Fair Isaac NUKES Equifax and TransUnion in Block Buster Move Sending Shares Soaring…

“FOR SALE: 435 FICO score. No lowballs… I know what I have” - Fair Issaac to mortgage lenders now

So it appears, Fair Issac, the math nerds behind the number that decides if you get a mortgage or live in your mom’s basement… just nuked the credit bureau middlemen. For decades, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion skimmed fat margins by standing between lenders and the FICO score. Yesterday, Fair Isaac basically told them that the years of monopoly rent collection are gone. Meaning, the bureaus are about to find out what it feels like to actually compete.

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In short, the move is that FICO is now licensing its scores directly to mortgage resellers. That means lenders can bypass the bureaus’ 100% markup and go straight to the source. Translation: Two new pricing models, à la carte or buffet. Pick your poison. Naturally, Wall Street got the joke fast on this. FICO shares ripped nearly 20% intraday (halted at one point because the melt-up was that insane). Meanwhile, the bureaus looked like Blockbuster stock in 2009 (read: smoked) as Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion all dropped between 4% and 10%.

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So the big question is, why is Fair Isaac doing this now? Simple: Because Uncle Sam finally threatened their monopoly. If you recall, Fannie and Freddie recently greenlit VantageScore (aka “FICO’s Dollar General cousin”) for mortgages. Therefore, Fair Isaac had to move before the government turned its cash cow cartel into a competitive bake-off. So FICO pulled the uno reverse: cut the middlemen, keep the margin, and look consumer-friendly while doing it. Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte even hopped on X to say this was a “Creative Solution” for the American people. Translation: he just realized he doesn’t have to pay $79 to TransUnion to see if his son can qualify for a Kia.

For investors, this just means mortgage resellers are stoked… especially as this comes with cheaper access to the one score that middle-aged men will trade their cholesterol numbers, their golf handicap, even their marriage stability for. And yet, Fair Isaac just reminded everyone: the bureaus weren’t partners, they were parasites. FICO built the score, the bureaus printed invoices, and for thirty years the whole country paid a middleman tax on its own credit history.

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But not anymore. And now, Fair Isaac just became the hottest stock of the week because of it. So with that, keep your eyes on this story and the impact it will have on Fair Isaac’s bottom line… and place your bets accordingly. Until next time, friends… 

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