The nation's three largest credit reporting bureaus -- Experian, TransUnion and Equifax -- have developed a uniform credit scoring system they say will be an improvement for businesses and consumers.
The companies' new VantageScore system puts them in direct competition with Fair Isaac Corp., the 50-year-old firm that developed FICO scores, which are considered the vanguard of credit score modeling to assess risk.
``This is about putting their own mousetrap into the marketplace,'' said Greg McBride, a banking analyst with Bankrate.com, which tracks trends in the financial services industry. ``It's something that generates money for them or is less money that they have to spend for the FICO scoring model. There's a clear financial motive.''
The three-digit credit score and general credit report are integral to you as a consumer because they're used by lenders to determine whether they'll approve a mortgage loan or car note and how much interest you'll pay. The higher the score, the more likely it is that you'll pay your debts and pay them on time.
The scores and reports also factor into how much you'll be charged for insurance and, in some cases, whether you can rent an apartment or whether an employer will hire you.
The companies said the decision to launch their own scoring system after a yearlong effort was a response to business and consumer demand for uniformity in the scores.
If you pulled your credit reports now, which are most likely based on the FICO model, you could get three different scores, in some cases varying by 40 points. In the Vantage- Score system, the scores would be more comparable, the credit reporting agencies said.
Under both models, the scores don't always match because each bureau doesn't necessarily carry the same credit data on you.
Sonoma County lenders took a wait-and-see attitude Tuesday, saying they and their regulators have developed confidence in the FICO model over almost two decades, and they will not be quick to embrace another program.
``It's proven to us, by tracking loan losses and delinquencies, that the Fair Isaac model is very predictive of creditworthiness in borrowers,'' said Rob Thorson, treasurer at Westamerica Bank.
Still, if the new system produces less conflicting scores, that would be a boon for lenders and consumers, experts said.
``It's probably an overdue effort to merge the data in a way that will be more consistent, more timely and provide fairness to the consumer,'' said Bill Schrader, chief operating officer at Exchange Bank in Santa Rosa.
The FICO model was developed nearly 20 years ago by Fair Isaac in San Rafael. Headquarters was moved to Minneapolis three years ago, but the company still has 350 employees in San Rafael, including its score-development team, said spokesman Craig Watts.
The VantageScore system is being marketed to businesses immediately but will be gradually rolled out to consumers.
Under Fair Isaac's FICO model, your score ranges from 300 to 850 and is weighted on several factors. Payment history counts for 35 percent, debt amount 30 percent, length of history 15 percent, and kinds of credit used and new credit accounts 10 percent each.
Under the VantageScore model, your score ranges from 501 to 990. It uses the same categories as FICO, but the three credit reporting agencies would not disclose how they are weighted. Under their scoring, 901 to 990 would be considered an ``A,'' 801-900 a ``B,'' and so on down to 501 to 600, an ``F.''
That makes it easier for consumers to understand their own creditworthiness and for businesses to decide how much credit to extend, said Colleen Tunney, a TransUnion spokeswoman.
McBride at Bankrate.com said the bureaus are going to have to convince businesses that their system is better than Fair Isaac's FICO-branded scoring system, which has been on the market for nearly 20 years.
``This isn't the first time and it won't be the last time that the bureaus have tried to compete with us,'' said Ron Totara, Fair Isaac's vice president and general manager of global scoring solutions. ``At first blush it doesn't seem like it's going to have an impact.''

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