In August of 2019, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) ruled that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are now required to consider alternative credit scoring models.

This has now established a clear path for VantageScore and other new and innovative model developers to compete and elevate the predictiveness and inclusivity of credit scoring models required by the two GSEs.

We’ve got Barrett Burns, President and CEO at VantageScore Solutions on the podcast today to discuss the significant growth of VantageScore since the ruling by the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Want to know more about Barrett Burns?

Barrett Burns is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of VantageScore Solutions, LLC, an independently managed joint venture of the three national credit reporting companies, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, and the company behind the VantageScore® consumer credit scoring model.  Prior to joining VantageScore as CEO during its formation in 2006, he was executive vice president at U.S. Trust, heading the National Private Banking Group and a member of U.S. Trust’s Executive Committee and the Senior Management Team of parent company, The Charles Schwab Corporation.    Previously, he served as executive vice president of global risk management and chairman of the Credit Policy Committee at Ford Motor Credit Company, and as senior vice president and COO of Bank One’s auto finance division, the largest non-captive lender in the U.S. at the time. Burns also spent more than a decade with Citibank, lastly as group credit officer for an international consumer banking division that included operations throughout the U.S. and Europe.

He serves as a board member and advisor for numerous industry groups. He currently serves on the Federal Reserve Board’s Community Advisory Council and previously served on its Consumer Advisory Council. He also served as a board member on a number of trade associations including the Mortgage Bankers Association, the Structured Finance Association’s Executive Committee, America’s Homeowner Alliance, the Corporate Board of Governors for the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, and the Asian Real Estate Association of America’s National Advisory Council. Burns is a member of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s Mortgage Finance Collaborative Council and the Board of Regents of the Mercersburg Academy.  He is also served on the National Fair Housing Alliance’s (NFHA) Fair Housing Act 50th Anniversary Advisory Council. Burns was also previously a director of the Homeownership Preservation Foundation.  

Burns received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Washington and Jefferson College.

Contact Info:
Barrett Burns
President and CEO
VantageScore Solutions, LLC
TEL: 203-363-2161
EMAIL: BarrettBurns@VantageScore.com

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

MoSCoW Method
2018 – Oliver Wyman 2018 VantageScore Market Report
2019 – Oliver Wyman 2019 VantageScore Market Report