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FICO and Jersey Telecom (JT) have developed a real-time solution to combat Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud. The FICO® Customer Communications Service Scam Signal combines telephony signals and card data to detect and prevent financial scams. Currently available in Jersey, the UK, and Spain, the solution has shown promising results in early pilots:

• 41% reduction in the number of people scammed
• 44% decrease in fraud losses from scams
• 55% reduction in false positives

The system analyzes mobile phone behavior and payment data to identify potential scams, allowing banks to intervene with personalized messages to customers during high-risk activities. Major UK banks are implementing the solution, with plans to expand to other markets.

FICO (NYSE: FICO) is hosting a free Score A Better Future™ (SABF) credit education workshop on September 27, 2024, both in-person and via webinar. The event, presented in Spanish, aims to empower Virginia's Latino community with financial literacy skills. In partnership with U.S. Senator Mark Warner's office and the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the workshop will cover:

• Key ingredients of the FICO® Score
• Role of credit in financial health
• Overview of the FICO Score

Attendees can receive free credit counseling, obtain their FICO Score, and set financial goals. The event highlights the importance of financial education, as the FICO® Score is used by 90% of top U.S. lenders for various credit decisions.

Bank Mandiri, Indonesia's largest financial institution, has significantly reduced fraud losses using FICO® Falcon® Fraud Manager and the FICO® Falcon® Intelligence Network. The bank experienced an 80% decrease in card payment losses and an 85% reduction in fraud on its Digital App. In 2022, FICO's solutions safeguarded over 1.64 billion transactions valued at US$156 billion on Bank Mandiri's Livin' mobile banking app, which saw a 50% year-over-year growth. The bank rapidly integrated and secured 13 new banking channels with FICO, demonstrating the solution's agility and scalability. For its achievements, Bank Mandiri won a 2024 FICO® Decisions Award for Fraud Management.

FICO has expanded its Educational Analytics Challenge to include students from Morehouse College, Bowie State University, and Delaware State University. The program, now in its second year, aims to promote diversity in data science and provides real-world experience in AI and analytics. This year's challenge focuses on financial fraud detection, tasking students with designing real-time fraud detection models.

The program includes remote mentoring from FICO's data scientists and lectures by FICO's Chief Analytics Officer, Dr. Scott Zoldi. It emphasizes the importance of responsible AI techniques and ethical model building. FICO also provides financial support to participating HBCUs to enhance analytics instruction and career resources.

FICO has announced the panel of independent judges for the 2025 FICO® Decisions Awards, honoring businesses achieving outstanding results with analytics and decision management technology. The panel includes eight esteemed business leaders, analysts, and industry journalists from across the globe. Entries are due August 28, 2024, with ten award categories covering various aspects of AI, decision management, and digital transformation.

The awards recognize excellence in areas such as AI, Machine Learning and Optimization, Cloud Deployment, Customer Onboarding and Management, Debt Management, Decision Management Innovation, ESG Champion, Financial Inclusion, Fraud Management, and the FICO Industry Vanguard and Pioneer Award. Winners will be honored at FICO® World, held May 6-9, 2025, in Hollywood, Florida, receiving recognition and complimentary conference passes.

FICO (NYSE: FICO) has introduced new innovations to its FICO® Platform, enhancing real-time decision-making capabilities at both speed and scale. The updates focus on managing growing data demands while improving agility and predictiveness. Key enhancements include:

1. Data Connection and Ingestion: Increased flexibility in data processing configuration.
2. Enterprise Optimization: A new algorithm for large-scale models that's four times faster.
3. Applied Analytics & ML: Improvements to credit risk modeling with business-friendly parameters.
4. Intelligent Decisions and Digital Twins & Simulation: Enhanced back-testing capabilities for business strategies.

These improvements aim to help enterprises leverage their growing data to make high-stakes decisions, create improved customer interactions, and maintain trust in an AI-powered world.

FICO's UK Credit Card Market Report for June 2024 shows a seasonal uplift in consumer spending, with credit card spending rising 4.2% from May to June, averaging £840. Despite this increase, consumers appear to be managing their credit commitments effectively. Key findings include:

- Average balances increased by 1.1% to £1,800, 5.7% higher than June 2023
- The percentage of balance paid dropped by 2.3% month-on-month to 36.9%
- The number of cardholders missing one payment fell by 6.5% from May to June
- Cash withdrawals using credit cards increased by 3.4% month-on-month

While the data suggests overall caution among consumers, there are concerns about increasing balances for customers missing three payments, now standing at £3,050, 7% higher than last year.

FICO and Jersey Telecom (JT) have won the Silver Medal in the Fraud Impact Award for Best Scam and APP Fraud Prevention solution from Datos Insights. Their product, FICO® Customer Communications Service Scam Signal, uses telephony signals to detect scams in real-time.

The solution combines telephony data with customer and payment data to tackle Authorized Push Payment (APP) fraud. It's now available in the UK and Spain, with plans for expansion. Major UK banks are implementing it, with one pilot reporting a 41% reduction in scams, 44% decrease in fraud losses, and 55% lower false positives.

The Scam Signal analyzes real-time network data across multiple mobile networks and is being extended to support UK landlines. It allows banks to send personalized, contextual messages to customers during high-risk activities, potentially stopping scams in progress.

FICO, a global analytics software leader, is hosting two free financial literacy events in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 2024. These events include a Score A Better Future (SABF) event for adults and a Score A Better Future Fundamentals credit education event for teens. The initiatives aim to enhance participants' understanding of financial health and the FICO® Score, used by 90% of top US lenders.

In collaboration with the U.S. Soccer Foundation and Chelsea Football Club, FICO is combining financial education with soccer excitement. Participants will have the opportunity to attend the Chelsea FC Women x Arsenal Women FC match at Audi Field. The events are part of FICO's commitment to expanding access to financial literacy education and empowering individuals to achieve their financial goals.