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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

GSFSGroup creates new executive post to lead F&I technology development

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Thursday, May. 24, 2018, 07:07 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GSFSGroup created a new executive position to respond to growth and an increasing need for data management and innovative technology in the automotive F&I industry. The provider and administrator of a comprehensive portfolio of F&I products for dealerships this week ... [Read More]

Autotrader, KBB and LendingTree collaborate to present online financing options

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Thursday, May. 24, 2018, 01:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As Kelley Blue Book rolls out its latest marketing campaign, Autotrader and KBB are teaming up with LendingTree to help potential buyers secure financing options just in time for Memorial Day weekend sales events. The Cox Automotive companies announced on ... [Read More]

BillingTree survey shows how much CFPB concerns have diminished

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Wednesday, May. 23, 2018, 03:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Key findings of BillingTree’s sixth annual Operations and Technology Survey involving collections, recoveries and more, are showing just how much of an impact all of the widespread changes at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are leaving on service providers. For the ... [Read More]

Auto defaults fall below 1% for first time this year

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Wednesday, May. 23, 2018, 03:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto finance defaults are back below the 1-percent level for the first time this year, halting a stretch above that level dating back to last August. This week, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released data through April for the S&P/Experian ... [Read More]

Trump signs resolution negating auto lending guidance

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Monday, May. 21, 2018, 08:01 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The 2013 indirect auto lending guidance from what was previously called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now is officially off the books. On Monday, President Trump signed into law a bipartisan Congressional resolution disapproving a rule that was in the ... [Read More]

Subprime origination level at lowest point in 12 years

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Monday, May. 21, 2018, 05:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The latest information from Equifax reinforced the depth at which finance companies are backing off in their originations within the subprime space. Equifax recently shared its observations of auto finance originations through January. Through that juncture, analysts found that 19.2 ... [Read More]

Oliver returns to VSC space as RoadVantage senior VP of operations

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Monday, May. 21, 2018, 02:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Don Oliver went into retirement for about a year until he was recently lured back into the vehicle service contract administration business. RoadVantage, one the fastest-growing providers of F&I programs for the automotive industry, announced the addition of Oliver as ... [Read More]

Consulting firm chooses Kennedy as part of finance expansion

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Monday, May. 21, 2018, 02:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
National Automotive Finance Association board member Joel Kennedy leveraged his experience and expertise into a position with a consulting firm broadening its scope into consumer finance. Spinnaker Consulting Group, a national boutique professional services consultancy based in Richmond, Va., will ... [Read More]

Cherokee Media Group unveils launch of Auto Fin Journal

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Friday, May. 18, 2018, 06:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cherokee Media Group (CMG), publishers of Auto Remarketing and SubPrime Auto Finance News, and producers of Used Car Week, the Automotive Intelligence Summit and Auto Remarketing Canada — as well as additional leading auto industry events and media — has ... [Read More]

PointPredictive unveils Fraud Data Exchange for consortium members

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Friday, May. 18, 2018, 03:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
PointPredictive wants to help auto finance companies to work together to combat fraud, so the firm is deploying an extension of its collaboration endeavors. This week, PointPredictive announced the launch of Fraud Data Exchange, a new cooperative service that can ... [Read More]
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