Call Us: 1-877-647-6225 Login Our Services News & Events About Us Contact Us ABOUT US A century of trusted product solutions. MERCHANTS INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Delivering world-class Identity Theft and Integrity Testing services. Since 1912, Merchants has provided credit reporting services throughout the state of Arizona. Merchants is a member-owned corporation governed by a board of directors. OUR VALUES We’re devoted to and operate on four core values that we believe shape our company’s culture. INTEGRITY Integrity is the foundation of our company and is an integral part of everything we do. SUCCESS Success of our company directly affects our customer experience with applied industry knowledge. TEAMWORK We believe teamwork empowers and gives ownership to employees that translates into better customer service. DETERMINATION As industry experts, we’re driven and focused to bring the most robust product solutions to the market. FACT SHEET Corporate History Incorporated in Phoenix, Arizona as Merchant's and Manufacturer's Exchange on February 15, 1912 - the day after Arizona became a state. The company originally functioned as a board of trade and better business bureau. Offered consumer credit-reporting services in the early 1920s. Became a non-stock, member-owned corporation in 1928. Unofficially changed name to The Credit Bureau of Phoenix in 1946. The change became official in 1958. Began acquiring and automating other Arizona credit-reporting agencies in 1971. Changed name to Credit Data of Arizona in 1973. Over the next decade, our company opened new offices and automated credit-reporting agencies in Tucson, Albuquerque, and El Paso. Changed name to Credit Data Southwest in 1985. Changed name to Merchants Information Solutions, Inc. in 1999. Acquired Personnel Profiles Employment Screening to form background screening services powerhouse in 2006. Acquired American Tescor, LLC adding behavioral assessments to screening tools in 2006. Continues to expand by purchase of Scottsdale-based ID Advocates in early 2007. Creates SmartIDentity, an Identity Theft suite of services focused on fully-managed victim identity theft victim recovery in 2007. SmartIDentity counts more than 1 million members, only 3 years after inception in 2010. Creates the SmartIDentity for Business suite of services to combat the ever-growing data breach epedemic in 2011. Merchants celebrates 100 years in business in 2012, being founded the day after Arizona became a state, Merchants is recognized as one of the oldest businesses in Arizona during the states centennial celebration. SmartIDentity counts more than 5 million members in 2013. Rebrands the behavioral assessment IntegrityFirst, to better align the brand with the purpose of the assessment in the marketplace in 2016. SmartIDentity counts more than 10 million members in 2016 and growing. Want some more information? Call us 1-877-647-6225 OUR LEADERSHIP Years of experience and a commitment to integrity serves as the foundation for our leadership. Read more about our directors and executives below. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Philip LeHew, Chairman Ronald L. Westad, 1st Vice-Chairman Stephen W. Gilliland, 2nd Vice-Chairman Ronald K. Sable, Director EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM Russell A. Johnson, President & Chief Executive Officer Mark A. Pribish, Vice President & ID Theft Practice Leader Michael G. Mortensen, Vice President, Information Technology Stephen J. Swope, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Mark Walker, Vice President, Business Development Contact Us Press Kit Careers Site Usage Statement Privacy Policy Employee Login Copyright © 2021 - Merchants Information Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. PO Box 2070 Phoenix, AZ 85001 Merchants was founded in 1912, over 100 years ago, and is dedicated to delivering world-class identity theft, data breach and integrity testing solutions. BE INFORMED Sign up for our newsletter: FIRST NAME * LAST NAME * EMAIL ADDRESS *