Equifax Public Sector Gateway - Investigate allows operational departments across central government, district, borough and city councils, police and law enforcement agencies to perform investigations and make informed decisions on debt management and collection.

<p>Equifax Public Sector Gateway gives clients access to a wide range of reports based on the needs of public sector clients. INVESTIGATE is a key component of Equifax Public Sector Gateway, the reports available are Pre-investigation, Full Investigation and Debt Management.</p>
Benefits
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COMPREHENSIVE
All the reports our public sector clients need, Clients save time by not having to log into different systems.
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TAILORED
Reports are designed according to the operational needs of the public sector.
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CONCISE
Reports are proportionate to, and focussed on the need and do not include lots of unnecessary data.
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ACCURATE
Equifax has unique data assets, an in depth knowledge of the data, and understands how best to use it for matching purposes.
Key Features
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      Identify individuals

      Helps our clients to identify individuals where incomplete names or addresses are all that is known.

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      Confirm where someone lives

      Helps our clients to confirm where someone lives, tracing an individual who has moved from their last known address.

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      Protection against fraud

      Offers protection against fraud by verifying someone’s identity, personal data and circumstances, confirming whether they are who they say they are.

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      Identify commercial links

      Identifies commercial links between an individual and a business they may be a director of, which may reveal new leads to investigate.

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      Improve debt collection

      Can improve debt collection by providing details of an individual’s financial status and the likelihood of recovering the debt.

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      Tailored reports

      Enables the client to access reports specifically designed to their operational needs, e.g. Single Person Discount report.

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      View detailed reports

      Helps our clients by giving them access to granular data within our reports.


Use Cases
Equifax Public Sector Gateway - INVESTIGATE supports a number of key use cases for the Public Sector:
  • Pre-investigation - Saves time searching for information from different sources
  • by providing a high level summary of an individual in one report
  • Full Investigation - Provides a more complete overview of an individual than a pre-investigation report, including more sensitive data such as bank account number, a list of residents and a property valuation.
  • Debt Management - Enables you to gain a detailed understanding of the individual’s financial status and assess their ability to repay the debt.

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