Global analytics software leader FICO (NYSE: FICO) today announced a strategic partnership with Plaid, a leading financial data network, to deliver the next generation of the cash flow UltraFICO® ...

The updated UltraFICO score blends traditional credit information with Plaid’s transaction-level data from 12,000-plus ...

A credit score is a three-digit number that tells lenders how likely you are to pay your credit obligations. A FICO® Score is a type of credit risk score, much like Coca-Cola® is a type of soft drink.

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The average U.S. credit score is 715, according to FICO's Score Credit Insights, which examined data from April 2025. That's still in the "good" range, but it represents a two-point drop ...

The credit scoring company FICO recently announced it will add something new to some of its credit scores: data from buy now, pay later loans. Those are the loans that allow shoppers, usually online, ...

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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 ...

(NewsNation) — Your buy-now-pay-later activity could soon impact your credit score. FICO announced Monday that it will begin incorporating buy-now-pay-later data into new scoring models, marking the ...