TransUnion
American consumer credit reporting agency
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| January 2025 | Bought a majority stake in its Mexican arm, increasing ownership from 26% to 94% in a deal worth around $560 million. |
| February 2023 | Announced rebranding of B2B products into seven business lines: TruAudience, TruValidate, TruContact, TruVision, TruIQ, TruEmpower, and TruLookup. |
| April 2022 | The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) declared TransUnion as 'incapable of operating its businesses lawfully', following a series of legal and regulatory issues. |
| March 17 2022 | TransUnion South Africa experienced a significant data breach where hackers allegedly stole data of 54 million customers. The hacker group N4ughtysecTU claimed responsibility and demanded a ransom to prevent data release. |
| December 2021 | Completed acquisitions of Neustar for $3.1 billion and Sontiq (including IdentityForce) for $638 million. |
| April 2018 | Announced intention to buy UK-based CallCredit Information Group for $1.4 billion. |
| 2017 | Acquired FactorTrust, a consumer reporting agency specializing in alternative credit data. |
| October 13 2017 | TransUnion's Central American division website was compromised, redirecting visitors to malware-distributing websites through hijacked third-party analytics JavaScript from Digital River brand FireClick. |
| June 2017 | A California jury ruled against TransUnion with a $60 million verdict for falsely reporting consumers on a government list of terrorists and security threats, marking the largest Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) verdict in history. |
| January 2017 | TransUnion was fined $5.5 million and ordered to pay $17.6 million in restitution by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for deceiving consumers about credit score costs and services. |
| 2015 | Acquired Trustev, a digital verification company specializing in online fraud, for $21 million. |
| June 25 2015 | Became a publicly traded company, trading under the symbol TRU. |
| March 2015 | TransUnion, along with Experian and Equifax, settled with the New York Attorney-General to improve credit report error resolution processes, requiring trained employees to respond to consumer disputes. |
| 2014 | TransUnion reported annual revenue of US$1.3 billion, establishing its position as the smallest of the three major credit reporting agencies in the United States. |
| 2014 | Acquired Hank Asher's data company TLO and initiated ResidentCredit service for reporting rental payment information to credit bureaus. |
| November 2013 | Acquired TLO LLC, a company specializing in investigative and risk management tools with data aggregation technology. |
| October 2013 | Launched CreditVision, an updated credit score product that includes trended data to predict consumer repayment and debt behavior. |
| September 2013 | Acquired eScan Data Systems of Austin, Texas, to provide post-service eligibility determination support to hospitals and healthcare systems. |
| 2010 | Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and Advent International acquired TransUnion from Madison Dearborn Partners. |
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