EXHIBIT 21 ---------- SUBSIDIARIES Registrant - Equifax Inc. (a Georgia corporation). The Registrant owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the stock of the following subsidiaries as of March 20, 1998 (all of which are included in the consolidated financial statements): State or Country of Name of Subsidiary Incorporation - ------------------ ------------- 1nfo Inc. Georgia Acrofax Inc./(6)/ Canada CBI Ventures, Inc./(6)/ Georgia Computer Ventures, Inc./(6)/ Delaware Credence, Inc. Georgia Credit Northwest Corporation/(6)/ Washington Credit Union Card Services, Inc./(5)/ Wisconsin Equifax Asia Pacific Holdings, Inc. Georgia Equifax Card Services (Madison), Inc./(4)/ Wisconsin Equifax Check Services, Inc./(13)/ Delaware State or Country of Name of Subsidiary Incorporation - ------------------ ------------- Equifax Card Services, Inc./(13)/ Florida Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc. Georgia Equifax Decision Systems B.V. Netherlands Equifax de Mexico Sociedad de Informacion Creditica, S.A./(9)(10)/ Mexico Equifax Europe Ltd. Georgia Equifax Europe (U.K.) Ltd./(7)/ United Kingdom Equifax Healthcare Information Services, Inc. Georgia Equifax Holdings (Mexico) Inc. Georgia Equifax India Private Ltd./(3)/ India Equifax Information Technology, Inc./(6)/ Georgia Equifax Investments (Mexico) Inc. Georgia Equifax Investments (U.S.) Inc. Georgia Equifax Luxembourg S.A./(1)(8)/ Luxembourg Equifax Luxembourg (No. 2) S.A. Luxembourg Equifax Mauritius Private Limited/(3)/ Mauritius Equifax Payment Services, Inc. Delaware Equifax Properties, Inc. Georgia Equifax-Rochester, Inc./(6)/ New York Equifax South America, Inc. Georgia Equifax U.K. Finance Ltd./(11)/ United Kingdom Equifax U.K. Finance (No. 2)/(12)/ United Kingdom State or Country of Name of Subsidiary Incorporation - ------------------ ------------- Equifax Ventures, Inc. Georgia Financial Institution Benefit Association, Inc./(13)/ District of Columbia Financial Insurance Marketing Group, Inc./(13)/ District of Columbia First Bankcard Systems, Inc./(13)/ Georgia Global Scan Ltd./(18)/ United Kingdom Global Scan (USA), Inc./(15)/ Delaware Goldleaf Technologies, Inc./(13)/ Georgia High Integrity Systems, Inc./(13)/ California Infolink Ltd./(22)/ United Kingdom State or Country of Name of Subsidiary Incorporation - ------------------ ------------- Light Signatures, Inc./(13)/ California Market Knowledge, Incorporated/(6)/ Illinois Stewardship, Inc./(6)/ Mississippi Tecnicob S.A./(7)(8)/ France The Equifax Database Company Ltd./(7)/ Ireland The Infocheck Group Ltd./(8)/ United Kingdom Transax Australia plc/(21)/ United Kingdom Transax France plc/(21)/ United Kingdom Transax (Ireland) plc/(21)/ Ireland Transax Ltd./(8)/ New Zealand Transax plc./(8)/ United Kingdom Transax pty Ltd./(19)/ Australia Transax S.N.C./(2)(20)/ France UAPT-Infolink, plc/(8)/ United Kingdom State or Country of Name of Subsidiary Incorporation - ------------------ ------------- In addition, Registrant's subsidiary, Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc., owns 100% of the stock of Acrofax Inc. (Canada) which holds 84% of the stock of Equifax Canada Inc. (Canada). Equifax Canada Inc. owns 100% of the stock of Telecredit Canada, Inc. and Equifax Canada (AFX) Inc. (Canadian corporations). In addition, the Company also manages Equifax Accounts Receivable Services, Inc. Registrant's subsidiary Equifax South America, Inc. owns 66% of the stock of Organizacion Veraz, S.A. (Argentina), and, also, owns 99% of the stock of Equifax de Chile, S.A. (Chile). Equifax de Chile, S.A. owns Marketing Services, S.A. (TISCA) (Chile) and Dicom S.A. (Chile). Registrant's subsidiary Equifax Europe Ltd. (Georgia corporation) owns 49% of the stock of Precision Marketing Information Ltd. (Ireland) and 49% of the stock of ASNEF-Equifax Servicios de Informacion de Credito S.L. (Spain). Registrant's subsidiary Equifax Asia Pacific Holdings, Inc. owns 100% of the stock of Equifax Mauritius Private Ltd. which owns 50% of the stock of Equifax Venture Infotek Private Ltd. (India). Registrant's - ------------ /(1)/Subsidiary of Acrofax Inc. /(2)/Subsidiary of Central Credit Services Ltd. /(3)/Subsidiary of Equifax Asia Pacific Holdings, Inc. /(4)/Subsidiary of Equifax Card Services, Inc. /(5)/Subsidiary of Equifax Card Services (Madison), Inc. /(6)/Subsidiary of Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc. /(7)/Subsidiary of Equifax Europe Ltd. (Georgia corporation) /(8)/Subsidiary of Equifax Europe (U.K.) Ltd. /(9)/Subsidiary of Equifax Holdings (Mexico) Inc. /(10)/Subsidiary of Equifax Investments (Mexico) Inc. /(11)/Subsidiary of Equifax Luxembourg, S.A. /(12)/Subsidiary of Equifax Luxembourg (No. 2) S.A. /(13)/Subsidiary of Equifax Payment Services, Inc. /(14)/Subsidiary of Global Scan Limited /(15)/Subsidiary of Global Scan Investments Ltd. /(16)/Subsidiary of H.P. Information plc /(17)/Subsidiary of Infolink Ltd. /(18)/Subsidiary of The Infocheck Group Ltd. /(19)/Subsidiary of Transax Australia plc /(20)/Subsidiary of Transax France plc /(21)/Subsidiary of Transax plc /(22)/Subsidiary of UAPT-Infolink plc /(23)/Subsidiary of Vivat plc