So, it’s no surprise that people want to know more about two popular scores: the FICO score and VantageScore. Read on to ...

For years, lenders have used only the FICO score, from Fair Isaac Corp. — a metric that generally excludes such things as ...

President Donald Trump's administration announced this week that mortgages sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will now accept VantageScore credit scores.

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will now allow lenders to use VantageScore, as well as FICO scores, when underwriting loans.

Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte announced that lenders may start using VantageScore, a rival to the Fair ...

Mortgage lenders can now use the VantageScore 4.0 model when originating loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which ...

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In the booming market of buy now, pay later (BNPL) financing, those opting in generally get to spread payments over a number of weeks at no cost.

NEW YORK — Hundreds of millions of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ loans will soon affect credit scores for millions of Americans who use the loans to buy clothing, furniture, concert tickets, and takeout.

FICO, the company behind the most widely used credit scores, announced a plan to start factoring buy now, pay later loans into credit scores. On time payments can help users build up credit ratings, ...