Kristina Robinson, Director of FICO, breaks down what a FICO Score is and how it could impact mortgage and interest rates.

(THE CONVERSATION) With the cost of borrowing money to buy a home or a car inching ever higher, understanding who gets access to credit, and at what interest rate, is more important for borrowers’ ...

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.

April is Financial Literacy Month, and U.S. News found that many U.S. consumers lack general financial knowledge. About 53% of respondents don't know FICO scores are the scores lenders look at to ...

Kailey Hagen has been writing about small businesses and finance for almost 10 years. Articles she's written for The Motley Fool have been syndicated to USA Today, MSN, and Yahoo! Finance. She ...

“By far, FICO Scores are the dominant method to measure asset-backed securitization risk. There is some noise claiming alternative scores have traction, but if you look at the few firms that moved ...

Fannie Mae no longer requires borrowers to have a 620 minimum credit score if the loan is processed through its Desktop Underwriter system. As of Nov. 16, 2025, it joined Freddie ...

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 – ...