FAIR, ISAAC AND EQUIFAX TO PROVIDE ENHANCED CRM CAPABILITIES THROUGH FAIR, ISAAC`S STRATEGY NETWORK

Partnership Ensures Smooth Integration For The Industry`s Next Generation of Advanced And Comprehensive Deep Analytic Solutions SAN RAFAEL, CA, and ATLANTA, GA July 2, 2001-Fair, Isaac and Company, Inc. (NYSE: FIC) and Equifax Inc. (NYSE:EFX) today announced a new partnership to utilize Equifax`s data integration and linkage systems to deliver advanced integration support for a family of newly enhanced products that Fair, Isaac is producing as part of the company`s recently announced Strategy Network. By incorporating the consumer data integration services that Equifax is recognized for into Fair, Isaac`s acclaimed analytics and decision technology, Fair, Isaac plans to take a giant leap forward in bringing new levels of versatility and compatibility to its next generation of products. Fair, Isaac`s first product empowered by data integration services utilizing the Equifax unique customer identifier process is the recently announced, enhanced version of Fair, Isaac`s Market Smart™ Decision System -- a full-service, multi-channel marketing solution that helps companies determine where, when and how to interact with their prospects and customers to build stronger relationships - - a watershed product to enable companies to avoid roadblocks in today`s CRM solutions. "We selected Equifax since they are a proven leader in providing real depth in the areas of compiling and aggregating consumer data", said Tom Grudnowski, CEO of Fair, Isaac. "The ability to help companies to quickly and consistently identify promising relationships has been a challenge for the CRM industry until now. Our new solution ups the ante in CRM because it meets a critical need to help our customers to shake loose from the massive data integration and processing challenges that are faced in today`s marketplace." "Our unique identification and integration system leverages the unparalleled expertise of Equifax in data compilation and management to enable Fair, Isaac to set a new standard in CRM," said Tom Chapman, CEO and chairman of Equifax. "This service will advance dramatically the ability of companies to use their data to enhance customer relationships." Fair, Isaac`s Strategy Network will be used in an array of products to integrate data, analytics, optimization, campaign management, and personalization, and to bring greatly enhanced speed and accuracy to the process of updating databases and then distributing that information across business enterprise segments. The new data infrastructure is the foundation of a series of new products scheduled for delivery in upcoming months that are based on Fair, Isaac`s recently announced strategy machine vision. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT FAIR, ISAAC Fair, Isaac and Company is a global provider of customer analytics and decision technology. Widely recognized for its pioneering work in credit scoring, Fair, Isaac revolutionized the way lending decisions are made. Today the company helps clients in multiple industries increase the value of customer relationships. Fair, Isaac has made the Forbes list of the top 200 U.S. small companies eight times in the last nine years. Some of the information contained in this press release is forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including the company`s ability to recruit and maintain key technical and managerial personnel, the maintenance of its existing relationships with key alliance partners, its ability to continue to develop new and enhanced products and services, competition, regulation changes applicable to the use of consumer credit and other data and other risks described from time to time in Fair, Isaac`s SEC reports, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 2000. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. Fair, Isaac disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT EQUIFAX Equifax (EFX: NYSE) enables and secures global commerce through its information management, consumer credit, marketing services, business information, authentication and e-commerce businesses. As the leader in information services, Equifax adds value wherever customers do business, including the financial services, retail, telecommunications/utilities, information technology, brokerage, insurance and business lending industries and government. Equifax also enlightens, enables and empowers consumers to manage and protect their financial health with services offered at www.equifax.com. The company ranked in the top five in return on equity among Business Week`s Best Performers for 2001. Equifax employs 12,000 in 18 countries, has sales in 50 countries and has $2 billion in revenue. Statements in this press release that relate to Equifax`s future plans, objectives, expectations, performance, events and the like are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Future events, risks and uncertainties, individually or in the aggregate, could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements. Those factors could include changes in worldwide and U.S. economic conditions that materially impact consumer spending and consumer debt, changes in demand for the Company`s products and services, risks associated with the integration of acquisitions and other investments, and other factors discussed in the "forward-looking information" section in the management`s discussion and analysis included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Information: Equifax Dave Mooney 404-885-8117 dave.mooney@equifax.com Fair, Isaac Angela Carlson 415-492-5373 acarlson@fairisaac.com

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