topic Re: Myfico TU now utilizing 08 Classic! in General Credit Topics

Myfico TU now FICO 8 Risk Score - confirmed!

patrick00032001 — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 23:35:30 GMT

Just thought I would let everyone know, myfico stopped using TU 98 classic for their scoring model and switched to 08 classic, which has a scoring range of 341-850! Im sure this thread will get moved asap, but I wanted to spread the word! Thanks!

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Marcos8 — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:28:37 GMT

Can you share where you received this info? So now are all 3 scores available from MYFico all FICO 08? Thanks

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BearsAndTurtlesRtheBest — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:35:55 GMT

Hmmm...

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patrick00032001 — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:39:13 GMT

2 reasons I say so, a week ago I checked it, and it was 752, decided to repull again today and its matching my Discover and Wal-Mart Fico exactly! 774! And they also made changes to the Fico score estimator as well! Nothing has changed on my bureau either, which leads me to believe with out a doubt that they switched to Fico 08!

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TRC_WA — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:01:16 GMT

So my TU score might actually catch up a bit?

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BootStraps — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:01:58 GMT

Out of cusiosity, I just gave MyFICO customer service a phone call.

According to the young man I spoke to, they just upgraded to 08 on the 30th.

It would appear that the OP is correct.

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mongstradamus — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:07:31 GMT

@BootStraps wrote:
Out of cusiosity, I just gave MyFICO customer service a phone call.

According to the young man I spoke to, they just upgraded to 08 on the 30th.

It would appear that the OP is correct.

I guess that is nice for people who don't have access to discover Barclay or Walmart card . I would have to imagine that's an pretty small fraction of population

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patrick00032001 — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:08:43 GMT

Thank you so much for following up on that! I would never lie to anyone on these forums, just wanted to be helpful! And as I suspected, I was right, well, this will save me money, because now I can get my score from Wal-Mart or Discover and know its going to match this site! Now if I want to read my bureau, then I can always order a new report of course!

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TRC_WA — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:10:50 GMT

@patrick00032001 wrote:
Thank you so much for following up on that! I would never lie to anyone on these forums, just wanted to be helpful! And as I suspected, I was right, well, this will save me money, because now I can get my score from Wal-Mart or Discover and know its going to match this site! Now if I want to read my bureau, then I can always order a new report of course!

Nice... And I can do the same with Barclay and Walmart.

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lg8302ch — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:13:17 GMT

Thanks a lot for the update - nice to know

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BootStraps — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:23:43 GMT

@patrick00032001 wrote:
Thank you so much for following up on that! I would never lie to anyone on these forums, just wanted to be helpful! And as I suspected, I was right, well, this will save me money, because now I can get my score from Wal-Mart or Discover and know its going to match this site! Now if I want to read my bureau, then I can always order a new report of course!

You are very welcome!

I'm suprised that there is no announcement on the website about it. Maybe it'll happen later.

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peepers — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:29:42 GMT

ahhh, so now I can cancel my myfico quarterly monitoring service. I have a Discover now, and can do daily 3 bureau reports from USAA to monitor activity! Im not sure why it took reading this thread to make me realize that......but thanks!

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Anonymous — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:40:22 GMT

@mongstradamus wrote:
@BootStraps wrote:
Out of cusiosity, I just gave MyFICO customer service a phone call.

According to the young man I spoke to, they just upgraded to 08 on the 30th.

It would appear that the OP is correct.
I guess that is nice for people who don't have access to discover Barclay or Walmart card . I would have to imagine that's an pretty small fraction of population

Well, don't know if it is a small fraction, but it's good in that people will not waste money buying a TU'98 here! To all intents and purposes, that was a FAKO.

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patrick00032001 — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:52:05 GMT

It was VERY aggravating at times when they wouldn't update to TU 04 Classic! We are talking about a scoring model that was well over 16 years old being utilized for educational purposes, (TU98). I have a feeling lenders all over the counrtry are shifting towards the (08) Classic model and Myfico is trying to keep up with the trends so to speak? It is a requirement for secondary mortgages, such as, Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie (FMCC) to utilize TU 04 Classic, Equifax Beacon 5.0 and Experian Fair Issac V2 scoring for resale purposes. My lender kept my mortgage on their books, even though it was considered Approve/Eligable through FNMA, because my rate was 3.875%, and once my construction loan was completed and converted to a permanent fixed rate mortage, (One Time Close) rates had went up by .50 points or higher, and my credit union would have had to pay Fannie Mae to purchase my mortage from them. For now, its staying on their books, if rates creep back down in the near future, it will be sold, and my credit union will retain the servicing.

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ddemari — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 20:12:10 GMT

My TU fico dropped 40 points since last week and there is nothing different on my report. Now that I know that they changed the scoring model, it makes sense... but I am still upset! 40 points overnite!

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Revelate — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 20:38:43 GMT

@BootStraps wrote:
@patrick00032001 wrote:
Thank you so much for following up on that! I would never lie to anyone on these forums, just wanted to be helpful! And as I suspected, I was right, well, this will save me money, because now I can get my score from Wal-Mart or Discover and know its going to match this site! Now if I want to read my bureau, then I can always order a new report of course!
You are very welcome!

I'm suprised that there is no announcement on the website about it. Maybe it'll happen later.

After the snafu last time, so am I.

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Revelate — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 20:44:49 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
@mongstradamus wrote:
@BootStraps wrote:
Out of cusiosity, I just gave MyFICO customer service a phone call.

According to the young man I spoke to, they just upgraded to 08 on the 30th.

It would appear that the OP is correct.
I guess that is nice for people who don't have access to discover Barclay or Walmart card . I would have to imagine that's an pretty small fraction of population
Well, don't know if it is a small fraction, but it's good in that people will not waste money buying a TU'98 here! To all intents and purposes, that was a FAKO.

I'd rather have a TU '98 score here even if I didn't have a Wally card: I'm pretty confident for my use case (mortgage) that it's a closer predictor of my scores than any FICO 8 pull.

Oh well, on the bright side if this is the case I can uncomplicate my signature line.

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Anonymous — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 21:16:22 GMT

And here I was thinking how great my rebuilding was going after seeing a 25 point jump on TU from my pull the other day!! Makes sense now, but eh, I'll take it!

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alvon123 — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 22:02:00 GMT

Thanks for the info

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EW800 — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 22:26:43 GMT

This is very interesting. I wonder if everyone was switched all at once?

If this change was made, sure does seem like there would have been an announcement about it.