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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

How blockchain might ‘revolutionize’ auto finance

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Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, 04:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
White Clarke Group is continuing to organize discussions about how the growing development of blockchain might “revolutionize” the auto finance industry. During White Clarke Group’s Auto Captives Summit back in November, Danny Williams, chief innovation officer at IBM UK explained ... [Read More]

4 moves by defi SOLUTIONS now paying dividends

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Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, 04:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Leadership at defi SOLUTIONS made several advances with its loan origination system (LOS) a year ago, including integrated reporting and analytics capabilities, aligning with both a vehicle service contract provider as well as a document delivery operation. The management of ... [Read More]

Republicans find more potential problems with CFPB’s auto finance regulations

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Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, 05:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As a group of Senate Banking Committee Democrats praised Richard Cordray’s work as of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee think the CFPB director may have violated federal law that governs agency rulemaking ... [Read More]

White Clarke Group appoints Weems as new marketing VP

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Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, 04:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, technology provider White Clarke Group announced the addition of Julie Weems to its North American team as vice president of marketing for the Americas. The company highlighted Weems, a marketing veteran in the auto finance industry, joins White ... [Read More]

Year-end auto defaults stay near usual level

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Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, 04:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The auto finance default rate reported by S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian for December fell in line at nearly the same reading as what analysts reported at the close of each of the previous two years. Data through December ... [Read More]

Experts urge compliance vigilance as Trump takes office

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Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, 04:04 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States on Friday. But industry experts have warned dealerships and finance companies not to reduce their compliance efforts despite some deregulatory rhetoric that might have been shared during ... [Read More]

Roadster buying & leasing solution now integrated with F&I Express

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Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, 03:59 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Express recently announced that its finance and insurance platform is now integrated with Roadster, an eCommerce solutions provider for vehicle buying and leasing. Roadster’s dealerships now can provide buyers with accurate aftermarket product quotes and educational material using F&I ... [Read More]

S&P Global Ratings explains importance of alternative data in subprime auto ABS

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Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, 04:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with their latest assessment of the U.S. prime and subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sectors, S&P Global Ratings analysts this week discussed how much alternative data has become a crucial component of their examination of subprime auto finance ... [Read More]

First Investors Financial Services leverages AutoGravity mobile technology

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Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, 04:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AutoGravity, a FinTech developer on a mission to transform auto financing by harnessing the power of the smartphone, this week announced a partnership with First Investors Financial Services, bringing the finance company’s indirect financing business onto the AutoGravity platform. The ... [Read More]

Equifax sees 1.5M consumers gaining more credit access

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Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, 04:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In what the credit bureau thinks can be positive for the auto finance space, Equifax highlighted that its December 2016 Consumer Credit Impact analysis found that trended credit data used alongside a consumer’s traditional credit report could improve access to ... [Read More]
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