PART ONE
The Credit Scoring Site
A bleak account
Google
Web     creditscoring.com     creditaccuracy.com
 
 


PART TWO
creditaccuracy.com
Dirty Data

creditscoring.com
in the media

HowStuffWorks
Clark Howard
Federal Reserve
Chicago Tribune
Christian Science Monitor
Columbus Dispatch
Augusta Chronicle
Bankrate.com
Bankrate.com
Realty Times
Realty Times
Newsweek
Nolo
Nolo: Credit Repair
About.com
MoneyCentral Radio
The Detroit News, July 17, 2000
Money Maze Radio
USA Today Hot Site, 9/17/98
How to get your credit reports

Fair Isaac: "The Median FICO Score in the U.S. is 723."





Inquiries and shopping periods according to Equifax

How credit checks within a particular time period affect the score

Equifax says:
Equifax Public Relations makes every effort to get back to reporters on the same day he or she calls and to arrange interviews that accommodate deadlines.

Equifax can be both a source and a resource for reporters seeking information in the following areas of expertise:
  • Information solutions
  • Credit Scoring
  • Consumer credit information
  • Credit marketing
  • Predictive behavioral modeling


  • Date: 06:37 AM, Friday, 6/13/2008
    To: Jennifer Costello, Equifax; Barry Paperno, Fair Isaac
    From: creditscoring.com
    Subject: FICO score version on your web site
    Cc: David Rubinger, Equifax; Craig Watts, Fair Isaac

    Fair Isaac states: "In addition, the score looks on your credit report for auto or mortgage inquiries older than 30 days. If it finds some, it counts all those inquiries that fall in a typical shopping period as just one inquiry when determining your score. For FICO scores calculated from older versions of the scoring formula, this shopping period is any 14 day span. For FICO scores calculated from the newest versions of the scoring formula, this shopping period is any 45 day span."

    http://www.myfico.com/CreditEducation/CreditInquiries.aspx

    What version is provided at myFICO.com?

    Equifax states, "But note that multiple inquiries within a two-week period are treated as a single inquiry."

    https://www.econsumer.equifax.com/otc...

    What version is provided at Equifax.com?



    Date: 01:11 PM, Saturday, 6/14/2008
    To: Jennifer Costello, Equifax; Barry Paperno, Fair Isaac
    From: creditscoring.com
    Subject: Re: FICO score version on your web site, II
    Cc: David Rubinger, Equifax; Craig Watts, Fair Isaac

    Please reply.


    Other items on this site about Inquiries

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    Also, on PART TWO, creditaccuracy.com:

    Information about your free annual credit report

    creditscoring.com and creditaccuracy.com author's public comment submitted to the Federal Reserve

    LexisNexis fiasco, ChoicePoint debacle



    April, 1997: "Information on how to obtain one's credit score is suspiciously absent from your site. How do I get mine?"

    "And we're not running a game show. I mean, we're evaluating risk. We're not trying to have people get--achieve the highest score."

    "Fisher is a fan of going by the book and then beyond it."

    "He beat the scoring proponents to the punch by scooping up the web address http://www.creditscoring.com, from which he launches often strident, sometimes wacky, but usually well-documented attacks on the credit-scoring concept and the industries that support it."

    Realty Consumers Empowered By Online "Peoples" Court - "His Web site CreditScoring.com helped him-- and millions of other consumers-- extend fair credit reporting rights to credit scoring information."

    "Fisher operates the www.creditscoring.com Web site, which skewers the secrecy of the credit bureaus and Fair, Isaac." - The Detroit News

    CreditScoring.com is an exceptionally-interesting site that offers news and information regarding credit scoring and-- really-- the entire credit process."