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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

PODCAST: Series on digital collections begins with Dasceq’s Abhishek Goel

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Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, 03:51 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This episode is the first in a series of Auto Remarketing Podcasts featuring Dasceq founder and chief executive officer Abhishek Goel and focusing on the potential digital technology has to revamp collections. During the opening episode, Goel describes how technology ... [Read More]

Nova Credit & Westlake align to leverage credit data from foreign countries

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Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, 03:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Tuesday, Nova Credit and Westlake Financial launched a joint venture designed to make auto financing available to the more than 1 million immigrants, or “newcomers,” who arrive in the U.S. every year. More than 1 million immigrants arrive in ... [Read More]

VantageScore names Tavares as president & CEO

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Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, 03:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
VantageScore Solutions — which develops consumer credit scoring models that combine the need for both financial inclusivity and dependable predictiveness across all scoring ranges — appointed a new president and chief executive officer on Tuesday. Taking on this role is ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Discussing subprime financing & EVs with RVI Group

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Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, 03:57 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast delved into a topic so intricate that the conversation included two experts from RVI Group. Wei Fan, senior vice president, passenger vehicles, and Dave McKay, vice president of business development and sales, tackled ... [Read More]

KBRA recaps sentiments shared at Structured Finance Association’s annual conference

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Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, 03:50 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) offered a recap of the Structured Finance Association’s annual SFVegas conference, which unfolded last week for the first time since before the pandemic arrived. [Read More]

TurboPass now available to more stores via DealerCenter

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Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, 06:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TurboPass initially formed a relationship with Westlake Financial last summer to help the finance company and its network of dealerships during the underwriting process. Operating now as NowLake Technology, TurboPass is even more entrenched with that company. In a move ... [Read More]

Risk Theory Dealer Advisors & TrueRisk Advisors merge to form single F&I, P&C agency

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Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, 06:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, two existing companies merged to form one the largest independent insurance agencies that offer products exclusively for dealers in F&I, as well as property and casualty (P&C) coverage and employee benefits. Risk Theory Dealer Advisors and TrueRisk Advisors ... [Read More]

S&P Global Market Intelligence dissects rising auto claims costs

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Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, 03:53 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Finance companies know risk has to be absorbed somewhere; thus, that’s when insurance providers come into the picture. And S&P Global Market Intelligence’s annual U.S. Auto Insurance Market Report projected a dollar figure on just how much that risk is ... [Read More]

CFPB answers common questions about new debt collection rules

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Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, 04:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In August, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that two final rules issued under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) will take effect as planned on Nov. 30. Coinciding with new research showing how consumers often fail to respond ... [Read More]

700Credit lands 8th alliance so far this year

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Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, 03:54 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The eighth partnership or software integration finalized by 700Credit so far this year arrived on Tuesday. The newest one formed by the provider of credit reports, compliance solutions and soft pull products, is an alliance with Mobauto, an engagement technology ... [Read More]
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