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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

Latest Wolters Kluwer industry survey pinpoints where digital adoption still lags

Wolters Kluwer survey: Where's the digital lag? (industry)
Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, 11:22 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Last week, Wolters Kluwer announced results from an industry survey it commissioned to better understand where automotive, dealer and auto finance professionals are finding operational improvements in adopting digital back office workflows. Wolters Kluwer also wanted to gauge existing barriers ... [Read More]

9 capabilities of RouteOne On-Demand

9 capabilities of RouteOne On-Demand
Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, 12:23 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
On Tuesday, RouteOne introduced what it called RouteOne On-Demand, a suite of application programming interface (API) services that are designed to power enterprise-level digital retailing solutions. The company highlighted RouteOne On-Demand can enable the digital future of automotive retail with ... [Read More]

Alfa rolls out originations segment of revamped platform

Alfa rolls out originations segment of revamped platform
Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, 12:22 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
This week, Alfa rolled out the second of six technology releases that make up Alfa Systems 6, what the company called a “breakthrough” iteration of the Alfa Systems software platform. The second piece is Total Originations, which the company said ... [Read More]

Nordis Technologies hires new CIO

Nordis Technologies hires new CIO
Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, 12:22 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Nordis Technologies named Manjinder Singh as its new chief information officer on Wednesday. The provider of omnichannel customer communications management and payments technology solutions said Singh will lead the company’s digital, information technology, and information security strategies and development. “Manji ... [Read More]

USED CAR WEEK 2023 PODCAST: 4 experts from EY on continued evolution of AI in financing & more

Used Car Week '23: EY talks AI in financing (podcast)
Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, 10:59 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
We continue our series on the Auto Remarketing Podcast highlighting some of the panels and presentations from Used Car Week 2023. This episode features a panel discussion with four experts from Ernst & Young titled, “The AI Revolution: Navigating the ... [Read More]

Ally taps Timmerman to be interim CEO

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Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, 10:58 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Ally Financial’s president of dealer financial services will take on additional responsibilities at the beginning of February — at least for the interim. Ally announced on Friday that Doug Timmerman will become the company’s interim CEO on Feb. 1, following ... [Read More]

How AutoFi’s expanded platform is ‘win-win scenario’ for dealers & customers

Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, 11:04 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Matt Greenblatt, vice president of Matt Blatt Dealerships, called the expansion of AutoFi’s platform “a win-win scenario for the customer and our team.” AutoFi, provider of sales and finance technology across the automotive industry, recently expanded its platform into the ... [Read More]

Credit union roundup: CULA’s newest client; 2 institutions name top leaders

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Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, 11:02 AM
Nick Zulovich
We begin this roundup of news from the credit union world with the newest client of Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA). The provider of indirect vehicle leasing for credit unions for more than 30 years announced this week that ... [Read More]

USED CAR WEEK 2023 PODCAST: Modern retailing & digital financing

Podcast
Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, 07:41 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
We continue our series on the Auto Remarketing Podcast highlighting some of the panels and presentations from Used Car Week 2023. This episode features a panel discussion titled, “Digital Finance for Modern Retail.” The session included Pete MacInnis of eLEND ... [Read More]

USED CAR WEEK 2023 PODCAST: Reflections on handling ransomware attacks

Podcast
Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, 11:32 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
We continue our series on the Auto Remarketing Podcast highlighting some of the panels and presentations from Used Car Week 2023. This episode features a panel discussion titled, “Ransomware: First-Hand Experiences & Resolutions,” with Micky Watts of Anderson Brothers Bank, ... [Read More]
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