Equifax New Member Account Set Up Process

If your firm (or other departments or divisions of your firm) is already an Equifax member then your firm only needs to complete an Equifax Membership Addendum and follow the Equifax Existing Member Account Set Up Process. There are no additional Equifax membership fees if your firm is already an Equifax member.

If you are an NASD member firm that wants to create a new Equifax Member Account and add the Equifax Employment Screening Report entitlement to your Web CRD privileges, then follow these steps:

  1. Become an Equifax Member: Contact the Equifax New Account Setup Administration at 1(866) 828-5067, for instructions on how to become an Equifax member.
     
    • Equifax will provide you with a checklist of the steps and the documents that must be completed in order to become a member.
    • There is a one-time Equifax membership fee of $500 and a site visit by Equifax to validate your firm's location.

      Note: Once your firm becomes an Equifax member, Equifax will notify NASD of your firm's membership.
  2. Update your firm's Web CRD Account Administrator(s)' privileges: You must be entitled with the "Equifax Employment Screening Report" privilege on Web CRD before you can access the Equifax application.
     
    • Complete the NASD Entitlement Modification Form for NASD Member Firms (Web CRD). Select the addition of the "Equifax Employment Screening Report" privilege. Please complete a separate form for each Web CRD Account Administrator for whom you are requesting this privilege. Send the completed form(s) to NASD via fax or mail (fax number and address provided on the form).
    • NASD will contact your Web CRD Account Administrator(s) once the privilege has been set in Web CRD.
    • Web CRD Account Administrator(s) with the Equifax Employment Screening Report privilege should entitle designated users at their firm with this privilege. (Please note: Users must be set up in both Web CRD and in the Equifax ePORT® application in order to access the PERSONA PLUSTM Report service.)
    • Equifax will provide your firm with a customer member number and security digits once NASD Entitlement has set the Equifax privilege on your Web CRD Account Administrator's account. You will need your Equifax customer member number and security digits to complete the next step, Equifax's online registration process.
  3. Complete the one-time online registration process with Equifax: The online registration process is only done once for your firm.
     
    • The individual who completes this online registration process will automatically be set up as one of your firm's Equifax Administrators. (This person may also be one of your firm's Web CRD Account Administrators, which is recommended but is not required.)
    • To complete this online registration, access the Equifax application through Web CRD by selecting the "Equifax Employment Screening Report" link from the Web CRD site map.
    • When you begin the online registration process with Equifax, you will be asked to enter the customer member number and security digits Equifax provided to you.
    • Complete the online registration process. Please refer to the Equifax Administrator Guide provided by Equifax for detailed information on how to complete the online registration process and for information on how to perform account administration activities such as creating user accounts.
    • Once the online registration process is complete, you may create accounts for other Equifax Administrators (preferably two) for your firm, and set up Equifax users at your firm.
       

      Important Points:
       

    • As a security feature, Equifax Administrators are not able to request PERSONA PLUS Reports. If you are an Equifax Administrator, you must create a user account for yourself in order to be able to request PERSONA PLUS Reports.
       

    • There is approximately a 24 hour delay following the online registration process before your firm may request PERSONA PLUS Reports.

Questions?

  • Questions about the Equifax online registration process, Equifax User or Administrator Guides, account administration, billing, understanding the report, or technical issues should be directed to Equifax at 1(800) 796-6573.
  • Questions about updating your firm Account Administrator's privileges in Web CRD should be directed to the NASD Gateway Call Center at (301) 869-6699.