Research and Applications
PERC is a non-profit organization dedicated to finding Information Solutions for Development Challenges worldwide. Going beyond the standard think tank model of solely carrying out research and producing reports, our staff develops real-world applications and works with policy makers at all levels to bring about the change we seek.
Find out more: About PERC
Serving the Missing Middle
PERC's mission is to serve the Missing Middle, the almost 4 billion people above the global poverty line who do not have access to affordable mainstream credit, by utilizing a new type of economic development: information-led development.
Find out more: Information-Led Development, Who are the missing middle?
Overcoming the Catch-22
Up to 70 million Americans are excluded from the financial mainstream because of the Credit Catch-22: you need to have a history of debt to get credit. PERC's Alternative Data Initiative has already helped many Americans overcome this Catch-22 and access affordable mainstream credit.
Find out more: Alternative Data Initiative
Smart Disaster Recovery
PERC has developed metrics for the Louisiana Recovery Agency and the World Bank to track small business recovery from natural disasters.
Find out more: Gulf Coast Economic Renewal
Donate to PERC
You can help support PERC's mission of global asset building by donating via Paypal. PERC is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization incorporated in the state of North Carolina. All donations are tax deductible.
Supporters
Asia-Pacific Credit Coalition
APCC is a PERC-managed coalition committed to promoting a regional standard for full-file, comprehensive consumer credit reporting to private credit bureaus within the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies. Please visit PERC's coalition for credit standards in the APEC region, the Asia-Pacific Credit Coalition
Foundations and Nonprofits
- Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
- The Brookings Institution
- Center for Financial Services Innovation
- Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
- Financial Services Roundtable
- Foundation for the Mid South
- Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation
- National Chamber Foundation
- United Way of America
Government and Multilaterals
- Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
- Fannie Mae
- Freddie Mac
- Inter-American Development Bank
- International Finance Corporation
- National Credit Regulator (South Africa)
- US Agency for International Development
- US Treasury
- The World Bank
Private Sector
- Acxiom
- American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
- Asian Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana
- Bank of America
- California Chamber of Commerce
- Citigroup
- Consumer Data Industry Association
- Credit Bureau Singapore
- Datastat
- Dun and Bradstreet
- Equifax
- Equifax Chile
- Experian
- FairIsaac
- Fidelity Investments
- Fidelity National Information Services
- GE Money
- Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans
- Hispanic National Mortgage Association
- HSBC
- IMS Health
- Intel
- JPMorgan Chase
- Kroll Factual Data
- LexisNexis
- SAS
- Shinsei Bank
- Sinocredit
- Standard & Poor's
- TransUnion
- Veda Advantage
- Visa
- Webster, Chamberlain and Bean































