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Partners for Rural Transformation and FICO to Release Credit Education Webinar Series
Webinar series aims to improve credit access in underserved rural communities
May 20, 2026 – Building on the recently announced partnership, Partners for Rural Transformation (PRT) and global analytics software leader FICO, today announced the release of an on-demand webinar series aimed at expanding access to credit in historically underserved rural communities. The series equips community advocates and credit counselors with tools and training they need to better serve their communities.
The series includes:
“What FICO® Offers” Orientation:
An overview of all no cost and inclusive FICO credit empowerment and education offerings, such as the FICO® Score A Better Future program.
Demystifying FICO® Scores for Credit and Financial Counselors:
This 60-minute webinar is designed to empower credit counselors with a comprehensive overview of FICO® Scores, including the five key categories that make up a FICO® Score and how credit scoring works. Community advocates and credit counselors will leave better prepared to guide clients through their financial journey with confidence.
FICO® Score A Better Future™ Ambassador Program:
This free initiative program equips community advocates with comprehensive resources and training on credit and FICO® Scores, enabling them to deliver impactful workshops to community groups. Ambassadors play a key role in expanding financial literacy and supporting individuals on their path to informed credit management.
“Understanding credit is an important step toward building a stronger financial future and expanding that understanding in rural America requires the right tools and partners,” said Rukiya Kelly, global head of corporate impact at FICO. “This webinar series reflects FICO’s commitment to turning credit understanding into action and equipping more rural Americans with tools to access the financial opportunities they need and deserve.”
This series is part of a partnership between FICO and PRT that will strengthen the capacity of rural-serving Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to better understand, adopt, and leverage FICO tools to reach rural Americans. The initiative focuses on improving understanding and engagement to help more people navigate lending options and financial resources.
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Partners for Rural Transformation is a coalition of six community-rooted organizations with national reach and more than 250 years of experience in rural development. We are working to build a future where rural America is no longer defined by persistent poverty, but by opportunity so people can live, work, learn, and raise a family in the communities they call home. Our Partnership spans some of the most diverse and underinvested regions in the country – from the Mississippi Delta to Appalachia to Native American Communities, the Deep South, The Rio Grade Valley, and beyond. We share a common history of chronic disinvestment that leads to persistent poverty and impacts health, education, and economic opportunity in the communities we call home. Learn more here.
About FICO
FICO (NYSE: FICO) powers decisions that help people and businesses around the world prosper. Founded in 1956, the company is a pioneer in the use of predictive analytics and data science to improve operational decisions. FICO holds more than 200 US and foreign patents on technologies that increase profitability, customer satisfaction and growth for businesses in financial services, insurance, telecommunications, health care, retail and many other industries. Using FICO solutions, businesses in more than 80 countries do everything from protecting 4 billion payment cards from fraud, to improving financial inclusion, to increasing supply chain resiliency. The FICO® Score, used by 90% of top US lenders, is the standard measure of consumer credit risk in the US and has been made available in over 40 other countries, improving risk management, credit access and transparency.
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