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Company Setup Information

  • Company Name - The name of your company
  • Address - Your companies' physical address or address you have registered with the credit bureau
  • City, State, Zip - Your companies' physical address or address you have registered with the credit bureau  
  • Phone Number - Your companies' phone number  
  • Company ID – A unique code of at least 5 digits but no more than 20. This number must be unique. It should not include embedded blanks or special characters. Entire field should never be zero, blank or 9 filled. This is a code that your company will choose. It will be registered with each credit bureau you are registered with once you send your first metro 2 report.
  • Account Type – your companies' default account
  • Portfolio Type – your companies' default portfolio
  • Frequency – your companies reporting cycle
  • Equifax ID – Bureau ID/Subscriber Code which is assigned by Equifax.
  • TransUnion ID – Bureau ID/Subscriber Code which is assigned by TransUnion.  
  • Experian ID – VIN ID/Bureau ID/Subscriber Code (4-to-5-digit code which is assigned by Experian)
  • Innovis ID – Subscriber Code which is assigned by Innovis.
  • MicroBilt/PRBC ID - Bureau ID/Subscriber Code which is assigned by MicroBilt.
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