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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

Santander Consumer USA, Vroom form multi-year strategic financing relationship

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Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2020, 03:00 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
About a week after reinforcing its floor-plan capabilities, Vroom also bolstered its ability to originate financing for its online retailing operation. On Wednesday, Vroom announced a multi-year strategic preferred financing relationship with Santander Consumer USA. The company highlighted the partnership ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Swapalease.com exec retains ‘glass half-full’ view during COVID-19

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Monday, Apr. 6, 2020, 01:40 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Scot Hall, executive vice president of Swapalease.com and Wantalease.com, acknowledged he’s always been a “glass half-full” person. And the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t changed his mindset. Hall joined senior editor Nick Zulovich for another episode of the podcast to discuss how ... [Read More]

Carvana celebrates $600M from investors, schedules online shareholder meeting

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Friday, Apr. 3, 2020, 04:10 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Along with announcing its annual meeting of stockholders will be held in a virtual format only, Carvana this week welcomed the influx of funding it gathered from investors. Through its previously announced initiative, Carvana said it has raised $600 million ... [Read More]

Lightico survey gauges how customers stand with their auto-finance commitments and preferences

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Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2020, 02:04 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Lightico conducted a customer survey this past weekend and found an overwhelming majority of its auto-finance users — 90.1%, to be exact — currently prefer digital or remote interaction with their provider stemming from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, Lightico also ... [Read More]

Carvana looks to generate $600M in latest stock offering

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Monday, Mar. 30, 2020, 05:29 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Just about a week after landing a funding commitment of up to $2.0 billion from Ally Financial, Carvana is turning back to the investment community to generate more financial resources. On Monday morning, Carvana announced the pricing of a registered ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Equifax’s Jennifer Reid on improvements in digital retailing and financing

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Monday, Mar. 30, 2020, 02:50 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Even before the coronavirus pandemic, smoothing the digital retailing and financing processes was a priority for Jennifer Reid at Equifax. For this podcast episode recorded during the Vehicle Finance Conference hosted by the American Financial Services Association back in February, ... [Read More]

TransUnion examines how COVID-19 is changing consumer shopping patterns

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Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2020, 01:55 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
The coronavirus pandemic has forced more consumers to shop online and dealers and fintech firms to polish their digital retailing endeavors. And fraudsters are sharpening their deceptive tools, too. On Tuesday, TransUnion released new research that quantifies the spike in ... [Read More]

Fiserv acquires Bypass Mobile to reinforce omni-commerce capabilities

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Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2020, 01:50 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Fiserv bolstered its technology toolbox through an acquisition last week. The global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions announced the acquisition of Bypass Mobile, an independent software vendor (ISV) and innovator in enterprise point-of-sale systems. Officials explained the ... [Read More]

Ally doubles up for Carvana, making up to $2B available

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Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2020, 01:48 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Ally Financial is making sure Carvana has liquidity to keep its online vehicle retailing machine in motion no matter the challenges the coronavirus pandemic is presenting the industry. Late on Tuesday, Carvana announced a significant increase and extension of its ... [Read More]

MoneyGram activity jumps as COVID-19 impact continues

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Monday, Mar. 23, 2020, 02:32 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
As COVID-19 continues to make routine financial transactions more complicated, here is another example of how fintech solutions are answering the call to help consumers maintain their commitments. MoneyGram International, a facilitator of payments and money transfers, last week reported ... [Read More]
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