Drive Auto Lending Forward with VantageScore® 5.0

Score more consumers, sharpen originations decisions, and grow portfolios with VantageScore's most predictive tri-bureau model.

In the auto industry, VantageScore 5.0 provides a more predictive, stable, and inclusive credit score for originations, account management, and portfolio strategies across the risk distribution.

The VantageScore Value

Built for today’s market, VantageScore 5.0 leverages traditional and trended credit file data, product-specific model inputs, and GAIN Attributes™ to give auto lenders a more granular view

Superior accuracy when predicting repayment risk, supported by industry-leading predictive performance and account-level risk insights.
Leveled characteristic inputs and a common tri-bureau algorithm designed to reduce inconsistencies in scores obtained from different national credit reporting agencies (NCRAs).
Advanced model design that accurately assesses approximately 33 million more potential customers who are unscoreable with conventional credit scoring models.
Auto Industry Performance
Optimized support for originations and auto loan products, the VantageScore 5.0 model provides a 6.3% performance improvement in account management and 2.5% lift in originations over a benchmark NCRA credit score model. Ultimately helping lenders make confident credit decisions at the highest-risk stage of the lifecycle.

Stronger Risk Differentiation for Auto Finance

VantageScore 5.0 has shown excellent performance in auto finance lending and is designed to improve risk differentiation in a volatile marketplace.

Greater Score Stability for More Confident Lending Decisions

Its simplified segmentation approach and proprietary GAIN Attributes™ help minimize score migration, enhance score stability, and support more confident risk-based pricing and portfolio management.

Using VantageScore for the Auto Industry

VantageScore 5.0 helps lenders navigate the ever-changing landscape of credit scoring by aligning with the top NCRAs and scoring more borrowers, more consistently.

With a familiar 300-850 score range and odds alignment with previous models, VantageScore 5.0 is designed to ease implementation while delivering more reliable, forward-looking credit insights.

To get started, contact your NCRA representative and start using VantageScore 5.0 today.

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