Experian(R), the global information solutions company, today announced that Sunrise Credit Services has selected Experian's MetroNet(R) to further enable its collection and recovery applications. A skip-tracing tool, MetroNet allows collection agencies and collection attorneys to accurately locate, sort and segment comprehensive data from a multitude of unique information sources to locate hard-to-find debtors on behalf of their clients.

"To help us meet our customer service goals and objectives, we needed a solution that would provide us with specific information in a quick, flexible interface. MetroNet does just that," said Richard G. Doane, president and CEO of Sunrise Credit Services. "The program offers high scalability at a reasonable cost, an important consideration for our family of businesses, and provides immediate results that enable us to quickly serve our customers with the right data to locate and contact consumers."

MetroNet employs unique locator technology to improve debt collection and recovery efforts. Utilizing a powerful and comprehensive database of 150 million households and 25 million businesses, the system enables users to track down accounts that are difficult to find, a growing issue for collection businesses as society becomes more mobile. MetroNet also allows users to search on a number of data points and provides multiple access options, including batch processing and an interactive Web-based interface.

"Experian's MetroNet tool was designed on a flexible platform, allowing collection agencies and businesses to easily integrate the solution into their account workflow management and skip-trace processing systems," said Kerry Williams, group president, Experian's Information Solutions group.

Experian will be demonstrating MetroNet in Booth #604 at ACA International's 67th Annual Convention and Expo in San Diego, Calif., July 9-12, 2006. For more information about Experian's collections products, please visit experian.com/collections or call 888 414 1120.

About Experian

Experian is a global leader in providing value-added information solutions to organizations and consumers. Experian provides information, analytics, decision-making solutions and processing services. Using its comprehensive understanding of individuals, markets and economies, it helps organizations to find, develop and manage customer relationships to make their businesses more profitable. Experian promotes greater financial health and opportunity among consumers by enabling them to understand, manage and protect their personal information, helping them control financial aspects of key life events and make the most advantageous financial decisions. Experian works with clients across diverse industries, including financial services, telecommunications, health care, insurance, retail and catalog, automotive, manufacturing, leisure, utilities, e-commerce, property and government.

A subsidiary of GUS plc with headquarters in Nottingham, UK, and Costa Mesa, Calif., Experian employs more than 12,500 people in 28 countries worldwide who support clients in more than 60 countries. Annual sales are in excess of $3.0 billion.

For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.experian.com.

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The Sunrise Family of Companies

Sunrise Credit Services, Inc. is a nationwide credit and collection agent founded in 1974 by the Doane family. The family still owns and operates the company and is involved daily with all aspects of managing the firm. Sunrise has more than 400 employees and operates out of a 30,000-square-foot facility in Farmingdale, N.Y. While most of what is handled by the company falls in the category of "traditional third-party collections," the company also handles billing, cure programs, early-out collections, skip trace and training seminars. In addition to the above collection-oriented programs, Sunrise also is a full-service credit bureau. The credit bureau handles mostly mortgage- related products such as Triple Merged credit reports, Full Factual (RMCRs), and In Files. The credit department also does commercial and consumer credit investigations.

NetTel USA, Inc. is the company's first party call center with 200 plus employees. NetTel handles more than 600,000 customers per month and has been in business for six years. NetTel's programs include reminder calls, customer retention, lead generation, welcome calls, help desk, up-sell calls (inbound or out) and customer service.

Sunrise Capital Management, Inc. is the company's newly formed debt purchasing company, which has had a successful first year with the purchase of strictly selective portfolios that have produced immediate results.

In this highly competitive industry, the service and results put forth by the Sunrise Credit Services family of companies, for its clients, has allowed it to become one of the top 50 agencies in the United States.

For more information about the Sunrise family of companies, visit http://www.sunrisecreditservices.com or http://www.nettelusa.com or call 800 208 8565.

Contact: Susan Henson

Experian Public Relations

714 830 5129

susan.henson@experian.com

Source: prnewswire