CIC Credit has announced that it will participate in the FICO Mortgage Direct License Program, a new initiative from global analytics software provider. The program streamlines score access, enabling ...

Fair Isaac (FICO), also known as FICO, said on Wednesday that Xactus is the first verifications technology provider to ...

A credit score can help lenders and others predict how likely you are to pay your credit obligations on time in the future, based on your past credit behaviors. But it’s important to understand that ...

The credit-scoring industry has often brought confusion to consumers who have no idea that there are different kinds of credit scores — many of which are not the actual numbers used by lenders. Many ...

The FICO Mortgage Direct License Program will empower tri-merge providers, such as Xactus, to calculate and deliver FICO® Scores directly to lenders. Xactus is collaborating closely with FICO to ...

FICO is launching a direct licensing program to allow mortgage tri-merge resellers to calculate and distribute credit scores directly to customers without the help of nationwide credit bureaus. The ...

Credit scores existed for decades before 1989. What changed that year was the introduction of the FICO score, the first generic credit scoring system. Previously, lenders developed and used their own ...

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