CRIF AG has examined the number of new businesses that were established during the fourth quarter of 2018, as well as the number of companies that were liquidated over the same period. With 271 fewer businesses being set up than in the fourth quarter of 2017, this represented a fall of 2.4%. Altogether, 43,202 new businesses were established in 2018, which is 0.5% fewer than in 2017.

In October 2018, CRIF AG carried out a new online survey of Swiss online and mail-order traders on the subject of fraud. This survey was undertaken in association with the VSV (the trade association for the Swiss mail-order business). Over 92% of all the traders surveyed had already been affected by an instance of fraud and reported higher levels of loss compared with last year’s survey.

The traditional CRIF Update customer event took place in Zurich at the end of September. This tackled topics such as address management, Financial Intermediary Casino and innovations and analyses from CRIF.

At this year's E-Commerce Award, CRIF sponsored the B2C-Lifestyle & Hobby category, and was able to hand over the prize to lucky winner Keller Sports GmbH for their web shop www.keller-sports.ch.