The way your credit score is calculated may change this fall. The Fair Isaac Corp. — commonly known as FICO — announced in June a new version of its scoring algorithms to include buy-now-pay-later ...

FHFA Director William Pulte said that lenders may now use VantageScore 4.0, an alternative to the FICO score, while assessing ...

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Hundreds of millions of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ loans will soon affect credit scores for millions of Americans. Scoring company ...

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The company behind FICO credit scores announced plans to include buy now, pay later installment loans in users’ scores ...