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FICO, a global analytics software leader, has partnered with iSON Xperiences, Africa's largest business process outsourcing solutions company, to bring FICO's customer management capabilities to 15 African countries. This collaboration will integrate FICO's decisioning technology with iSON Xperiences' BPO & CX solutions, enabling businesses to better manage customers across their lifecycle.

iSON Xperiences will provide African banks, insurers, retailers, telecommunications providers, and other firms with FICO-powered solutions that enhance customer acquisition, management, and debt collection. These solutions will combine data, analytics, machine learning, and AI with human expertise to create meaningful customer interactions.

The partnership aims to help clients maximize customer value through data-driven innovation, focusing on understanding and predicting customer behavior and needs, and automating decisions based on these insights.

FICO has been named Teradata's 2024 Industry ISV Partner of the Year at the Teradata Possible event in Los Angeles. This recognition highlights the partnership between the two companies in creating AI-powered decision automation and optimization solutions for various industries. Their collaboration has resulted in advanced offerings for:

1. Financial services: Real-time payments fraud protection
2. Healthcare: Decision automation for complex medical claims
3. Retail, manufacturing, and transportation: Real-time forecasting and modeling for supply chain resiliency

The partnership aims to help businesses streamline processes, reduce costs, stop fraud, and accelerate innovation. Both companies emphasize the importance of trusted data and innovation in delivering business value and mitigating risk for their customers.

FICO (NYSE: FICO) has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Decision Intelligence Platforms 2024 Vendor Assessment. The report highlights FICO® Platform as a solution that revolutionizes digital transformation for businesses through an end-to-end integrated approach. Key strengths of FICO Platform include:

• Strong brand equity, especially in regulated industries
• Scalable data integration capabilities across internal and over 100 external sources
• Flexibility in decision models
• Positive client feedback on support and machine learning capabilities

The platform empowers organizations to drive critical, strategic business outcomes across the entire customer lifecycle while enabling agile and collaborative innovation.

FICO, a global analytics software leader, is hosting free Score A Better Future™ (SABF) Fundamentals credit education workshops at Durango High School in Las Vegas on October 18. Kyle Busch, two-time NASCAR Champion and Richard Childress Racing driver, will participate in a workshop at his alma mater to inspire students about finances, credit, and FICO® Scores.

The initiative aims to address the financial literacy gap in the U.S., as a recent FICO survey found that 28% of Gen Z don't consider themselves financially literate. The SABF Fundamentals curriculum is available for free to all accredited middle and high schools, providing educators with materials to teach students about personal finance and credit decisions.

FICO's survey also revealed that 90% of Gen Z young adults believe their financial situation would improve with more personal finance resources and education. The FICO® Score is used by 90% of top U.S. lenders for various credit decisions, emphasizing the importance of understanding personal FICO Scores.

FICO's latest global consumer fraud research reveals alarming attitudes toward first-party financial fraud in Malaysia. The survey shows that 55% of Malaysians think it's OK or normal to exaggerate income on loan applications, significantly higher than the global average of 39%. Key findings include:

• 66% believe misrepresenting income on bank account applications is normal or acceptable
• 64% think the same for automotive financing applications
• 59% for mortgage applications
• 37% find exaggerating income on personal loan applications acceptable under specific conditions

The research also highlights that falsifying insurance claims is viewed as the most taboo form of fraud, with 49% of Malaysian respondents believing it is not acceptable. FICO warns that these attitudes pose significant risks to financial institutions and urges the implementation of effective fraud prevention strategies.

FICO's latest global consumer fraud survey reveals concerning attitudes towards financial fraud in the Philippines. More than half of Filipinos believe it's acceptable or normal to misrepresent income on various financial applications:

• 56% for bank accounts
• 55% for automotive financing
• 53% for mortgages

Notably, 36% of Filipinos find exaggerating income on personal loan applications acceptable under certain conditions, while 15% view it as normal. The survey also highlights significant risks in the growing mortgage sector, with 37% of Filipino consumers believing it's acceptable to lie on mortgage applications under certain circumstances.

Falsifying insurance claims is seen as the most taboo form of fraud, with 62% of Filipino respondents considering it unacceptable. Aashish Sharma, APAC segment leader at FICO, emphasizes the need for financial institutions to strengthen risk assessment procedures and adopt holistic data approaches to combat application fraud.

The FICO UK Credit Card Market Report for July 2024 reveals key trends in consumer credit behavior. Spending on credit cards dropped by 2.7% month-on-month and 1.2% year-on-year, to £815. Despite this, the average balance increased by 5.3% compared to 2023, reflecting the ongoing impact of inflation.

Notably, there was an increase in customers missing payments across all cycles, with established customers (1-5 years) showing the highest percentage of missed payments. The report also highlights a 2.3% month-on-month increase in the percentage of balances paid, reaching 37.8%.

Cash usage on credit cards saw a 0.5% increase from the previous month, although it remains 4.8% lower than the previous year. FICO advises issuers to consider pre-collections treatments and review affordability metrics for customers coming off promotional offers to align with Consumer Duty requirements.

A new study by FICO reveals that 60% of Americans, including 50% of Gen Z, believe personal finance is one of the most useful subjects to learn in high school. 79% think personal finance skills should be part of the high school curriculum, yet only 46% say they actually learned these skills in school. The study highlights a significant gap in financial literacy, especially among Gen Z, with 28% not considering themselves financially literate.

Key findings include:

• 74% of Americans believe their financial situation would improve with more personal finance resources and education
• 90% of Gen Z adults think more financial education would improve their situation
• 61% of Gen Z adults believe their credit score fairly represents their financial health
• Only 46% of Gen Z adults have checked their credit score in the past year

FICO offers free resources like the Score A Better Future™ Fundamentals curriculum to address this education gap.

FICO's latest global consumer fraud survey reveals alarming attitudes towards first-party financial fraud in Thailand. The study found that 39% of Thais think it's normal or acceptable to exaggerate income on loan applications for bank accounts, mortgages, and automotive financing. Additionally, 25% believe it's acceptable to lie on mortgage applications under certain circumstances.

The survey also highlighted that falsifying insurance claims is viewed as the most taboo form of fraud, with 68% of Thai consumers believing it's never acceptable. These findings align closely with global attitudes, where 56% of consumers reject the idea of exaggerating income on loan applications.

FICO experts warn that misrepresentation of information can lead to serious consequences and urge banks to improve their ability to detect inaccuracies. The survey, conducted in November 2023, included 1,002 Thai adults among 12,000 global respondents.