Global FICO(r) Score Now Used by Five Top Banks in Saudi Arabia

Released on = January 15, 2007, 9:05 pm

Press Release Author = PIC Solutions

Industry = Financial

Press Release Summary = Global FICOŽ score, from Fair Isaac Corporation, is now
being used by five of the top banks in Saudi Arabia to enhance their decision making
processes across the entire credit lifecycle.


Press Release Body = Dubai, 16 January 2007 - Global FICOŽ score, from Fair Isaac
Corporation, is now being used by five of the top banks in Saudi Arabia to enhance
their decision making processes across the entire credit lifecycle.

Global FICOŽ score, is a highly predictive scoring model designed to evaluate
consumer credit risk on any established form of credit bureau data. This scoring
solution is currently being used by the Saudi banks to improve decision making
throughout the customer credit lifecycle, from marketing initiatives through account
approvals, to full portfolio management.

As Fair Isaac's partner for the Middle East and Africa region, PIC Solutions is
dedicated to providing complete credit risk management solutions to clients in the
region. This includes Enterprise Decision Management, originations, account
management strategy consulting, collections solutions, consulting, project
management, integration services, first line software support and ongoing
maintenance. PIC Solutions' Middle East personnel provide extensive support to
organisations using the Global FICOŽ scoring model to ensure that these
organisations streamline their decision processes and increase their profitability.

The Fair Isaac technology underlying the Global FICOŽ scoring model enables rapid
deployment in any country where credit bureau data is available. Designed to be
consistently scaled across credit bureaux and across national borders, Global FICOŽ
score provides an objective assessment of consumer risk, using a unique and
comprehensive range of predictive characteristics.

In addition to Saudi Arabia, Global FICOŽ score is currently being used or
implemented in Turkey, Poland, Sweden, Ireland, Panama, Jamaica, Mexico, Brazil,
Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand, and is currently being evaluated in
other countries by a growing number of institutions. Global FICOŽ score is
available to lenders and credit bureaux in any country where robust credit bureau
data is available, except in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and South
Africa, where Fair Isaac credit scores are already available.

Ian Read, General Manager of the Middle East region at PIC Solutions, comments, "We
are committed to delivering leading-edge credit risk solutions to our clients in the
Gulf region. Global FICO score has proven to be a success in the Middle East market
as more organisations realise the benefits of using credit bureau data to enhance
their business decisions. Through Global FICO score, credit grantors can effectively
utilise the predictive power of credit bureau data to gain new opportunities for
expansion while still controlling and monitoring their risk."


About Fair Isaac
Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FIC) makes decisions smarter. The company's solutions
and technologies for Enterprise Decision Management give businesses the power to
automate more processes, and apply more intelligence to every customer interaction.
Through increasing the precision, consistency and agility of their decisions, Fair
Isaac clients worldwide increase sales, build customer value, cut fraud losses,
manage credit risk, reduce operational costs, meet changing compliance demands and
enter new markets more profitably. Founded in 1956, Fair Isaac powers hundreds of
billions of decisions per year in financial services, insurance, telecommunications,
retail, consumer branded goods, healthcare and the public sector. Visit Fair Isaac
online at www.FairIsaac.com.


About PIC Solutions
PIC Solutions provides consumer credit solutions to a wide range of blue-chip
organisations. We are experts in the fields of credit, risk and software and have an
established track record of success powered by solutions.

PIC Solutions is the Fair Isaac alliance partner for the Middle East Africa region
and from offices in Cape Town, Dubai and Johannesburg, provides all sales and
support for the entire suite of Fair Isaac products and services. This includes
consulting, project management, integration services, first line software support
and ongoing maintenance.

Our ongoing commitment is to enable clients to optimise the credit life cycle.

Editorial Contact:
Sarka Svoboda
Marketing Manager
Tel: +27 (0)21 680-6010
Fax: +27 (0)21 680-6003
Email: SSvoboda@PICSolutions.com
Web: www.PICSolutions.com

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Dubai Internet City
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
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