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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

Hudson Cook partner included in Chambers’ 2020 fintech guide

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Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, 03:49 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Hudson Cook recently announced that partner Catherine Brennan has been recognized with a national ranking in the Chambers FinTech 2020 USA Guide for Corporate, Securities & Financing. Chambers fintech is a comprehensive guide to leading fintech professionals across the world. ... [Read More]

Lightico boosts advisory board with former defiSOLUTIONS exec

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Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, 03:47 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Lightico wants to remain on an upward trajectory following significant growth during 2019, including signing multiple prime and subprime auto finance companies to use its digital customer interaction solution. The company recently welcomed Glenn Munro to its advisory board as ... [Read More]

Survey: Banks embrace AI but struggle to find competitive impact

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Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, 04:23 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
New research from Genpact showed there’s no doubt commercial banks are using artificial intelligence (AI). In fact, the global professional services firm focused on delivering digital transformation reported 97% of commercial banks leverage AI. However, Genpact also discovered most financial ... [Read More]

700Credit enhances dealer mobile app with prequalification capability

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Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, 04:28 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Officials from 700 Credit, the provider of credit reports, compliance solutions and consumer pre-qualification products, announced last week the release of a Mobile Dealer Application for their QuickQualify platform. The company reiterated that its QuickQualify is a pre-qualification platform that ... [Read More]

GM Financial modifies executive team to serve dealers better

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Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, 04:26 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The series of executive promotions GM Financial made this month all point to making the experience better for the captive’s customers; from consumers who enter into a lease or retail installment contract to dealerships that are completing tasks in the ... [Read More]

New York Fed considers ramifications of significant cyberattack on payment system

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Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, 02:13 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
A trio of experts at the New York Federal Reserve constructed a variety of scenarios connected with how banks and payment networks would be impacted if a widespread cyberattack happened. Thomas Eisenbach, Anna Kovner and Michael Junho Lee released their ... [Read More]

NICB and FRISS form strategic partnership to curb fraud

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Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, 04:46 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
FRISS, a company dedicated to combating insurance fraud using innovative IT software, and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), a not-for-profit organization dedicated exclusively to fight insurance fraud and theft, recently announced the two organizations entered a strategic partnership. NICB ... [Read More]

Ally Financial selects new chief information, data and digital officer

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Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, 04:31 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Ally Financial is asking Sathish Muthukrishnan to complete an array of tasks as the company’s new chief information, data and digital officer. According to a news release distributed on Monday morning announcing he joined the company, Ally said Muthukrishnan will ... [Read More]

FunnelAI now part of CDK Global Partner Program

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Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, 07:02 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
FunnelAI, a real-time, purchase-ready customer acquisition platform that uses artificial intelligence to turn social intent and web activity into prospects for businesses, recently announced that it has become a participant in the CDK Global Partner Program. The company highlighted that ... [Read More]

Report projects global automotive blockchain market growth through 2030

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Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, 07:00 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
At least one firm sees the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the global automotive blockchain market to be quite robust in 2020 and into the next decade. Allied Market Research said in its recently published report the global automotive ... [Read More]
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