EXHIBIT 23.1

             CONSENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
Fair, Isaac and Company, Incorporated:


         We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement
on Form S-3 of Fair, Isaac and Company, Incorporated and subsidiaries of our
report dated October 23, 1996, except as to note 16, which is as of November 4,
1996, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Fair, Isaac and Company,
Incorporated and subsidiaries as of September 30, 1996 and 1995, and the related
statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended September 30, 1996, which report appears in the
September 30, 1996 annual report on Form 10-K of Fair, Isaac and Company,
Incorporated and subsidiaries. We also consent to the reference to our Firm
under the heading "Experts" in the registration statement.


                                   KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP


San Francisco, California
January 23, 1997