MINNEAPOLIS & COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 26, 2004 -- Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FIC), the leading provider of analytics and decision technology, and Experian, the leading global information solutions company, today announced a new joint initiative that provides lenders with fresh and complete customer information when they need it the most--at the time a customer decision is being made.

To deliver this capability, Fair Isaac is releasing a new data delivery and decisioning service called ActiView(SM). The service combines Experian's Notification Services(SM), the industry's most relied-upon technology for triggering account actions, with Fair Isaac's industry-leading account and customer management solution, TRIAD(TM) adaptive control system. In addition to event-based triggers -- which provide daily notification of consumer credit behavior -- and TRIAD capabilities, the ActiView service gives lenders access to Experian/Fair Isaac Risk Scores and a wide variety of valuable data sources.

"By bringing together some of the best capabilities that Experian and Fair Isaac have to offer, we are able to bring data updates and decisions closer together than ever before," said Craig Dillon, Fair Isaac's vice president of Global Scoring. "Many lenders find it difficult to adequately focus on accounts and opportunities that require the most attention because they feel overwhelmed by the amount of available data. By embedding Experian's Notification Services into ActiView, lenders are armed with the most current and relevant customer-specific information possible at the moment they need it, empowering them to make strategic decisions with confidence."

"Our Notification Services event-based triggering solution has been widely adopted in the financial industry," explained Laura DeSoto, senior vice president of Marketing for Experian Credit Information Solutions. "This new initiative with Fair Isaac brings the power of our triggering technology together with the powerful decisioning capabilities of the TRIAD system, which will allow our mutual clients to extract even more value from both solutions."

With Notification Services embedded into the ActiView service, monitored accounts are "triggered" by one or more events that indicate the need for action, such as the serious delinquency of a tradeline or the opening of a new tradeline. When a customer's account is triggered, a notification is generated and sent to the lender's TRIAD customer account management system through the ActiView service along with additional data, such as a refreshed FICO(R) score. The information is then applied by the system's strategic decisioning capabilities to refine customer treatments and immediately implement the most appropriate account actions -- such as changing credit lines or cross-selling to existing customers.

The ActiView service enhances Notification Services by enabling lenders to access customer information on segments of their portfolio, including individual accounts, when credit decisions such as line increases or cross-selling are being made. The combination of triggering events based on external and internal data provides clients with the knowledge to minimize risk before losses occur, and to expand existing profitable customer relationships.

Current Notification Services clients can also take advantage of the ActiView service, which includes the ability to get FICO credit risk scores with their triggers and benefit from the immediate implementation of actions by integrating this information into their existing TRIAD system. They also now can use the ActiView service to pull fresh credit scores when needed, such as before executing a new marketing program.

About Fair Isaac

Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FIC) is the preeminent provider of creative analytics that unlock value for people, businesses and industries. The company's predictive modeling, decision analysis, intelligence management, decision management systems and consulting services power billions of mission-critical customer decisions a year. Founded in 1956, Fair Isaac helps thousands of companies in over 60 countries acquire customers more efficiently, increase customer value, reduce fraud and credit losses, lower operating expenses and enter new markets more profitably. Most leading banks and credit card issuers rely on Fair Isaac solutions, as do insurers, retailers, telecommunications providers, healthcare organizations and government agencies. Through the www.myFICO.com Web site, consumers use the company's FICO(R) scores, the standard measure of credit risk, to manage their financial health. For more information, visit www.fairisaac.com.

About Experian

Experian(R) is a global leader in providing information solutions to organizations and consumers. It helps organizations find, develop and manage profitable customer relationships by providing information, decision-making solutions and processing services. It empowers consumers to understand, manage and protect their personal information and assets. Experian works with more than 40,000 clients across diverse industries, including financial services, telecommunications, health care, insurance, retail and catalog, automotive, manufacturing, leisure, utilities, property, e-commerce and government. Experian is a subsidiary of GUS plc and has headquarters in Nottingham, UK, and Costa Mesa, California. Its 13,000 people support clients in more than 60 countries. Annual sales exceed $2.3 billion.

For more information, visit the company's Web site on www.experian.com.

Fair Isaac Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Information

Except for historical information contained herein, the statements contained in this press release that relate to Fair Isaac, including statements regarding its new ActiView service offering and the relationship described herein, and the benefits to be derived from this offering, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including any unforeseen technical difficulties related to the implementation, use and functionality of the offering, the risks that customers will not perceive material benefits from the offering, failure of the product to deliver the expected results, the possibility of errors or defects in the offering, the company's ability to recruit and retain key technical and managerial personnel, the maintenance of its existing relationships with key alliance partners, regulatory changes applicable to the use of consumer credit and other data, and other risks described from time to time in Fair Isaac's SEC reports, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2003 and quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2004. Forward-looking statements should be considered with caution. If any of these risks or uncertainties materializes or any of these assumptions proves incorrect, Fair Isaac's results could differ materially from Fair Isaac's expectations in these statements. Fair Isaac disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Fair Isaac, ActiView, TRIAD and FICO are service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of Fair Isaac Corporation, in the United States and/or in other countries.

The word 'Experian' is a registered trademark in the EU and other countries, and is owned by Experian Ltd and/or its associated companies.

Fair Isaac Corporation
Angela Carlson, 415-492-5373 (Media)
acarlson@fairisaac.com
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Experian
Susan Henson, 714-830-5129 (Media)
susan.henson@experian.com