CFPB Suggests Some Consumers Cant Rely on Their Credit Scores
October 1, 2012
A new study by the CFPB of different credit scoring models found that for a substantial minority of consumers, different scoring models gave meaningfully different results. The study found that for 73 to 80 percent of consumers, different scoring models place consumers in the same category of credit quality. Different scoring models place consumers in credit-quality categories that are off by one category 19 to 24 percent of the time. And from 1 to 3 percent of consumers are placed in categories that are two or more...