In 2017, Equifax acquired Mercury Group of Companies to form Equifax HR Solutions in Australia & New Zealand, offering flexible systems, expertise, data and processes to organisations managing people and people managing their careers. The solution extends the end-to-end employee management offering to include income and employment verification and medical credentialing. Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., Equifax group operates or has investments in 24 countries in North America, Central and South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region, with the acquisition of Veda, a data analytics company and the leading provider of credit information and analysis in Australia and New Zealand. Combined the companies bring close to 170 years of data and insights experience to the marketplace.