iPlace Announces Agreement with Yahoo!
Yahoo! Consumers Can Now Access Individual
Credit Scores and Credit Reports Online, Learn How to Improve
Their Credit Rating and Monitor Their Credit Bureau Files
Philadelphia, PA - February 7, 2001 - iPlace, Inc.,
a leading provider of personal information including credit,
home, neighborhood and other personal assets, today announced
an agreement with Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), a leading global
Internet communications, commerce and media company, to provide
content and services on the Credit Center on Yahoo!® Finance
(http://finance.yahoo.com).
Under the agreement, Yahoo! consumers will have access to credit
reports, credit tools and related credit information via iPlace
data and technologies. The service provides consumers with a
single online destination to obtain their credit score and credit
reports, evaluate and monitor their credit, and learn how to
improve and better use credit privileges.
Yahoo! consumers can now receive alerts when new information
appears on their credit history, sort through account information
in any order they choose, receive an explanation for every reported
item, and refer to a simplified credit history legend using easy-to-understand
icons. Yahoo! users can obtain their credit reports online through
Yahoo! Finance as well as Yahoo! Autos, Yahoo! Real Estate, Yahoo!
Classifieds and Yahoo! Careers.
"The Internet has dramatically expanded the ability to
track personal finances," said Stuart Siegel, president
and CEO of iPlace, Inc. "The Credit Center on Yahoo! Finance
offers ways for consumers to quickly access credit information
and enhances their financial planning and decision-making abilities."
"The Credit Center on Yahoo! Finance expands our personal
finance content and services to provide consumers with easy-to-use
credit monitoring tools," said Tim Sheehan, director of
production, Yahoo! Finance. "The agreement with iPlace supports
our strategy to give consumers the convenience and flexibility
associated with managing their finances at one centralized online
location."
About iPlace
iPlace, Inc. is a leading provider of personally-relevant information
about credit, home, neighborhood and other personal assets. The
company's services, data and technologies provide compelling
information solutions, relationship building tools and transaction
facilitation for more than 100,000 online and offline businesses.
Relationships include Yahoo!, Microsoft, Intuit, Freddie Mac,
Wells Fargo, Equifax, NextCard, E-Loan, Cendant, CBS Marketwatch,
MemberWorks -- (Nasdaq: MBRS) which holds a significant equity
stake -- among many others. Through its family of Web products
(iPlace.com, QSpace.com, ConsumerInfo.com, HomeRadar.com, eNeighborhoods.com
and FreeCreditReport.com), iPlace
receives approximately five million unique visitors per month.
The company recently introduced its proprietary infoStructure
Technology, which enables companies to capture and deliver
vital customer information while strengthening customer relationships
via individually targeted communications and XtremeCredit, a
revolutionary three-bureau credit decisioning tool for businesses.
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