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FICO to Cut 15% of Positions as AI Restructuring Meets New Mortgage-Score Competition

FICO to Cut 15% of Positions as AI Restructuring Meets New Mortgage-Score Competition

by John G. Stevens | Oct 6, 2026 | Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Mortgage Information

Fair Isaac Corp., the company behind the FICO credit score, is eliminating approximately 15% of positions across the company as part of a restructuring that will reduce management layers and integrate artificial intelligence into product development. The workforce...
UWM Will Pull FICO and VantageScore on Every File, Automatically Use Best Qualifying Score

UWM Will Pull FICO and VantageScore on Every File, Automatically Use Best Qualifying Score

by John G. Stevens | Oct 6, 2026 | Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Mortgage Information

United Wholesale Mortgage will now obtain both FICO and VantageScore 4.0 on every credit pull and automatically use the strongest qualifying score for the borrower, moving beyond simply giving brokers access to both models. The Pontiac, Michigan-based wholesale lender...
FICO to Cut 15% of Positions as AI Restructuring Meets New Mortgage-Score Competition

FICO Suffers Worst Day Since 1989 as Mortgage-Scoring Competition Intensifies

by John G. Stevens | Sep 29, 2026 | Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Market Snapshot, Mortgage Information

Fair Isaac Corp. shares collapsed roughly 27% Tuesday, their worst one-day decline since 1989, as investors confronted a sharper threat to FICO’s long-dominant position in U.S. mortgage credit scoring. The closing selloff was substantially deeper than the...
FHA Sets Jan. 1 Start for VantageScore 4.0 and FICO 10T — and Lenders Have Work to Do

FHA Sets Jan. 1 Start for VantageScore 4.0 and FICO 10T — and Lenders Have Work to Do

by John G. Stevens | Sep 11, 2026 | Mortgage Information

The agency has finally put a date on one of the biggest changes to FHA mortgage credit scoring in decades. Beginning Jan. 1, lenders will be able to use VantageScore 4.0 and FICO Score 10T alongside Classic FICO for eligible FHA loans, but the implementation rules...

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