MINNEAPOLIS, MN. Oct. 29, 2004 -- Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FIC), the leading provider of analytics and decision technology, today announced the introduction of Model Builder 2.2, the latest release of its enterprise decision management tool specifically designed to streamline and build more powerful analytic models. Model Builder 2.2 improves the speed and accuracy of developing high-performing models that can be custom-configured to meet the specific business requirements of financial institutions across lines of business and applications.

Model Builder is part of Fair Isaac's software and solutions for enterprise decision management, which combines data analytics, modeling and policy-level control to allow companies to define and manage their automated business systems for improved efficiency and greater profitability. A unique feature of Model Builder 2.2 that is of significant value to global financial services companies is the ability to develop accurate models using less data while maintaining compliance with necessary corporate governance policies and regulations, such as Basel II.

"Model Builder includes a number of important technical and business benefits that provide users the ability to quickly develop powerful analytic models with little transaction data," said Todd Davis, vice president of enterprise decision management at Fair Isaac. "This is extremely important for global financial services companies who compete in emerging geographic and market segments, as well as companies entering new markets who will benefit from the expanded reach of Fair Isaac's Enterprise Decision Manager platform."

Credit risk officers, credit managers and risk management analysts also will benefit from improved programming capabilities provided by Model Builder 2.2. Application Programming Interfaces (API) provide advanced analytic users with the ability to work in the Java programming language, while novice users are able to take full advantage of the intuitive interface for developing and deploying predictive analytics. While Model Builder is already known for helping to meet the explicit detail and documentation requirements of regulators, Model Builder 2.2 adds a new level of report generation capabilities to aid in documenting and governing the analytic process.

The bootstrap validation capabilities provided by Model Builder 2.2 allow organizations to build precision models while requiring less data. Model Builder 2.2 also improves the speed of transactional data preparation by equipping companies with the addition of the Fair Isaac Data Cleanser and Variable Processor. Fair Isaac's Data Cleanser removes the unnecessary and valueless data and provides options for the handling of missing and special values. Variable Processor allows users to easily summarize transaction information to the customer level.

Fair Isaac's Enterprise Decision Manager(TM) software integrates Model Builder with complementary Fair Isaac decision management tools -- such as Fair Isaac Blaze Advisor for rules management and Decision Optimizer for improved decisions -- that have been successfully used by more than 250 organizations.

Fair Isaac offers clients project management, implementation assistance, data analysis and model preparation in support of their use of Model Builder. Leveraging a company's existing technology investments in data warehousing and business application systems, Enterprise Decision Manager is available on a number of platforms ranging from Windows laptops to IBM Mainframes, while also available on all the leading J2EE application servers as well as Linux and .Net environments. Because the software is database-independent, businesses also can leverage their Oracle, DB2 and SQL Server-based data stores.

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.

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 Model Builder 2.2 product offering, 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, 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.

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