FICO Statement: GSE Credit Score Recommendations

Transparency into this credit score evaluation is essential to maintaining trust and confidence across the mortgage industry.

Statement on FHFA’s Interim Lender Choice Policy, announced Tuesday July 15th:

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s interim “lender choice” policy introduces a dangerous precedent that increases adverse selection risk that will raise prices for consumers. 

FICO® Score 10T Decisively Beats VantageScore 4.0 on Predictability

An analysis by FICO data scientists has found that FICO Score 10T significantly outperforms VantageScore 4.0 in mortgage origination predictive power. 

FICO Fact: Is a 700 FICO Score the Same as a 700 VantageScore?

Inappropriate comparisons between credit scoring models could threaten liquidity and consumer access to affordable credit

The Role of the FICO® Score in the Mortgage Consumer Credit Risk Ecosystem

The FICO Score is a primary factor in determining consumer credit risk for mortgage originations, secondary market, and portfolio management with consumer and regulatory benefits

How the Resumption of Student Loan Delinquency Reporting May Impact FICO Scores

What student loan borrowers can do to help avoid negative impacts to their credit scores as the federal loan “on-ramp” period ends

FICO’s Royalty Pricing, Role and Adoption in the Mortgage Industry

The royalty FICO collects for the FICO Score is the lowest among all other components commonly included in mortgage closing costs.

Financial Resilience: FICO Data Shows New US Borrowers Are More Fragile

Highlighting results from FICO’s 2023 FICO® Resilience Index 2 benchmarking reports

Executive Summary: Milliman FICO® Score 10 and FICO® Score 10T Model Assessment June 2023

Milliman assessment evaluates updated FICO models coming to mortgage industry

Top 5 Scores Posts of 2022: Steady FICO Score, BNPL and Alternative Data

2022 marked the first year in over a decade the average FICO Score did not increase, while the industry’s attention remained on topics such as alternative data and BNPL.

Addressing Portfolio Risk in Economic Uncertainty: Part 2 (2022)

Building portfolio risk resilience into customer acquisition

Addressing Portfolio Risk in Economic Uncertainty: Part 1 (2022)

This four-part series looks at embedding portfolio risk resilience into decisions across the credit lifecycle through targeted application of the FICO® Resilience Index

Financial Wellness: How Banks Can Help Their Customers

What can banks do to assist consumers with their financial health – and can this be profitable?

Measuring Financial Resilience: Edinburgh Scoring Conference

At the 2021 Edinburgh Credit Scoring conference, we will address scoring innovations that can improve decisions in all different economic scenarios

How to Address Portfolio Risk Volatility Through Economic Uncertainty - Part 2

Building resilience into customer acquisition

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