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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

Sunbit on track for more BNPL financing growth at dealerships with myKaarma integration

Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, 12:41 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Sunbit highlighted in late May that its buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) financing technology is available at more than 50% of dealership service centers in the U.S. The company might be able to build on that footprint courtesy of an integration with ... [Read More]

Survey: Americans want more transparency about AI usage

Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, 12:39 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Auto finance companies and other business segments continue to use artificial intelligence for more tasks. Their consumer customers appear to be getting more cautious about this approach. Results released on Wednesday from the latest survey from Bentley University and Gallup ... [Read More]

3 enhancements to FICO Platform designed for improved decisioning speed

Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, 12:02 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
FICO recently introduced new innovations to the FICO Platform that can improve real-time decision-making at both speed and scale. FICO highlighted the new enhancements can help teams break down silos and more efficiently reuse models and decision assets to drive ... [Read More]

CFPB makes 5 points so innovation & competition ‘truly benefits consumers’

CFPB files lawsuit against US Auto Sales servicer
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, 11:55 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
In a letter generated as a request for comment by the Treasury Department, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last week outlined how it’s watching artificial intelligence and other technology developments. Acknowledging a previous initiative did not generate the results the ... [Read More]

Solifi partners with LimePoint to boost data streaming solution

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Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, 11:51 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Solifi, a fintech software provider for secured finance, announced that it has recently partnered with LimePoint, a technology specialist in real-time data processing and data streaming consumers. The result is broadened accessibility to Solifi’s data streaming microservice solution. Solifi Data ... [Read More]

Lendbuzz lands new $400M forward flow agreement with Viola Credit

S&P Global Ratings
Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, 11:45 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Lendbuzz has enjoyed a fruitful summer of gaining financial resources to facilitate auto financing. On Tuesday, Lendbuzz announced that it has secured a new $400 million forward flow program with Viola Credit, a global alternative asset manager specialized in providing ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Rising cases of car stacking and multi-payer scams

Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, 12:05 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Two industry experts on fraud — Brady Harrison of Equifax and Robert Newman of Cox Automotive — appeared on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss two forms of fraud that are impacting dealerships and finance companies more often nowadays. Harrison ... [Read More]

Founding employee becomes RouteOne COO

NETSOL Technologies picks first chief marketing officer
Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, 06:24 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
One of RouteOne’s founding employees now is the company’s chief operating officer. The automotive F&I service provider announced this week that Jason Bolduc has been appointed as COO to lead a critical portfolio for RouteOne, encompassing dealer support operations for ... [Read More]

Experian acquires NeuroID, adding behavioral analytics to fraud-prevention suite

Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, 06:22 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Experian added to its fraud-fighting toolbox on Tuesday. The company announced that it has acquired NeuroID, a specialist in behavioral analytics. Executives highlighted NeuroID’s modern and frictionless capabilities amplify Experian’s fraud risk suite by providing a new layer of insight ... [Read More]

Autonomy pivots EV subscription business in partnership with Deloitte

Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, 11:15 AM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Autonomy is departing the electric vehicle subscription business — at least from what it has been doing in recent years. Instead, Autonomy said late on Sunday that it’s launching a new SaaS business — Autonomy Data Services (ADS) — in ... [Read More]
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