A luxury villa in the Croatian seaside town of Ražanj – repeatedly linked to Prime Minister Robert Fico – has once again stirred media attention. While no official ownership has been confirmed, a trail of frontmen,

Adding this competitor created by the big three credit bureaus likely means credit score prices will go up, not down.

As the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) opens the gates for lenders to use VantageScore 4.0 alongside, or in place of, FICO scores for mortgages sold to Fannie Mae and

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator says VantageScore can now be used to underwrite home loans, weighing on FICO’s stock.

Private mortgage insurers must accept the FICO alternative as valid collateral before it can be widely adopted by the mortgage industry.

FICO (NYSE: FICO), global analytics software leader, today released a new white paper revealing that FICO® Score 10 T – the company’s most predictive and inclusive credit scoring model to date – overwhelmingly outperforms VantageScore 4.

Slovakia will support the 18th package of EU anti-Russian sanctions tomorrow. This was stated on the social network Facebook * by the country's Prime Minister Robert Fico.

FICO is the first major credit score provider to incorporate BNPL information into its credit scores, the company said in a press release. But other leading credit score companies may follow FICO’s lead, bringing more clarity to a borrower’s use of lending solutions.

FHFA's move to greenlight VantageScore 4.0 while sidelining FICO 10T has sparked a high-stakes clash over the future of mortgage credit scoring.

FICO launched two credit scores that incorporate consumers' record of paying back buy now, pay later loans, the analytics company said Monday. BNPL providers have historically not had a consistent approach to reporting clients' payment history to credit reporting agencies, experts have said.

Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FICO) is one of the Best 52-Week Low Stocks to Buy According to Analysts. On July 9, Jeffrey Silber, analyst at BMO Capital, initiated coverage of Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FICO) with a Buy rating and a price target of $2,