FICO vs Finastra

10-Q Financial Filing Analysis for FICO (2026-07-29)

Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO) reported strong financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 ended June 30, 2026. Total quarterly revenues rose 26% year-over-year to $674.2 million, driven by a 41% surge in Scores segment revenue ($458.9 million), which benefited from higher mortgage origination scores unit pricing. Software revenue rose 2% to $215.3 million, with SaaS software growing 21% and Platform software ARR jumping 62% year-over-year. Operating income climbed 38% to $362.6 million, and diluted EPS reached $10.45 (+41% YoY). In June 2026, FICO amended its credit facility to secure a $1.5 billion term loan to fund a $1.5 billion accelerated share repurchase program, resulting in $2.3 billion returned to shareholders via share buybacks during the quarter.

• Q3 FY2026 total revenue increased 26% year-over-year to $674.2 million, and net income increased 30% to $237.2 million (diluted EPS of $10.45 vs. $7.40 in Q3 FY2025).
• Scores segment revenue grew 41% YoY to $458.9 million with an operating margin of 91%, primarily fueled by increased unit pricing on B2B mortgage origination scores.
• FICO secured a $1.5 billion unsecured term loan maturing May 2028 and executed a $1.5 billion Accelerated Share Repurchase agreement, repurchasing $2.3 billion of stock in Q3.

New FICO Blog Posts on Overlimit Authorizations, Fraud Defences, and Customer Management

Three new blog posts added: 'Overlimit Authorizations: Enhancing Credit Card Portfolio Revenue by Managing Insufficient Funds Declines' (Sep 10, 2026), 'How Fraud Defences Must Evolve to Protect Agentic Commerce' (Sep 9, 2026), and 'Smarter Customer Management: How Fraud Signals Unlock Intelligent, Real-Time Decisioning' (Sep 7, 2026).

Finastra launches AI-powered repair recommendations for modern payments processing

New scheme-aware guidance feature within AI OperatorAssist will streamline payments repair across the lifecycle, reducing complexity and supporting growth

Finastra Launches AI-Powered Repair Recommendations for Payments

Finastra has launched Repair Recommendations, a new AI-powered capability within its AI OperatorAssist solution, designed to streamline payment exception handling for banks. Announced at Sibos 2026 in Miami, the feature identifies payment discrepancies, analyzes root causes, and provides scheme-aware, network-rule-validated recommendations (e.g., Swift, Fedwire, SEPA, UPI, Nexus) to ensure accurate corrections. It aims to reduce manual effort, accelerate onboarding, and enable banks to handle higher payment volumes efficiently. The feature complements Finastra's Global PAYplus and Payments To Go solutions, assisting human decision-making with human-in-the-loop governance. Industry analyst Robin LoGiudice from Datos Insights highlights the operational risks of manual processes and the value of AI-driven guidance. The solution reflects Finastra's commitment to integrating AI across the payment lifecycle.

• Finastra launched Repair Recommendations, an AI-powered feature within AI OperatorAssist.
• The feature was announced at Sibos 2026 in Miami on September 29, 2026.
• Repair Recommendations supports payment schemes including Swift, Fedwire, SEPA, UPI, and Nexus.

Finastra launches Supply Chain Finance to help banks accelerate working capital growth

Move delivers cloud, AI and API-enabled payables and receivables finance, in its first phase, including native risk distribution that can be integrated with Finastra’s award-winning Trade Innovation and Loan IQ applications.