EXHIBIT 21
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SUBSIDIARIES
Registrant - Equifax Inc. (a Georgia corporation).
The Registrant owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the stock of the
following subsidiaries as of March 20, 1997 (all of which are included in the
consolidated financial statements):
State or
Country of
Name of Subsidiary Incorporation
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1nfo Inc. Georgia
Acrofax Inc. Canada
Admast Tax Free Shopping Ltd./(24)/ United Kingdom
Brentorian Ltd./(17)/ United Kingdom
Callcheck Chargecard Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom
CBI Ventures, Inc./(6)/ Georgia
Central Credit Services Ltd./(22)/ Scotland
Computacheck Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom
Computer Ventures, Inc./(6)/ Delaware
Corporate Investigation UK Ltd./(22)/ United Kingdom
Credence, Inc. Georgia
Credit Northwest Corporation/(6)/ Washington
Credit Union Card Services, Inc./(5)/ Wisconsin
Dart Telemarketing Ltd./(17)/ United Kingdom
Decision (PTY) Ltd./(23)/ South Africa
Equifax Asia Pacific Holdings, Inc. Georgia
Equifax Card Services, Inc./(12)/ Florida
Equifax Card Services (Madison), Inc./(4)/ Wisconsin
Equifax Check Services, Inc./(12)/ Delaware
State or
Country of
Name of Subsidiary Incorporation
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Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc. Georgia
Equifax Decision Systems B.V. Netherlands
Equifax de Mexico Sociedad de Informacion
Creditica, S.A./(9)(10)/ Mexico
Equifax Europe Ltd. Georgia
Equifax Europe Ltd./(8)/ United Kingdom
Equifax Europe (U.K.) Ltd./(7)/ United Kingdom
Equifax Government and Special Systems, Inc. Georgia
Equifax Healthcare Information Services, Inc. Georgia
Equifax Holdings (Mexico) Inc. Georgia
Equifax India Private Ltd./(3)/ India
Equifax Information Technology, Inc. Georgia
Equifax Investments (Mexico) Inc. Georgia
Equifax Investments (U.S.) Inc. Georgia
Equifax Luxembourg S.A./(1)(8)/ Luxembourg
Equifax Luxembourg (No. 2) S.A. Luxembourg
Equifax Marketing Decision Systems, Inc. Georgia
Equifax Mauritius Private Limited/(3)/ Mauritius
Equifax Payment Services, Inc./(20)/ Delaware
Equifax Properties, Inc. Georgia
Equifax-Rochester, Inc./(6)/ New York
Equifax Services Inc. Georgia
Equifax South America, Inc. Georgia
Equifax U.K. Finance Ltd./(11)/ United Kingdom
State or
Country of
Name of Subsidiary Incorporation
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Equifax U.K. Finance (No. 2)/(25)/ United Kingdom
Equifax Ventures, Inc. Georgia
Financial Institution Benefit
Association, Inc./(12)/ District of Columbia
Financial Insurance Marketing Group, Inc./(12)/ District of Columbia
First Bankcard Systems, Inc. Georgia
Freightcheck Information Services Limited/(19)/ United Kingdom
Global Scan Investments Ltd./(14)/ United Kingdom
Global Scan Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom
Global Scan (USA), Inc./(15)/ Delaware
High Integrity Systems, Inc./(12)/ California
H.P. Information plc/(23)/ United Kingdom
H.P.I. Ltd./(16)/ United Kingdom
Infocheck Computer Services Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom
Infocheck Credit Indemnity Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom
Infocheck Direct Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom
Infocheck Financial Analysis Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom
Infocheck Insurance Services Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom
Infocheck On Line Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom
Infocheck Online Scotland Ltd./(19)/ Scotland
Infocheck Training Services Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom
Infocredit Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom
Infolink Decision Services Ltd./(23)/ United Kingdom
Infolink Ltd./(23)/ United Kingdom
State or
Country of
Name of Subsidiary Incorporation
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Intelligent Terminals Ltd./(17)/ United Kingdom
Intellisys, Inc./(13)/ Georgia
Knowledgelink Ltd./(17)/ United Kingdom
Light Signatures, Inc./(12)/ California
Market Knowledge, Incorporated/(6)/ Illinois
Mid-American Technologies, Inc./(18)/ Kansas
Mutual Indemnity Ltd. Bermuda
Osborn Laboratories, Inc. Delaware
Osborn Laboratories (Canada) Inc./(18)/ Canada
PRC Corporation/(13)/ Georgia
Precision Marketing International Ltd./(8)/ United Kingdom
Professional Test Administrators, Inc./(13)/ Illinois
Retail Credit Management Ltd./(22)/ United Kingdom
School House U.K. Ltd./(22)/ United Kingdom
Scorelink Ltd./(17)/ United Kingdom
S.S.R. Ltd./(16)/ United Kingdom
Stewardship, Inc./(6)/ Mississippi
Taxback Ltd./(24)/ United Kingdom
TecniCob S.A./(7)(8)/ France
The Equifax Database Company Ltd./(7)/ Ireland
The Infocheck Group Ltd./(8)/ United Kingdom
The Kit Factory, Inc./(18)/ Kansas
The Quantum Card Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom
State or
Country of
Name of Subsidiary Incorporation
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T.I. Holding Corp. Delaware
Transax Australia plc/(22)/ United Kingdom
Transax France plc/(22)/ United Kingdom
Transax (Ireland) plc/(22)/ Ireland
Transax Ltd./(22)/ New Zealand
Transax plc./(8)/ United Kingdom
Transax pty Ltd./(22)/ Australia
Transax S.N.C./(2)(21)/ France
UAPT-Infolink, plc/(8)/ United Kingdom
Vivat plc/(22)/ United Kingdom
Wincheck Ltd./(19)/ United Kingdom
In addition, Registrant's subsidiary Equifax Services Inc. owns 70% of the stock
of CDB Infotek (California). CDB Infotek owns 100% of the stock of Charles E.
