Introduction

The Bureau of Bureaus - Consumer Credit Profile Bureau (Pty) Ltd (CPB) - is a South African credit bureau that supplies credit grantors with pertinent, focused information, enabling credit grantors to make informed decisions to minimise risk to themselves and to their business. Credit grantors use the information supplied by CPB to assist them with the Affordability Assessment as required from them in terms of the National Credit Act.

Consumer Profile Bureau (Pty) Ltd is a registered Credit Bureau in terms of the National Credit Act No 34 of 2005, with Registration Number NCRCB 2.

Services 

CPB has a good industry reputation and our time-tested, nationwide infrastructure - including the combination of our online system and live operators during office hours - makes our services easy to use, extremely cost-effective and the best way to reduce risk and recover losses.

• Commercial Reports
• Tracing of Absconded Consumers
• Batch Enquiries
• Criminal Reports
• Qualification Verifications
• Deeds Office Searches
• Default Listings
• Listing Services
• ISP's (Internet Service Providers)

At CPB, we combine the power of comprehensive databases with high levels of expertise and sophisticated software. All consumer credit information and value-added services are available via three methods:

• Online Real-Time Enquiries: both online via a real time internet platform or integrated directly into our client's own host system
• Offline Batch Enquiries: offline in a batch format, which has the benefit of being able to process multiple records simultaneously
• Call Centre Enquiries: live operators operate our call-centres during business hours