Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte announced that lenders may start using VantageScore, a rival to the Fair Isaac Corporation, the company behind the widely recognized FICO score, to ...

Fair Isaac shares retreated following Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae's decision to accept another measure when assessing mortgage borrowers, adding competition to the company's FICO credit score model.

The move their regulator Bill Pulte announced introduces competition for one metric but charges from three credit bureaus ...