sector, location, and dozens of indicators such as revenue, EBITDA, net debt, etc.), responsive interface, and exclusive sector classification (11 groups, 53 sectors, and 393 subsectors). Ideal for risk management, competitive benchmarking, and go to market
- ICollect: Debt recovery service with coverage in 96% of the world's countries.
- Company reports: Business and risk reports of over 322 million companies from 72 countries with the necessary information to make business decisions about business operations, partners or competitors.
- B2B Marketing Databases: tailor-made databases to find new and good customers and improve direct marketing and telesales campaigns.
- Custom and predefined databases (geographic/sector TOP 500) for direct marketing and telemarketing campaigns. Segmentation with 23 filters.
- Business directory. Updated commercial information of companies in Spain by provinces or economic activities.
- Risk Score. A system based on mathematical models that anticipates the probability that a company will meet its payment obligations in the following twelve months.
- Universal Information Platform (UIP): connects, integrates, normalizes, and structures +110 sources of international business information from around the world through a unique and simplified API.
- Registry Verification.
- Tenders.
One of their latest projects, linked to data reuse, has been the reinforcement of their risk models with natural language processing capabilities. They have applied Machine Learning technologies (using IBM Watson) to understand the content of the reports published in the Spanish Mercantile Registry and compare the auditors' comments with the numbers that appear in the financial information.
Key to success
In their own words, "we use the most advanced technologies to collect, standardise and verify the information we use as raw material for the creation of products focused on providing value and ease of use for customers. A strong focus on data quality and technology has allowed us to improve the efficiency of internal processes, incorporate new functionalities into our solutions and develop new products and services.
The main driver of business growth has been Insight View, an innovative cloud-based business intelligence tool that allows users to identify potential customers, analyse the risk of non-payment of their customers or manage debt collection in a single application, which stands out for its ease of use and the clarity with which it displays information and company valuations. We make it easier and more intuitive to access information to make decisions on default risk management, customer acquisition, choice of suppliers, etc.".
Future plans
The company operates in a highly competitive and dynamic market, so the sustainability of its business growth requires a constant review of its strategy, the need to identify new market niches and an exhaustive analysis of the needs of its customers, so that its products and the technologies on which they rely are best suited to their needs, which entails a constant review of its computer applications and significant investments.
In the coming years, Iberinform plans to continue its commitment to technological innovation and to devote a significant part of its investment to the development of value-added solutions that will enable it to improve the value-added of its products and services.
Data used
Among the public sources, they use official bulletins (Borme, BOE, Provincial Bulletins, Autonomous Community Bulletins, Bankruptcy Public Register, Single Bulletin Board and SS and AEAT Electronic Headquarters); registers and Official Bodies (Financial Statements deposited in the Mercantile Register, Registers of Cooperatives, CNMV, Register of Patents and Trademarks, Official Registers, CMT, Catastro, Chamber of Commerce, INE); press; field information obtained through the 500,000 face-to-face and telephone interviews with companies; and information voluntarily submitted by companies.
Among the private sources, they use Asnef Empresas, the Registro de Aceptaciones Impagadas (RAI) and the information collected by other information companies in other countries, which allows them to provide a service with online queries in 72 countries and access to the rest of the countries by offline request.
Clients
They provide service to all types of companies and public bodies, regardless of size and sector.
Marketing model
They provide free, freemium, pay-per-use and subscription services, directly and through partners.
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