Equifax Inc. said Chairman and Chief Executive Richard Smith will step aside and the embattled credit-reporting firm will begin a search for a replacement as it continues to grapple with the aftershocks of its massive hack. Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., who was most recently Equifax’s president for the Asia-Pacific region, has been appointed interim CEO. He was one of a handful of senior executives that Mr. Smith had been grooming as...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 26, 2017 13:15 UTC