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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

Fair integrates with RouteOne to help dealers with vehicle subscriptions

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Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, 04:17 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Fair made two significant moves in September, securing a $500 million revolving credit facility to help “sharply scale” its partnership with Uber along with buying Ford Motor Credit’s Canvas vehicle subscription service. And now Fair is turning its attention back ... [Read More]

Regions Bank and Carvana launch co-branded retail & financing website

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Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, 04:15 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last month, Carvana expanded its footprint throughout the Southeast, making vehicle deliveries more available in places such as Florida and Tennessee as well as unveiling plans for a reconditioning center in North Carolina. Carvana also recently boosted its financing horsepower ... [Read More]

13 honorees among new group of Women in Auto Finance

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Wednesday, Sep. 25, 2019, 03:55 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Continuing Cherokee Media Group’s series of award programs that honor the most dedicated and talented professionals from throughout the used-car industry, we proudly showcase our latest group: Women in Auto Finance, presented by American Recovery Service. These executives specialize in ... [Read More]

Vroom unveils strategic relationship with Chase

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Wednesday, Sep. 25, 2019, 03:53 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Automakers have their captive finance companies as a preferred option to facilitate leases and retail installment contracts. And at least one online vehicle retailer is trying to create a similar scenario. On Tuesday, Vroom announced a preferred lending and strategic ... [Read More]

Experian: New data sources create new opportunities for dealers and car shoppers

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Wednesday, Sep. 18, 2019, 09:23 PM
Paul DeSaulniers, Experian
Every car shopper’s path to purchase is different; though there are some decisions that are universal. Car buyers need to make decisions on make and model, technology, new or used, loan or lease, and the list goes on. And oftentimes, ... [Read More]

truPayments partners with Kemba Credit Union

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Tuesday, Sep. 17, 2019, 05:14 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Credit union members in one of Ohio’s largest cities now can take advantage of what truPayments is geared to deliver. The financial technology company announced on Tuesday that it has teamed up with Kemba Credit Union to offer its members ... [Read More]

$500M facility to help Fair ‘sharply scale’ Uber partnership

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Tuesday, Sep. 17, 2019, 02:45 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
It has been a busy September for Fair. Less than a week after announcing it was buying Ford Motor Credit’s Canvas vehicle subscription service, Fair said Tuesday it has secured a $500 million revolving credit facility to help “sharply scale” ... [Read More]

Report: Outside fintech growth could cost banks $280B in payment revenue

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Monday, Sep. 16, 2019, 03:13 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
As fintech developments germinate from outside firms, a new report from Accenture showed how much these new solutions could impact banks. Accenture said as much as 15% of banks’ global payments revenue, or $280 billion, is likely to be displaced ... [Read More]

Honcker rebrands as Rodo with eyes on more leasing growth

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Monday, Sep. 16, 2019, 03:10 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
One of the honorees among this year’s Emerging 8 appearing at this summer's Automotive Intelligence Summit now is operating under a new brand name. On-demand auto leasing startup Rodo, previously known as Honcker, recently exited beta with a major update ... [Read More]

3 investors push $19M into data science platform aimed at functioning like search engines

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Wednesday, Sep. 11, 2019, 03:42 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Explorium is taking advantage of the investment community seeing “data as the new oil” in an effort to sharpen a tool that can scan data sets and function like a web search engine. On Wednesday, the data science platform fueled ... [Read More]
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