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

The companies that buy up the majority of the country’s home loans will now accept a second credit scoring model for mortgages — a change that could help underrepresented borrowers qualify for ...

LendScore uses real-time cash flow data and unique account connection insights from the Plaid Network to provide lenders with an updated view of borrower risk To give lenders a more complete financial ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Government-backed mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are now allowed to accept a different credit score that considers rent and utility payments. While FICO credit ...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 has updated its latest credit score models to include buy now, pay later data, showing how important this pandemic-era tool has become in the overall consumer debt market. Processing Content The ...

VantageScore 4.0 is approved for conforming mortgages sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The credit-scoring model uses alternative data, including trending credit card usage and payments for rent and ...

The FHFA announcement directs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to permit lenders to choose between two approved credit score models – Classic FICO and VantageScore 4.0 – for loans sold to Fannie Mae and ...

Your credit score isn’t assigned by banks or credit issuers. Instead, credit bureaus, such as Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, give you a number based on factors like payment history, amounts owed, ...

Your score reflects both personal and business financial data, including credit history, revenue, time in business and any ...

Lenders now approve more low-credit applicants using cash-flow underwriting, alternative data, updated scoring models and ...