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    James Wehmann

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    • Let's Expand Credit Access Responsibly Let's Expand Credit Access Responsibly
      Let's Expand Credit Access Responsibly
      December 12, 2017
      Scoring Solutions

      Today, FICO took out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal. This is the start of an initiative to clarify and bring transparency to credit scoring standards in the mortgage market. With calls by VantageScore, a credit scoring company owned by the three major credit bureaus, to retool the entire mortgage ecosystem to adopt new credit scoring models, the stakes…

      James Wehmann by James Wehmann
    • For Consumers Seeking Credit Scores, VantageScores Are No Substitute for FICO® Scores For Consumers Seeking Credit Scores, VantageScores Are No Substitute for FICO® Scores
      For Consumers Seeking Credit Scores, VantageScores Are No Substitute for FICO® Scores
      February 14, 2017
      Scoring Solutions

      Consumers today are being bombarded by offers to get their “credit scores” for free.  These lead generation websites don’t provide the FICO® Scores used by nearly all lenders – but some “experts” say that doesn’t matter.  In fact, some people claim that the VantageScores distributed to consumers through these websites are perfectly good approximations of the FICO® Sco…

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