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FICO Moves to Bypass Credit Bureaus in Direct Sale Plan
October 9, 2025
Dennis Hollier
The new option allows tri-merge resellers to calculate and deliver FICO scores directly to customers, bypassing the big credit bureaus. Experian countered with a move involving VantageScore 4.0.
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