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What Do FICO Superheroes Have in Common?

Written by Mint.com
Published Oct 28, 2010
1 min read
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Every year billions of FICO® scores are calculated for the purposes of making lending and insurance decisions. Until now we never really had a crystal clear understanding of the similarities among consumers with the most elite scores of 760 and above: the so-called “FICO High Achievers.” With some help from the folks at myFICO.com, the consumer division of FICO, we now have a clear picture of the traits shared by the best of the best. And with some help from the folks at Mint.com, we now have a visual representation of the anatomy of these FICO superheroes.

Data compiled by John Ulzheimer of Credit.com.