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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

Experts not surprised Fed passes on rate rise

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Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, 03:09 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
When the Federal Open Market Committee’s first opportunity to make another interest rate adjustment arrived this week, the Federal Reserve unanimously passed on making another increase, maintaining the target range for the federal funds rate at 0.50 percent to 0.75 ... [Read More]

GWC Warranty adds 3 VPs to sales & operations teams

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Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, 03:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty, a provider of used-vehicle service contracts and related finance and insurance products sold through dealers, recently announced the addition of three executives to bolster its sales and operations teams. Joining the sales force are Sarah Messmann, who has ... [Read More]

Dealers still see good credit availability

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Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, 03:41 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The latest dealer survey orchestrated by KeyBanc Capital Markets showed participants ended up being evenly split when describing credit availability to their customers. According to the survey conducted in December, KeyBanc found that 50 percent said credit availability remained intact ... [Read More]

4 parts of EFG Companies’ ‘murky’ F&I forecast

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Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, 04:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Formed through thousands of conversations with the nation’s leading dealership principals and finance companies, EFG Companies finalized four predictions and recommendations for 2017. President and chief executive officer John Pappanastos summarized the results on Tuesday, saying these insights reflect an ... [Read More]

Trump orders 2 regulations removed for every new 1 added

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Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, 07:39 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Advocates for more regulation by federal agencies over the auto finance industry and other financial services providers might describe the latest executive order by President Trump as “one step forward and two steps back.” The White House released the latest ... [Read More]

Equifax unveils 3 product integrations with 3 other solution providers

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Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, 04:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
During last week’s industry festivities in the Big Easy, Equifax rolled out solution enhancements with a trio of other service providers — Fiserv, Digital Matrix Systems and Dominion Dealer Solutions. First, Equifax and financial services technology solutions Fiserv collaborated on ... [Read More]

RouteOne advances 2 platforms to boost mobile capabilities

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Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, 03:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
RouteOne unveiled a pair of solutions aimed at helping dealerships and finance companies complete vehicle deliveries and documents in the showroom or wherever the purchaser might be. On Monday, RouteOne launched remote document delivery; what the company explained is a ... [Read More]

6 features of Black Book’s new Visual Analytics

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Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, 04:39 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Whether it’s during an industry-wide conference or in one-on-one client sessions, finance companies often pepper Anil Goyal with questions. The senior vice president of automotive valuation and analytics for Black Book mentioned some common ones such as, “Can you tell ... [Read More]

White Clarke Group & FactorTrust partner to help providers with underbanked customers

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Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, 04:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, alternative credit data provider FactorTrust finalized a partnership with White Clarke Group, which has automotive and asset finance software for retail, floorplan and fleet. The companies highlighted auto finance service providers who utilize White Clarke Group’s CALMS loan ... [Read More]

Stinebert outlines AFSA’s revamped strategy

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Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, 09:29 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
American Financial Services Association president and chief executive officer Chris Stinebert shared some of the details on Wednesday regarding how the organization has modified and bolstered its strategy now that President Trump is in the White House and Republicans control ... [Read More]
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