Simon & Company (Delaware) and Innovative Data Services, Inc. (Delaware).
Registrant's Canadian subsidiary Acrofax Inc. owns 84% of the stock of Equifax
Canada Inc. (Canada). Equifax Canada Inc. owns 100% of the stock of Telecredit
Canada, Inc., Equifax Canada (AFX) Inc. (Canadian corporations). In addition,
the Company also manages Equifax Accounts Receivable Services, Inc.
Registrant's subsidiary Equifax South America, Inc. owns 33% of the stock of
Organizacion Veraz, S.A. (Argentina), and, also, owns 99% of the stock of
Equifax de Chile, S.A. (Chile). Equifax de Chile, S.A. owns 50% of the stock of
TICSA (Chile) and 50% of the stock of Dicom S.A. (Chile). Dicom S.A. owns 99%
of the stock of Cobranza Integral S.A. (Chile), 50% of Covidata S.A. (Columbia),
100% of Dial S.A. (Argentina), 100% of Dicom Comercial Ltda. (Chile), 50% of
Dicom Dominicana (Dominican Republic), 60% of Global Data Servicios Integradoes
de Informacion S.A. (Ecuador), 35% of InfoCorp S.A. (Peru), 50% of Infotrade
Argentina S.A. (Argentina), 99% of Infotrade S.A. (Chile), 54% of Softmarket
S.A. (Chile), and 96% of DIPAS S.A. de C.V. which owns 50% of DICOM
Centroamerica, S.A. de C.V.
Registrant's subsidiary Equifax Europe Ltd. (Georgia corporation) owns 49% of
the stock of Precision Marketing Information Ltd. (Ireland) and 49% of the stock
of ASNEF-Equifax Servicios de Informacion de Credito S.L. (Spain). ASNEF-
Equifax owns 50% of the stock of Credinformacoes, Informacoes de Credito, LDA
(Portugal), along with Equifax Decision Systems B.V. which owns 25%.
Registrant's subsidiary Equifax Europe Ltd. (Georgia) owns 100% of Equifax
Europe (U.K.) Ltd., which owns 100% of the stock of The Infocheck Group Ltd.
(United Kingdom) which owns 22% of the stock of EFIS Ltd.
Registrant's subsidiary Equifax Asia Pacific Holdings, Inc. owns 50% of the
stock of Equifax Venture Infotek Private Limited (India).
Registrant's
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/(1)/Subsidiary of Acrofax Inc.
/(2)/Subsidiary of Central Credit Services Ltd.
/(3)/Subsidiary of Equifax Asia Pacific Holdings, Inc.
/(4)/Subsidiary of Equifax Card Services, Inc.
/(5)/Subsidiary of Equifax Card Services (Madison), Inc.
/(6)/Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc.
/(7)/Subsidiary of Equifax Europe Ltd. (Georgia corporation)
/(8)/Subsidiary of Equifax Europe (U.K.) Ltd.
/(9)/Subsidiary of Equifax Holdings (Mexico) Inc.
/(10)/Subsidiary of Equifax Investments (Mexico) Inc.
/(11)/Subsidiary of Equifax Luxembourg, S.A.
/(12)/Subsidiary of Equifax Payment Services, Inc.
/(13)/Subsidiary of Equifax Services Inc.
/(14)/Subsidiary of Global Scan Limited
/(15)/Subsidiary of Global Scan Investments Limited
/(16)/Subsidiary of H.P. Information plc
/(17)/Subsidiary of Infolink Ltd.
/(18)/Subsidiary of Osborn Laboratories, Inc.
/(19)/Subsidiary of The Infocheck Group Limited
/(20)/Subsidiary of T.I. Holding Corp.
/(21)/Subsidiary of Transax France plc
/(22)/Subsidiary of Transax plc
/(23)/Subsidiary of UAPT-Infolink plc
/(24)/Subsidiary of Vivat plc
/(25)/Subsidiary of Equifax Inc. and Equifax Luxembourg (No. 2) S.A.