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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

Car Capital gains more resources with $20M credit line

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Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2021, 03:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Nearly a month after Car Capital secured a funding round of almost $9 million, the new auto-finance technology company that strives to get any deal bought no matter the consumer credit background closed on a credit line more than double ... [Read More]

ACA International delves further into Supreme Court’s recent autodialer decision

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Wednesday, Apr. 14, 2021, 03:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Efforts by ACA International and other industry organizations connected with collections helped to generate what they called the “favorable ruling” earlier this month when the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided a case involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and definition ... [Read More]

6 highlights of depreciation & ABS forecast by Black Book & Fitch Ratings

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Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2021, 04:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Among a host of other projections and assessments, six main highlights surfaced on Tuesday when Black Book and Fitch Ratings released its joint U.S. vehicle depreciation and auto asset backed securities (ABS) report. With wholesale prices setting records, Black Book ... [Read More]

American Cycle Finance now leveraging Scienaptic’s AI-powered underwriting tool

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Monday, Apr. 12, 2021, 03:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Artificial intelligence is playing a role within the subprime market for financing motorcycles, too. On Monday, Scienaptic, an AI-powered credit decision platform provider, announced the deployment of its solution at American Cycle Finance (ACF). According to a news release, this ... [Read More]

700Credit & fusionZONE coordinate for soft-credit pulls to boost dealer leads

credit scores on phones
Monday, Apr. 12, 2021, 03:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Responding in part to consumer demand for as much information as possible before finalizing their vehicle financing, 700 Credit announced a product alliance with fusionZONE Automotive’s digital retailing solution, FastLane Leads. FastLane Leads is designed to simplify the digital retail ... [Read More]

CFPB suggests delay of recent debt collection rules

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Friday, Apr. 9, 2021, 03:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps here’s some news on a Friday that might help finance companies and their collectors exhale a bit. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau this week proposed extending the effective date of two recent debt collection rules to give affected parties ... [Read More]

ANALYSIS: CFPB suffers first court loss after Seila Law

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Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021, 03:05 PM
Ori Lev and James Williams, Mayer Brown
One of the great ironies of the Supreme Court’s decision in Seila Law versus CFPB, in which the Supreme Court held that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) structure was unconstitutional, is that it effectively provided no relief to Seila ... [Read More]

ARA partners with Bassford Remele to enhance compliance offerings

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Wednesday, Apr. 7, 2021, 04:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Repossession agents and other recovery industry firms certainly do not have a shortage of options for training to remain up to date on compliance and other intricacies of what might be the most complicated segment of auto financing. This week, ... [Read More]

3 parts of Ally’s latest financial education efforts for children

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Wednesday, Apr. 7, 2021, 03:59 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps there might be fewer consumers with soft credit profiles if Ally Financial’s latest initiatives to educate children are successful. In an effort to put the “lit” in Financial Literacy Month this April, Ally announced that it will lean further ... [Read More]

Credit report availability & scrutiny grow

subprime credit report
Tuesday, Apr. 6, 2021, 02:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The three largest credit bureaus extended free weekly availability of credit reports for another year to help consumers across the country manage their financial health during the ongoing hardship caused by COVID-19. However, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau also is ... [Read More]
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