Dan Roberts, Experian chief executive, said China was a "critical" area due to an expected surge in demand for credit cards and the company has established a 20-strong team in the country.
Now that Experian has been demerged from GUS, it is providing more detail on its financial performance.
Its UK and Ireland marketing solutions division managed 46% growth in April-September revenues, from $105m last year to $154m this year.
Growth came mainly from acquisitions, which include database specialist ClarityBlue, and organic growth was just 3%. According to the company, organic growth continues to be impacted by weakness in the UK direct mail market, although there was good growth in its email marketing services company Cheetahmail and in selling its classification system Mosaic into the public sector.
Experian's entire UK and Ireland operations, which also include credit services, credit decision analytics and consumer-facing internet businesses such as credit report service CreditExpert, grew revenues from continuing operations by 22% to $401m. Operating profit also grew 22% to $110m.
Its North and South American operations grew revenues by 19% to $965m and operating profit by 18% to $270m.
Europe and Asia-Pacific grew revenues by 9% to $249m but operating profits stayed flat at $29m.
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