Card Briefs: First Data Unit Teams with Dun & Bradstreet

First Data Solutions, a unit of First Data Corp., has formed a marketing alliance with Dun & Bradstreet, the business information service.

First Data Solutions, which provides marketing, credit, and collection information to financial services companies, will initially offer its clients access to the Dun & Bradstreet data base, which includes 11 million records on U.S. companies.

Future offerings might include credit-scoring and modeling capabilities, and business information reports.

"By joining with Dun & Bradstreet, we can now provide First Data Solutions' clients with comprehensive and powerful business information to assist with their collections, credit, and marketing initiatives," said Bill Bak, president of First Data Solutions.

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