Sometimes we don’t know exactly how broken things are until after they get fixed.
Case in point: Fair Isaac Corp., the company that created the model used to calculate the scores underlying millions of consumer loan and credit decisions.
The New York Times described Fair Isaac’s formula as “one of the most widely used and influential credit scores.” The information it generates is used in the credit reports generated by Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, the three big companies that gather information on individuals and track their credit ratings. It is hard to overstate the influence of FICO, as the company and its namesake scoring system are called.
via Your Credit Score May Never Be the Same – Bloomberg View.