Category: Fair Isaac Corporation

Those Missed Student Loan Payments Are Messing Up Your Credit Score

A new report finds that scores dropped the most for those age 18 to 29. Here’s how to deal with a drop in your score.
Mortgage Lenders Can Soon Use VantageScore. Is That Good for Borrowers?

A top housing finance regulator announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would allow lenders to use the traditional FICO score or one from a rival, VantageScore.
FICO Scores to Include a Shopper’s ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Loan History

As the use of these easy-credit installment loans has grown, FICO said repayment data would provide more insight on consumers’ credit readiness.
Gen Z Is Poised to Spend More on Debt Than Others. It Could Derail Retirement.

Young adults are struggling to keep up their credit scores and paying an increasing amount of disposable income servicing their debts.

Those Missed Student Loan Payments Are Messing Up Your Credit Score