Fair Isaac (FICO) 30 Apr 192019 Q2 Earnings call transcript

Greetings and welcome to the Fair Isaac Corporation Quarterly Earnings Call.

During the presentation, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Afterwards, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It's Tuesday, April 30th, 2019. to conference like Weber. to now would turn over the Steve I go Please ahead.

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Well, very it. Got thank you much.

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