Comments on: Three Credit Agencies Adopt Common VantageScore http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/three-credit-agencies-adopt-common-vantagescore.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:07:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: fivecentnickel.com http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/three-credit-agencies-adopt-common-vantagescore.html/comment-page-1#comment-4831 fivecentnickel.com Sat, 18 Mar 2006 03:23:51 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=828#comment-4831 <strong>Weekly Roundup - 03/17/06</strong> Happy St. Patrick’s Day! It’s that time again… Time to put together my weekly roundup of the best personal finance posts from the MoneyBlogNetwork and beyond. First off, I just discovered the joy of podcasts… More specifically,... Weekly Roundup – 03/17/06

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]]> By: Holly http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/three-credit-agencies-adopt-common-vantagescore.html/comment-page-1#comment-4826 Holly Fri, 17 Mar 2006 20:50:25 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=828#comment-4826 TransUnion says: Consumer availability will be later this year. Businesses can immediately access VantageScore using any of the following TransUnion delivery options: Online with TransUnion Credit Report, Model Report, ID Report with Score, Instant Prescreen, Instant Credit Risk Screen, or Instant Deposit Screen Batch in conjunction with Custom Prescreen and Monthly/Quarterly Portfolio Reviews Integrated in Retrospective Analysis, Account Acquisition and Account Management Triggers http://www.transunion.com/vantagescore/ -------------------- The official website for VantageScore with links to all three agencies is: http://www.vantagescore.com -------------------- I agree, all three agencies have different data but use the same algorithm. It does seem redundant, but it is better than one company having the monopoly. It might be nice to have a check-and-balance system with three companies. TransUnion says:

Consumer availability will be later this year. Businesses can immediately access VantageScore using any of the following TransUnion delivery options:

Online with TransUnion Credit Report, Model Report, ID Report with Score, Instant Prescreen, Instant Credit Risk Screen, or Instant Deposit Screen
Batch in conjunction with Custom Prescreen and Monthly/Quarterly Portfolio Reviews
Integrated in Retrospective Analysis, Account Acquisition and Account Management Triggers

http://www.transunion.com/vantagescore/

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The official website for VantageScore with links to all three agencies is:

http://www.vantagescore.com

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I agree, all three agencies have different data but use the same algorithm. It does seem redundant, but it is better than one company having the monopoly. It might be nice to have a check-and-balance system with three companies.

]]> By: raising4boys.com http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/three-credit-agencies-adopt-common-vantagescore.html/comment-page-1#comment-4785 raising4boys.com Thu, 16 Mar 2006 03:40:48 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=828#comment-4785 RS: They'll all use the same scoring algorithm, but they each have their own data to feed into it. RS: They’ll all use the same scoring algorithm, but they each have their own data to feed into it.

]]> By: raising4boys.com http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/three-credit-agencies-adopt-common-vantagescore.html/comment-page-1#comment-4784 raising4boys.com Thu, 16 Mar 2006 03:40:10 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=828#comment-4784 I just saw this on the news tonight. You scooped them by a mile. I just saw this on the news tonight. You scooped them by a mile.

]]> By: RS http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/three-credit-agencies-adopt-common-vantagescore.html/comment-page-1#comment-4773 RS Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:23:02 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/?p=828#comment-4773 I guess the next question is why we need all 3 if they will al be using the same calculation now. What's the point? I guess the next question is why we need all 3 if they will al be using the same calculation now. What’s the point?

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