The document outlines 9 key things to learn about the major credit reporting agencies Dun & Bradstreet, Equifax, and Experian. It will cover the history of the agencies, which has the most records on file, unethical actions that got them into trouble, how one agency's actions led to consumer credit protection laws, the original industry that credit reporting emerged in, which has headquarters in Ireland, which started decades before Trans Union, and an overview of finance products.