Our series on identity theft protection apps will evaluate the features, pricing options, competition, and also the overall ...

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

(NewsNation) — Your buy-now-pay-later activity could soon impact your credit score. FICO announced Monday that it will begin incorporating buy-now-pay-later data into new scoring models, marking ...

Americans are managing their Buy Now, Pay Later loans soon could be reflected in their credit scores. FICO plans to launch a suite of credit scores later this year that incorporate BNPL data, ...

FICO (NYSE: FICO), global analytics software leader, today announced the launch of FICO® Score 10 BNPL and FICO® Score 10 T BNPL, the first credit scores fro ...

In testing its portfolio, Patelco Credit Union found that VantageScore 4 plus ™ delivered: 12% of subprime and 15% of near prime members moved to higher credit tiers ...

Millions of federal student loan borrowers face long-term damage to their credit scores after falling behind on payments following the government-sanctioned pay ...

Your credit score is a number you may not stop to think about until you’re ready to borrow money. But the higher it is, the easier it becomes to not only get a loan, but also to snag an interest ...

A perfect credit score of 850 is hard to attain. According to recent data from Experian, one of the three major credit bureaus, only about 1.5% of U.S. consumers have a perfect FICO score of 850 ...

The mortgage rate offered to a particular buyer is generally based on his or her credit 'tier' rather than his or her exact credit score. The score itself is an indicator of risk.

What’s a good credit score? That depends on which score a potential lender uses: FICO or VantageScore.