VantageScore – 2018 Innovation Timeline and ‘First to Market’ list

October 18, 2018

VANTAGESCORE INNOVATION

From 1987, when the first generic credit scoring models were introduced, through 2005, the credit scoring industry was dominated by a single company with little incentive to innovate. The arrival of VantageScore Solutions in 2006 brought competition between developers that has fueled innovation and benefitted both lenders and consumers. See the timeline of how VantageScore has grown and was “first to market” with many features.

GROWTH IN VANTAGESCORE USAGE

Oliver Wyman studied usage of VantageScore credit scores in the 12-month period between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018 (consistent with its similar study one year ago) and found that nearly 10.5 billion credit
scores were used by over 2,800 unique users. This represents a 20 percent increase in the number of scores used versus last year’s study.

Additional findings from the study include:

  • Among the total number of users, the number of financial institutions that used VantageScore rose eight percent to nearly 2,500, representing usage of approximately 6.4 billion credit scores.
  • Among financial institutions, credit card issuers were the largest users of VantageScore credit scores and they accounted for approximately 4.4 billion scores used overall; of which, at least 68 million VantageScore credit scores were used for new card originations. Overall, according to an
    Experian-Oliver Wyman Market Intelligence Report, the credit card industry issued approximately 117 million new credit card accounts during the study’s timeframe.*
  • Companies that provide consumers with access to VantageScore credit scores accounted for
    approximately 2.3 billion scores used, nearly double the amount used in the same period last year.

Recent growth in the use of VantageScore credit scores continues a trend that extends back at least
five years. Both the number of users and the volume of scores used has increased by 300 percent.

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