As you get familiar with your credit, you’ll quickly realize multiple types of scores exist. Although both FICO scores and credit scores exist, understanding which one lenders use can be helpful.

What is considered a good credit score depends on the type of credit score used. You have multiple credit scores, but the most popular type of score is FICO, followed by VantageScore.

FICO has fired its latest shot in the credit scoring wars, launching a direct license program that promises to slash costs for lenders by cutting out credit bureau markups. But not everyone is ...

Your score is constantly changing because lenders regularly provide new information about you to the credit bureaus. For ...

FICO’s agreement to release long-delayed historical 10T data clears the final obstacle to implementing more modern, inclusive credit scoring models at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac In a move that Federal ...

Fair Isaac is upending the credit-scoring industry by giving mortgage lenders a way to get its credit scores without buying them from Experian, Equifax EFX0.68%increase; green up pointing triangle or ...

Key Takeaways Millennials average a 691 FICO score—though that's solidly in the "good" range, there's room for improvement.By your 40s, you've likely earned a higher score due to a longer credit ...

Mortgage lenders will soon have a new way to assess borrowers applying for government-backed loans. That sent the stock of America’s biggest credit score company plunging Tuesday. Federal Housing ...

How well — or how poorly — 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 ...