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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

Fair now offering 2- and 3-year leases on used cars

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Thursday, Sep. 17, 2020, 08:52 PM
Joe Overby, Staff Writer
Fair has expanded its used-car leasing platform with longer-term options. The company said Thursday that in addition to its current month-to-month pre-owned lease option, it is now allowing consumers to get into 2- and 3-year used-car leases. Fair said the 2-year ... [Read More]

defi SOLUTIONS, Experian collaborate for more robust underwriting

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Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2020, 03:03 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
To borrow a term from one of its promotional campaigns, auto-finance underwriting is getting a boost via a new collaboration involving Experian and defi SOLUTIONS. The firms recently announced that defi SOLUTIONS has teamed with Experian to bring Experian’s Premier ... [Read More]

Alfa compiles second whitepaper highlighting AI capabilities

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Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2020, 02:54 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Alfa acknowledged that some auto-finance companies still have questions about what artificial intelligence can do for their operation. To offer some potential answers, the provider of Alfa Systems, a technology platform for equipment and auto-finance companies, recently released its second ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: Amber light for AI and how finance companies should proceed with caution

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Monday, Sep. 14, 2020, 02:16 PM
Enrico Dallavecchia and Niraj Juneja, Genpact
Artificial intelligence (AI). In recent years, it has been touted as the future of nearly every industry. It is certainly the future of auto finance. In fact, it has already begun to transform several of the sector's key processes, such ... [Read More]

CRIF Select lands partnerships with AFG & PenFed

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Monday, Sep. 14, 2020, 02:12 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
CRIF Select recently finalized relationships with Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) and Auto Financial Group (AFG). CRIF Select reached an agreement for an exclusive indirect financing partnership with PenFed Credit Union, which is headquartered in Tysons, Va., with more than $26 ... [Read More]

Darwin, Safeguard preferred provider partnership to benefit Audi & VW dealers

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Wednesday, Sep. 9, 2020, 03:41 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Volkswagen and Audi dealers that use Darwin Automotive’s digital F&I offerings potentially have some extra incentives to leverage. This week, the  F&I software provider announced that through its preferred provider relationship with Safe-Guard Products International, Volkswagen and Audi dealers offering ... [Read More]

2020 Women in Auto Finance honorees

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Wednesday, Sep. 9, 2020, 03:39 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
After receiving a significant volume of nominations this summer, Cherokee Media Group on Wednesday announced the third collection of honorees included in Women in Auto Finance, presented by American Recovery Service. This industry award program is part of the initiatives ... [Read More]

Westlake Financial broadens leasing segment

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Friday, Sep. 4, 2020, 01:43 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Westlake Financial is deepening its presence in vehicle leasing, expanding upon that market segment it entered via an acquisition three years ago. This week, Westlake rolled out its own lease program with franchised dealers in California and Arizona while looking ... [Read More]

PODCAST: What dealers & finance companies need from one another in COVID-19 world

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Friday, Sep. 4, 2020, 01:41 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The interaction with dealerships and finance companies is likely intense as ever, especially considering how much happens online nowadays because of the coronavirus pandemic. How have dealership needs of finance companies adjusted? How have what finance companies need from dealers ... [Read More]

New VP of customer success at Digital Motors

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Thursday, Sep. 3, 2020, 07:05 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Automotive industry veteran Paul Edmonds has joined digital sales platform Digital Motors as vice president of customer success, leading the company’s sales and service teams. Edmonds’ more than 15 years of digital dealer operations and software sales experience include leadership ... [Read More]
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