Analysts had predicted that a slowing mortgage market in the US could hit the business. However, this was balanced out by an increased demand from credit card and car loan companies.
The healthy start to the year follows from sales growth reported in May, when the company said that it would give back 拢200m to shareholders. In the same month, the company also said that it would "review all strategic options" with a view to demerging from GUS.
Experian unit keeps global credit information on 205m consumers and 14m businesses.
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