700Credit and UCS Announce Strategic Partnership
700Credit, a leading provider of consumer credit reporting and compliance products, and Universal Computer Systems (UCS), a leading provider of comprehensive software solutions to automobile dealerships, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership.
Los Angeles, CA, and Houston, TX – 700Credit, a leading provider of consumer credit reporting and compliance products, and Universal Computer Systems (UCS), a leading provider of comprehensive software solutions to automobile dealerships, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership. Through this new alliance, 700Credit will offer web-based credit reports from the three major credit bureaus, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, as well as numerous compliance and consumer information products.
“This new web-based system will drastically reduce the time it takes to send and receive credit data,” said Matthew Briggs, President and CEO of 700Credit. “By integrating the 700Credit platform within the UCS System, dealers will benefit from improved response times to credit reports and OFAC compliance.” “700Credit allows UCS to offer our clients a common high-speed Internet connection to all three credit bureaus that creates new efficiencies for our dealers and allows them, in turn, to provide enhanced service and responsiveness to their customers,” said Michael Creagh, Vice President of Manufacturer Integration at UCS.
About 700Credit 700Credit is the automotive industry’s leading solution for credit reports, consumer information, and compliance products and services. Their product and service offering includes credit reports, OFAC compliance, fraud detection, adverse action, and more. 700Credit exists to provide its clients with the highest quality data in the most time efficient manner possible. Unlike its competitors, 700Credit is not a profit-center subsidiary to a public company. Rather, 700Credit’s efficient operation, coupled with volumes that are at the top tier in the industry, result in the very lowest cost to the consumer. The quality and comprehensiveness of its products and services are unsurpassed. Currently, 700Credit’s rapidly growing customer base includes more than 4,000 clients nationwide, including several Fortune 500 companies.
About Universal Computer Systems
Universal Computer Systems, (UCS) Inc., based in Houston, Texas, supplies comprehensive software solutions designed to meet the needs of automobile dealerships. Celebrating its 36th year in the DMS business, UCS has built a reputation as being the industry leader in innovation. UCS offers LAN-based architecture, while providing the most integrated suite of PC-based software applications available for dealerships.
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