A growing number of innovative websites have adopted the VantageScore credit model and allow consumers to obtain complimentary access to their VantageScore credit scores, as part of the no-cost basic subscriptions to their services. These tools carry what are known as consumer display credit scores.
Consumer display credit scores play an important role in informing prospective borrowers as to their current credit tier and also help consumers to identify any changes to their credit scores as they plan for large purchases. For lenders, consumer display helps engage and retain consumers by keeping them informed of any significant changes to their credit scores.
Consumer education is an integral part of VantageScore’s mission. In 2006, VantageScore introduced the marketplace’s first free tri-bureau credit score developed jointly by the three Nationwide Credit Reporting Agencies (NCRAs). At its inception, VantageScore scored approximately 15 million more consumers than its competitor and was the first credit score to incorporate rent, telecommunications, and utility data. Today, subsequent VantageScore models have further expanded the pool of creditworthy, scoreable consumers in the United States to now include 33 million more consumers than conventional credit scoring models.
VantageScore has provided tens of millions of consumers free access to their VantageScore credit scores to monitor their own creditworthiness.