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Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator ... Listen Here

FunnelAI hires former Gulf States Toyota VP as COO

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Wednesday, Jul. 22, 2020, 02:00 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
An executive who spent nearly two decades with Gulf States Toyota now is the chief operating officer FunnelAI, a real-time B2B artificial intelligence-based semantic search platform. Taking on this role for FunnelAI is Laura Ryan, who will be responsible for ... [Read More]

Pandemic pushes ACH activity 7.9% higher in Q2

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Monday, Jul. 20, 2020, 03:04 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, Nacha highlighted how much electronic financial transactions jumped year-over-year during the second quarter, triggered in part by the coronavirus pandemic. The steward of the ACH Network, a payment system that universally connects all U.S. bank accounts and facilitates ... [Read More]

CarLabs.ai names Ruble as VP of business development

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Monday, Jul. 20, 2020, 03:00 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
An executive who began his professional career in the trenches at a dealership now is the vice president of business development of CarLabs.ai, an artificial intelligence-powered, conversational engagement platform designed to successfully implement and personalize sales and customer service via ... [Read More]

6 potential benefits of CU Direct integration with VinSolutions

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Monday, Jul. 20, 2020, 02:57 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
This past week, CU Direct announced a new integration with VinSolutions automotive CRM, creating what the tech firms believe are six benefits for dealership F&I offices. As a result of the collaboration, CU Direct has expanded its CUDL auto financing ... [Read More]

PODCAST: DRN discusses location-data trends since pandemic arrived

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Monday, Jul. 20, 2020, 02:44 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
In a preview of what he will discuss in more detail during the all-digital Automotive Intelligence Summit, DRN executive vice president and general manager of fintech Jeremiah Wheeler offered some insight into the company’s location data gathered since the coronavirus ... [Read More]

Shop.com partners with CarSaver to bring consumers digital shopping and delivery

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Wednesday, Jul. 15, 2020, 03:19 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The online marketplace for consumers to find and finance their next vehicle digitally gained another participant this week, highlighting access to an inventory of more than 100,000 used vehicles for sale nationwide. Shop.com, Market America's primary global e-commerce website, introduced ... [Read More]

4 potential benefits of enhanced Equifax reports with industry-specific FICO scores

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Monday, Jul. 13, 2020, 03:07 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Mark Luber is hitting the ground running as the chief product officer for Equifax United States Information Solutions (USIS). Just a few days after announcing he joined the company from Cox Automotive, Luber highlighted the newest tool from Equifax; the ... [Read More]

Perry now president & CEO of Denver-based software and dealer-services company

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Monday, Jul. 13, 2020, 03:04 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The next chapter in Chip Perry’s professional career officially began last Friday; this time with another start-up. The executive who previously has served as a leader with The Los Angeles Times, Autotrader and TrueCar became president and chief executive officer ... [Read More]

Van Horn Automotive Group taps Inovatec to underpin finance company

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Thursday, Jul. 9, 2020, 02:23 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A Midwest franchised dealer group with its own finance company finalized a partnership with Inovatec Systems Corp. on Wednesday. The provider of cloud-based software solutions for all financial institutions now has a relationship with Wisconsin Consumer Credit, the financial arm ... [Read More]

IAA and Dealertrack expand strategic agreement as NC to allow digital processing of total loss titles

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Thursday, Jul. 9, 2020, 02:21 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Perhaps accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic, electronic signatures and other fintech developments now are being utilized more frequently in connection with vehicles that end up being scrapped or dissembled for parts. Dealertrack and IAA recapped on Thursday that the General ... [Read More]
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