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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 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]

From the editor: Hudson’s latest book is a must read

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Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, 04:08 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
When reading through an email message or some other kind of material, the voice of the person who compiled it will stream through my mind if I know the individual’s tone and delivery. Not sure if this phenomena happens to ... [Read More]

Industry notes: PassTime to aid credit unions; Heritage Acceptance’s new VSC offering

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Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, 04:06 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Announcements recently arrived involving PassTime GPS, Heritage Acceptance and Sword Apak. LEVERAGE, the service corporation of the League of Southeastern Credit Unions & Affiliates (LSCU) that equips credit union partners with products and services to fulfill day-to-day needs, named PassTime ... [Read More]

The key to auto finance in 2017: Technology

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Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, 03:56 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Experts from Equifax, Fiserv and J.D. Power all agree: Technology is going to be the catalyst to keeping the financing cog in the automotive retail machine humming in 2017 at least near the level dealerships, finance companies and other service ... [Read More]

3 ways to maintain subprime sales in any conditions

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Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, 03:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Regardless of which way the subprime breezes are blowing, GWC Warranty explained there are certain steps dealers can take to ensure their own subprime business doesn’t fluctuate with the annual ebbs and flows of the subprime market. The company that ... [Read More]

CFPB reviews depth student loans are impacting older borrowers

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Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, 03:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
You might automatically assume if student loans — and difficulty in maintaining payments — are the hurdles to keeping the financing from being finalized for vehicle delivery, the customer surely is a recent college graduate. A new report from the ... [Read More]
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