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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

ANALYSIS: When does a principal business purpose amount to debt collection under the FDCPA?

legal analysis
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, 05:26 PM
Jade Sipes, Baker Donelson
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act prohibits debt collectors from engaging in abusive debt collection practices. To be liable under the Act, however, the defendant must be a debt collector. And there are two ways that a defendant can qualify ... [Read More]

Spireon gains 30th US patent

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Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, 03:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It’s like the federal government gave Spireon a holiday present. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Spireon a patent for its technology approach to managing an automotive dealership’s vehicle inventory by pairing a tracking device to a vehicle. ... [Read More]

4 possible ways to bring some financing cheer to your dealership

dealership employee
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018, 03:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Black Friday and Cyber Monday might have already passed, but GWC Warranty contends that dealerships still can leverage consumers’ enthusiasm for spending to rake in some retail revenue via their finance departments. “There are two ways to look at the holiday ... [Read More]

Explaining implications of SCUSA’s nearly $12M settlement with CFPB

best practices
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, 03:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
FNI Inc. president David Bafumo spent part of his Thanksgiving holiday dissecting the potential pitfalls that resulted in Santander Consumer USA reaching a settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over a GAP product. Two days before the country carved ... [Read More]

FTC maintains stance on privacy while fostering innovation

Federal Trade Commission
Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, 02:01 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission called for a balanced approach that protects both consumer privacy and innovation in a comment submitted to the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) as part of that agency’s consumer privacy proceeding. In ... [Read More]

Consolidated Asset Recovery Systems adds former Del Mar executive

new hire
Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, 01:55 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On the heels of landing a trio of clients as well as an enhanced relationship with Digital Recognition Network (DRN), Consolidated Asset Recovery Systems also added to its executive team. Consolidated recently announced that it has named Jeff Rau as ... [Read More]

Auto defaults rise 3 basis points in October

collections
Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, 04:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto finance defaults rose for just the second time this year in October. But the 3-basis point rise is only a fraction of the largest uptick analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian have seen during the past 36 ... [Read More]

masterQueue names former Ally exec its new operational strategist

masterQueue strategy team for SPN
Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, 05:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Intellaegis, which does business as masterQueue, announced today during Used Car Week it has named a new operational strategist.  The debt collection software company has named former Ally executive vice president Bill Ploog to its management team.  Ploog joins Intellaegis ... [Read More]

Location Services pays DRN $325K to settle non-compete case with DigitalDog Auto Recovery

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Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, 04:56 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AI and data analytics company Digital Recognition Network (DRN) announced on Thursday that rather than go to trial on the issue of damages, Location Services and DRN have agreed on a settlement after Federal Court ruled in DRN’s favor.  Location ... [Read More]

Primeritus names new chief executive

NEW CEO
Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, 03:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As Used Car Week kicked off this Monday in Scottsdale, Ariz., Primeritus Financial Services announced a new chief executive officer. Mike Thomas has been named CEO, and the move is effective immediately.  Thomas succeeds Scott Peters in the position, who joined ... [Read More]
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