Tag: Schufa
Immobilienscout24: Trouble with consumer advocates – economy
Immobilienscout 24 advises customers that someone looking for an apartment should present a Schufa report when they visit the property – and they earn a lot of money from it.…
Credit check for apartment hunting: It doesn’t work without Schufa – or does it?
Status: 05.10.2022 17:01 Many apartment seekers mistakenly believe that they need the Schufa information for the viewing appointment. They willingly pay for the certificate long before the contract is signed.…
Consumer advocates are suing cell phone providers – Economy
The North Rhine-Westphalia consumer advice center has filed a lawsuit against the mobile phone providers Telefónica, Telekom and Vodafone because they have passed on customer contract data to credit bureaus…
Financial sector – banks control Schufa – economy
The cooperative banks and savings banks are on target with Schufa: the majority of the Wiesbaden credit agency is in the hands of the two banking associations. The cooperative banks…
Schufa reveals more about your score – it keeps a secret to itself
credit reporting Schufa finally reveals more about your score – but she keeps a secret to herself Anyone who buys online or concludes contracts can rarely avoid querying the Schufa…
Schufa: Credit agency wants to explain score – economy
The German credit agency Schufa has data on almost every German and, with its assessment of creditworthiness, decides whether people get a loan for a property or a mobile phone…
Can an investor take over Schufa – and would that be a bad thing?
battle for the data Can a Swedish investor take over Schufa – and would that be a bad thing? Who will own the Schufa in the future? © Jens Kalaene…
Data protection: Consumer Minister calls on Schufa to be more transparent
privacy Consumer Minister calls on Schufa for more transparency Against the background of the current bidding dispute over the Schufa, Federal Consumer Protection Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) has called for…
Prospective buyers struggle for the Schufa and their data
A financial investor and the Volks- und Raiffeisenbanken could soon have a bidding war for the credit agency Schufa. It provides data on the creditworthiness of millions of consumers –…
Schufa: bidding war faces decision – economy
There is a treasure right at Schiersteiner Hafen in Wiesbaden, address Kormoranweg 5. Billions of data, highly sensitive, assets, loans, payment flows, the economic DNA of the Germans. About 900…