Business Information Providers (BIPs) are an essential partner in business – they generate Trust through Data!

Business information helps provide users with background into commercial entities to facilitate a business decision or transaction; often reducing risk, deterring economic crime; and facilitating the granting of credit. Business Information includes but is not limited to business accounts, directors and shareholders information, insolvency proceedings and payment behaviour.

Business Information Providers are active in the collection, processing, systematization, analysis, and interpretation of business data. This data allows them to deliver solutions that form an essential part of many B2B business processes and business decisions. With our business information services, BIPs are an essential component of the business infrastructure. They ensure that companies engage in business with greater openness, trust, and legal certainty. Consequently, BIPs significantly contribute to responsible and secure economic growth. BIPs cater to tens of thousands of companies, ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to large enterprises and financial institutions. They also provide insights and background information about businesses to government entities (ministries, municipalities) and journalists.

In addition, BIPs ensure thorough information on company ownership, bad debts and loan defaults, as a critical pillar to the overall credit reporting, hence contributing to compliance with anti-money laundering legal frameworks. Protecting a vast and growing volume of critical information - and being able to search and analyse it to detect potential threats - is essential.

Join us in this series of insights to understand the importance of business information providers in the European economy.

The FEBIS community is a reflection of the global information industry. As such it is also a reflection of the world that we live in. All members are equal and we embrace the many differences, experiences and knowledge of all of you. Not only as part of the strength of our industry network, but also as a responsibility to all the members and staff of our growing global business community. We want to make a positive statement and embrace gender equality. It is within this context that we are happy to present our new series of videos ‘Women in BI’. In these videos women in managing positions will share with us not only their path through the industry but, most importantly, their experience in life and in business.

Short insights by its board members

Adrian Ashurst / Wolfgang Keusgen

Mark Preston / Luis Carmona

Fabio Lazzarini / Enrique Fernandez / Ines Maccari

Daniel Morin / Gertjan Kaart / Sven Buckenberger