Awards honor FICO customers achieving outstanding results with AI, machine learning and decision management

SAN JOSE, Calif. — October 1, 2021

Highlights:

• Entries for the FICO® Decisions Awards are due December 3, 2021

• The nine award categories are AI, Machine Learning & Optimization, Cloud Deployment, Customer Onboarding and Management, Debt Management, Decision Management Innovation, ESG Champion, Financial Inclusion, Fraud Management and Regulatory Compliance
• Judges include industry experts and practitioners
• Entry form and information are at www.fico.com/decisionsawards

Companies that are achieving outstanding success using analytics and decision management solutions from FICO are invited to submit nominations for the 2022 FICO® Decisions Awards. FICO invites any of its more than 5,000 direct clients to enter the awards, as well as the tens of thousands of firms that use FICO solutions provided by its partners.

For more information and to enter a nomination, visit www.fico.com/decisionsawards

A panel of independent judges with deep industry expertise will evaluate nominations based on measurable improvement in key metrics; demonstrated use of best practices; project scale, depth and breadth; and innovative uses of technology.

Awards will be presented in nine categories:

• AI, Machine Learning & Optimization
• Cloud Deployment
• Customer Onboarding and Management
• Debt Management
• Decision Management Innovation
• ESG Champion (new category)
• Financial Inclusion
• Fraud Management
• Regulatory Compliance

Nominations are due December 3, 2021, and winners will be announced January 28, 2022.

Winners will receive recognition at FICO® World, which will be held in the U.S. in May 2022. Winning implementations will be featured in conference activities, and two representatives of each winning company will receive complimentary conference passes.

“It has been an extraordinary year for our customers in every sense of the word,” said Nikhil Behl, chief marketing officer at FICO. “We know that many of them have had to make flexibility a virtue as they brought their most innovative ideas and technologies to bear on the challenges thrown at them by the pandemic. The impact on health, resourcing, the economy and supply chains has been wide and varied and these awards shine a spotlight on how companies have managed to thrive.

“This year we have introduced a new award to highlight the outstanding work many of our customers are doing across environmental, social and governance (ESG) areas using the power of cloud-based decisioning and analytics. We look forward to our customers putting forward their nominations for the 2022 awards.”

Last year’s winning firms represented multiple industries and countries worldwide, all with outstanding results: Boeing (AI, Machine Learning and Optimization); Avon Cosmetics and Care by Volvo  (Cloud Deployment); OCBC (Customer Onboarding & Management); Absa and Cox Communications (Debt Management); eDriving (Decision Management Innovation); Grupo Monge (Financial Inclusion); Conductor Brazil (Fraud & Security); Alfa-Bank and Eurobank (Regulatory Compliance) and T-Mobile (FICO Industry Vanguard Award)

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 205 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.

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