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| We continue to see strong demand from new customers |
| And so yes, we're very optimistic |
| The pipeline this year is stronger even than a year ago |
| And we have a really strong team, and I'm confident that our software business will continue very smoothly |
| We continue to deliver strong free cash flow with a record $163 million in our fourth quarter |
| We're very happy with that progress |
| So we're pretty proud of our classic products |
| I am pleased to report we had a strong quarter, which completed another outstanding year with record annual revenues and record earnings, meeting the guidance that we raised last quarter |
| This is a strong result, considering the impact of rising interest rates on loan origination volumes |
| And then secondly, software ARR growth accelerated to 22% in the quarter from 20% in the prior quarter |
| Our fiscal 2023 bookings, strong pipeline, recurring revenues and diversified product portfolio give us considerable visibility into fiscal 2024 |
| Both our software and scores businesses are best in class, and our continued investment will accelerate our competitive advantage |
| As we enter fiscal 2024, I remain excited about our future |
| We delivered non-GAAP margin expansion of 300 basis points for the full fiscal year |
| The improvements in the predictive power of FICO Score 10 T can help lenders avoid unexpected credit risk and better control default rates while making more competitive credit offers to more consumers |
| Our customers continue to show very strong net expansion from land-and-expand follow-on sales and increased usage |
| We had another outstanding fiscal year, and we are excited about our momentum as we head into fiscal 2024 |
| We've built a strong pipeline of prospects interested in using this advanced decisioning technology to optimize interactions with our consumer customers |
| We continue to drive strong growth in ARR and NRR through our land-and-expand strategy with expand driven by increased customer usage |
| There continues to be strong demand for our FICO Platform |
| And so we have pretty good penetration |
| I mean it's very strong |
| We're happy to see traction with our latest score, FICO Score 10 T |
| Full year non-GAAP net income was $500 million, up 10% over last year with $19.71 of non-GAAP earnings per share, which is up 14% versus the prior year |
| On the B2B side, the current quarter revenues were up 21% versus the prior year and up 18% for the full year |
| Stephanie has done a great job with us |
| Our non-GAAP net income was $227 million for the full -- for the quarter, up 30% from the prior year quarter |
| Platform ARR grew 53% versus the prior year, while non-platform ARR grew 14% and ended the year at $496 million |
| Full year revenue of $1.514 billion was up 10% over last year |
| And non-GAAP net income for the current year was $500 million, up 10% from last year |
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| On the B2C side, the current quarter revenues were down 6% versus the prior year and down 8% for the full year due to difficult comps |
| Our B2C revenues were down 6% versus the prior year due to primarily to our myFICO.com business, where our B2C partner business was relatively flat compared to the prior year |
| So I mean nothing surprised us beyond what -- we saw that coming, right? The sub-prime has been trending down for quite a while |
| One, you mentioned that origination volumes have been slower |
| William Lansing So what our forecast reflects is lower volumes than last year, so a decline versus last year, and roughly flat volumes from the level we're at today |
| So there's nothing that happened in September that kind of caught us by surprise |
| I'd also say that the demand is really hot for our offering |
| And then I guess I was surprised to see the departure of Stephany just given how well software has been doing for a while now |
| The volatility on the card side can be pretty dramatic and it could be pretty short-lived |
| And the expansion revenue typically exceeds the land revenue by quite a bit, and that has continued |
| And you know us, we never do |
| And then because the timing of those is uncertain, we leave some of that out of the guidance |
| And we -- trees don't grow to the sky, but we expect that to continue for quite some time |
| After your scores prices were set, did you notice a negative inflection in credit volumes in September and October, particularly among sub-prime consumers? And if you did, do you believe your scores pricing increases next year are as high as they need to be to sustain your growth momentum? Steven Weber Yes |
| But I don't think anybody knows that |
| And because of uncertainty in volumes, it's difficult to estimate the timing and magnitude of that impact |
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