FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’ Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here
This Month's Focus

Artificial Intelligence

Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce Experian found another way to connect people and technology. And the newest tool emphasizes the component of a transaction including a real person. Last week, the company launched Experian Agent Trust, a framework that designed to establish a secure, verifiable ... Read More
Fed’s Bowman outlines 3 steps now that Anthropic’s Mythos adds more possible AI risk to banking Federal Reserve vice chair Michelle Bowman acknowledged Friday that Anthropic’s Mythos — an artificial intelligence model that identifies cyber vulnerabilities — created a significant stir in banking, especially after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed chair Jerome Powell convened the ... Read More
Tekion adds another new partner with integration of DAS Technology’s customer experience platform Another day, another integration partnership for Tekion. The dealership technology provider has integrated with DAS Technology to connect the DAS artificial intelligence customer data and experience platform with Tekion’s AI-based Automotive Retail Cloud, a platform designed to handle the full ... Read More

MicroBilt targets subprime market with verified banking data tool

Why dealerships and finance companies should like ‘Goldilocks report’ on wages and employment

700Credit and RouteOne integrate for identity-verification solution

DriveItAway enhances ‘path to ownership’ strategy in subprime with CloudOne partnership

Primeritus Financial Services acquires Consolidated Asset Recovery Systems

100 new fraud alerts now come with PointPredictive’s latest tool

Hyundai launches program to help buyers saddled with student loans

ACA International fears House bill targeting robocalls would limit legitimate collections activities

UPDATED: New-car finance rates at 10-year high, prompting incentive speculation

NextGear Capital founder dies at 75

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