FICO Stock Slides Friday: What Investors Need to Know
Fair Isaac Corp. (FICO) shares traded lower on Friday after Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte instructed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to immediately approve all mortgage lenders to use the VantageScore 4.0 credit scoring model.
Why it matters — FICO watchers would care because broadening adoption of the competing VantageScore 4.0 model could erode the use of FICO's own credit scoring products in the mortgage market.