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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

Send your nominations for top industry Movers & Shakers

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Friday, Jun. 9, 2017, 07:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Change seems to be always in the air in the auto finance space. Finance companies are adjusting underwriting to mitigate risk, maintain origination growth and watch for delinquency rises. Service providers are looking to improve their solutions while sustaining high ... [Read More]

Industry cheers as CFPB reform measure passes House

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Friday, Jun. 9, 2017, 01:24 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
While lawmakers from opposing parties either cheered or jeered the vote tally, industry advocates from the banking, financial services and dealership communities on Thursday all applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act.  The ... [Read More]

3 reasons why RouteOne hit 7.5M booked eContracts

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Friday, Jun. 9, 2017, 01:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, RouteOne highlighted that its eContracting platform reached a new milestone with 7.5 million booked eContracts. The threshold resulted in more than $200 billion in funded deals. RouteOne indicated the growth can be attributed to the rising adoption by: ... [Read More]

Q1 data disputes ‘subprime bubble’ talk again

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Wednesday, Jun. 7, 2017, 07:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experian Automotive tried again this week to pop the talk about a “subprime auto loan bubble.” Analysts said, “There’s always someone who claims that the bubble is bursting. But a level-headed look at the data shows otherwise.” According to Experian’s ... [Read More]

S&P report says auto ABS sparks active May

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Wednesday, Jun. 7, 2017, 01:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The automotive segment helped to push asset-backed securities issuance in May to the second-most active month of the year, according to the latest update from S&P Global Ratings. Analysts reported that total ABS issuance during May came in at $23 ... [Read More]

EFG Companies rolls out virtual F&I solution for independent dealers

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Tuesday, Jun. 6, 2017, 03:08 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
EFG Companies recognized independent stores that turn about 50 vehicles monthly need the same F&I resources as franchised stores that watch two, three or four times that many units roll over the curb each month. It’s why the company announced ... [Read More]

RISC acquires RCS to enhance vendor vetting services

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Monday, Jun. 5, 2017, 02:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau taking a greater interest in what service providers finance companies are using, Recovery Industry Services Co. (RISC), a provider of collateral recovery training, certification and compliance solutions, recently announced that it has signed a definitive ... [Read More]

4 features of FactorTrust’s improved Triggers solution

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Monday, Jun. 5, 2017, 02:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
FactorTrust recently released its enhanced Triggers solution, which provides tools to notify finance companies and other lenders of specific consumer behaviors on an ongoing basis and identifies the right-party contact information for collection and recovery efforts. The company explained that ... [Read More]

How NAF Association embraces ‘tribal culture’

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Friday, Jun. 2, 2017, 02:10 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Mark Floyd is the current and Steve Hall is the immediate past president of the National Automotive Finance Association. In their own ways, both Floyd and Hall conveyed to the attendees of the NAF Association’s 21st annual Non-Prime Auto Financing ... [Read More]

Appeals court senses political tone of CFPB constitutionality rehearing

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Tuesday, May. 30, 2017, 06:32 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Hudson Cook partner Lucy Morris told SubPrime Auto Finance News she wasn’t surprised the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit immediately smelled the political aroma during oral arguments as the 11-member en banc panel assembled for ... [Read More]
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