Company Profile And Services

Company Profile

Credit Information Network (Ci-Net) was established in 2001 under the provisions of the Companies Law and amendments thereto, and Law No. 2 of 2001 for establishing a system for collecting information and data on consumer loans and credit facilities related to retail sales issued on 14 January 2001, and cancelled under the provisions of Law No. 9 of 2019 regarding the regulation of credit information, exchange issued on 10 February 2019.
Credit Information Network (Ci-Net) is a closed Kuwaiti shareholding company specialized in the business of requesting, collecting, preserving, analyzing and using credit information for preparing credit records, and issuing credit reports and credit classification for individual and corporate clients. The company is also preparing and developing risk tools and standards and its related information and data in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 9 of 2019 regarding the regulation of credit information exchange and its executive regulations. Ci-Net places all its capabilities to provide the financial, banking and commercial sectors with a wide range of services in the field of credit reporting, credit rating and other value-added services.

Company Services

The company shall collect information and data related to consumer loans, housing loans, commercial loans, credit cards and other credit facilities resulting from installment sale of commodities and services and to provide the Central Bank of Kuwait and reporting entities from banks, investment companies, finance companies, commercial companies and establishments regulated by Ministry of Commerce and Industry that grant credit facilities by selling in any form of ownership transfer through installments for goods and services, authorized users and customers of natural or legal persons authorized to inquire and obtain credit information and reports provided by the company and the clients to whom the information and data relate and which have credit records at the company and any other local or foreign bodies approved by the Central Bank of Kuwait and anyone related to credit and credit information reporting systems in accordance with the provisions of the laws regulating the Company's activity, based on their request, with information and data about all kinds of consumer loans and credit facilities granted to the customers of these entities upon request.
For this purpose, it shall have the right to import electronic devices and computers, information systems and saving devices and related devices.
To design, import sell and operate auto systems and the equipping and management of operations centers for the benefit of the Company only.
Develop a credit database by requesting, collecting, processing, storing, analyzing, classifying, using and circulating credit information. Prepare a credit record, personal and credit data related to the debts of customers of real estate finance companies, insurance companies, all types of leasing and financing companies, vehicles companies, telecommunications companies, in addition to other reporting entities and users of data and information as stipulated in the provisions of the laws regulating the company's activity.
Provide all credit inquiry, credit rating, credit reporting and issue credit information reports for customers and services to natural and legal customers without making any recommendations or opinions from the Company regarding eligibility of granting credit facility or not and develop risk and related tools and criteria.
Invest surplus cash through investing in portfolios managed by fund management organizations and authorize the board to do so; owning real estate and movable properties necessary to conduct its operations as permissible by law; and the Company may also have an interest in or participate in any manner with other entities carrying out similar activities in order to achieve its objectives inside and outside of Kuwait, and to acquire or merge with those entities.