Interfax
Interfax International Information Group
Interfax is the largest information group in the former Soviet Union and the recognized leader in the B2B Russian information market.
The history of Interfax Group begins in 1989, when it was established as the first non-state news agency in the USSR.
Interfax is the most frequently cited source in global media and provides objective, comprehensive and reliable information from Russia and the CIS as well as the most popular newswire service in the Russian financial market.
After building reputation as a provider of trustworthy breaking news reports from Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union, Interfax spent the subsequent decades growing into a comprehensive information provider, creating professional IT solutions to assist with risk assessment, due diligence and KYC procedures, market analysis and business development.
Today Interfax offers both high-quality news content and innovative professional IT solutions such as: SPARK (KYC&AML procedures), SCAN (reputational risks analysis, media monitoring), ASTRA (analytical tool for minimizing tax risks and intragroup price regulations), X-Compliance (compliance risks assessment), SPARK-Marketing/Marker (tenders, market data and suppliers analysis), Interfax E-disclosure center (licensed source of corporate information disclosure) and RU DATA (complete trading solution for working with Russian securities).
Our reputation as a credible source of information has allowed us to enter into joint ventures with major international companies such as Experian and Dun & Bradstreet. Having partnership with Sberbank of Russia and Experian, Interfax created the United Credit Bureau – the recognised leader in the Russian credit bureau market. Interfax's joint venture with the global leader in information services Dun & Bradstreet, provides comprehensive information about foreign business.
Mikhail Komissar
Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO
Interfax International Information Group
In 1989 M.Komissar created Interfax, the country's first independent news agency, which formed new standards for the high quality journalism in Russia.
Along with the new market economy, Interfax started to develop professional services for the financial market and the key segments of the economy – fuel and energy, metallurgy and telecommunications.
In 1990s Interfax, led by M.Komissar, became the country’s largest information group and developed extensive network in the Russian federal districts, in former Soviet Union and abroad as well as forging partnerships with global companies like Dun & Bradstreet, Experian and Moody’s.
Interfax has demonstrated a unique ability to anticipate the trends and needs of the information market in advance and to find adequate responses to the challenges of the digital revolution. This encouraged a shift in its business strategy to the creation of state-of-the art business information solutions rather than traditional news services.
In 2019 Interfax celebrates its 30th anniversary.
