The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wants to allow mortgage lenders to use an alternative credit score to FICO for ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator says VantageScore can now be used to underwrite home loans, weighing on FICO’s stock.

You want that new computer, but your bank account says, “Try again next month.” So, you click “Pay in 4,” and boom, problem ...

FICO is the first major credit score provider to incorporate BNPL information into its credit scores, the company said in a ...

If buy now, pay later firms know when consumers borrow heavily or fail to make repayments, providers may be reluctant to ...

Shares of FICO , VantageScore’s biggest rival, tumbled more than 17% Tuesday afternoon following the news. For decades, FICO has dominated the mortgage market, with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ...

FICO uses multiple scoring models, but, traditionally, they have looked at a consumer’s data as one snapshot in time. In 2020, however, FICO added a new model that looks at balance activity over ...

FICO said it'll start including buy now pay later in credit scores. That could hurt the growing share of users who are ...

Many consumers have been using buy now, pay later payment options like Affirm, PayPal Credit or Klarna – surveys put usage at ...