FICO Named #31 of the Top Technology Providers in 2016 FinTech Forward Awards

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 5, 2016

• FICO ranked #31 on FinTech Forward list of the 100 top financial industry technology providers.
• FICO ranked as a top 100 company for the 13^th year in a row.
• The FinTech Forward list is compiled by American Banker and BAI.

Analytic software firm FICO today announced it has ranked #31 among the world's Top 100 Technology Providers in the 2016 FinTech Forward listing compiled by American Banker and BAI. FinTech Forward, now in its 13th year, brings together research, media, and events to highlight leading companies motivating the financial industry's investment in technology. FICO has made the list each year.

More information: www.FinTechForward.com

"Sixty years ago, our founders set the company on a course of innovation that has truly changed the financial services industry," said Stuart Wells, chief product and technology officer at FICO. "We're proud to be repeat winners of the FinTech Forward award, and we're especially proud of the innovations in credit scoring, analytics, fraud detection and so much more that have earned us our place at the top."

The FinTech Forward's list of the Top 100 Technology Providers represents the largest fintech focused companies in the world, those that derive at least one-third of their revenue from banking, capital markets, payments or the insurance industries.

About FICO
FICO (NYSE: FICO) powers decisions that help people and businesses around the world prosper. Founded in 1956 and based in Silicon Valley, the company is a pioneer in the use of predictive analytics and data science to improve operational decisions. FICO holds more than 165 US and foreign patents on technologies that increase profitability, customer satisfaction and growth for businesses in financial services, telecommunications, health care, retail and many other industries. Using FICO solutions, businesses in more than 100 countries do everything from protecting 2.6 billion payment cards from fraud, to helping people get credit, to ensuring that millions of airplanes and rental cars are in the right place at the right time.

Learn more at www.fico.com.