Intelligent Tracker
LexisNexis’s Accurint for Collections is a web-based skiptracing tool that helps collectors sift through thousands of data sources, from phone directories to property records to motorvehicle registrations.

Using a person’s name, Social Security number, or some other identifier, Accurint for Collections links to multiple data sources and will list every match. For instance, Accurint has 22 years of address history in its database, yet it will highlight the match that appears to be most recent and from a trusted source.

The “Phones Plus” feature, added in 2005, tracks down unlisted and cell phone numbers from proprietary phone sources. Accurint also enables users to perform business searches, which scour Uniform Commercial Code filings, whitepapers, and other sources.

Launched in 2001, Accurint was designed as a search tool for a wide variety of industries. Accurint for Collections was developed in 2004.

Last summer, Accurint added “Next Steps,” a feature that lists courses of action collectors can take after unsuccessful initial searches. For example, if no information is found on a particular debtor, the system will recommend secondary searches to perform, such as looking for neighbors or relatives.

LexisNexis plans to launch a new feature this year called Accurint Workflow, in partnership with Bellevue, Wash.-based Intelligent Results, an analytics and decision-management software firm. The program will walk managers through a decision process whereby accounts are separated into piles to be worked differently.

“This tool will make it easy to be intelligent about your debt,” said Tom Sizer, director of collections product management for the LexisNexis Risk & Analytics Group.

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