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The Perfect Credit Score: Understanding the 850 FICO Score

What do credit score high achievers have in common and what can we learn from the credit behavioral characteristics in these populations?

In-depth look at the distribution of average U.S. FICO® Scores in 2022

The national average FICO Score did not go up for the first time in over a decade, a trend that’s seen at the city and state level across the nation

Deep Dive into Distribution of the FICO® Score Across the US

Recent increase in the average FICO® Score is reflective, in part, of impacts that the pandemic has had on U.S. consumers’ credit behavior, credit report, and credit history.

COVID-19 Checklist for Banks: 6 Changing Fraud Patterns

As consumer spending patterns change in the pandemic, fraudsters are changing to match

COVID-19 Checklist for Banks: Managing Vulnerable Customers

New communications tools must be combined with a focus on each borrower's financial circumstances, to identify vulnerable customers and how to manage them

COVID-19 Banking Checklist: 5 Risk Recommendations

Segmentation and new variables are among the COVID-19 banking recommendations

The Ballad of the Small Banker: An SBA Lender’s Experience with PPP Loans

How a Community Bank Served Small Businesses and the Manual Process Prevailed

Looking Ahead and Preparing for a Post-Coronavirus World

What’s next for the banking industry and how the COVID-19 pandemic will change the customer experience.

How Small Banks Can Protect Their Customers & Portfolio Amid the COVID-19 Crisis

What lenders should be doing NOW for their portfolios and their clients

How Small Banks Can Respond to the Coronavirus Outbreak and Help Businesses Survive

4 steps that community banks can take to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and help their clients adjust to the economic impacts

Protecting Your Credit during the Coronavirus Outbreak

Stay informed as you manage your credit health through the Coronavirus outbreak.

A Deep Dive into the Distribution of the FICO Score Across the US

What states and cities have the highest average FICO Score?

"Score a Better Future" Increases FICO Score Understanding

We answer the top 10 most asked credit scoring questions.

How Small Banks can Capture more Market Share of the Small Business Lending Market

Currently, small banks and credit unions only have 9% of all small business loans under $100,000.

How to Merge the Art and Science of Small Business Lending

There is an art-form to lending but it needs to be backed by science. This is especially true in making the origination ...

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