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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

CULA expands leasing footprint in fertile Northeast

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Monday, Jun. 21, 2021, 03:07 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Experian reported that 46.29% of all new vehicles financed during the first quarter were attached to a lease. And a new partnership could help to raise that level in future quarters. Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA) further expanded its ... [Read More]

TFS details $1.6B green bond for financing of efficient vehicles

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Monday, Jun. 21, 2021, 03:04 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is continuing to cultivate its portfolio of fuel-efficient vehicles. Last week, the captive issued its latest asset-backed green bond, reinforcing the company’s longstanding commitment to the sale of environmentally friendly vehicles. TFS said in a news ... [Read More]

Carnomaly unveils vehicle buying & selling platform based on blockchain & cryptocurrency

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Friday, Jun. 18, 2021, 03:33 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Carnomaly is continuing to push the vehicle acquisition and financing process even further away from what might seem like the dark ages of paper checks toward a new era when cryptocurrency is the payment path. On Friday, the company announced ... [Read More]

Point Predictive rolls out Fraudbot to enhance underwriting

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Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2021, 03:48 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
It’s not quite RoboCop policing your flow of financing applications, but Point Predictive certainly is leveraging new technology to help finance companies from becoming fraud victims. The San Diego-based company that provides machine learning solutions and was one of the ... [Read More]

Privacy4Cars unveils 2 new tools to help dealerships & finance companies

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Monday, Jun. 14, 2021, 06:32 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Privacy4Cars is looking to make its solutions as robust as the complexities that come with keeping consumers’ information protected. Last week, the 2021 Emerging 8 honoree and tech company focused on creating privacy and compliance solutions for vehicles announced a ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Morning Consult study on fintech and consumer trust

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Monday, Jun. 14, 2021, 03:31 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Charlotte Principato is a financial services analyst at research firm Morning Consult, which recently released a study that examined consumers’ trust in fintech, considering both start-ups and well-established players in financial services. In fact, a segment of the report said, ... [Read More]

FICO updates tool aimed at reducing scam transactions

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Monday, Jun. 14, 2021, 03:25 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
FICO recently made moves to enhance its solution aimed at curtailing a growing fraud trend that’s caught the attention of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as well as authorities in the United Kingdom. FICO announced the latest release of the ... [Read More]

IAA & Dealertrack broaden strategic agreement into Ohio

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Thursday, Jun. 10, 2021, 02:56 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
IAA announced another enhanced strategic agreement with Dealertrack to provide electronic registration and titling services About a year ago, these companies said these services became available in North Carolina. This week, the availability arrived in Ohio to facilitate the digital ... [Read More]

Trusted Sale launches Trusted Car Payments, powered by OfferLogix

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Wednesday, Jun. 9, 2021, 03:44 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
After shoppers find a vehicle with all of the features they want, oftentimes the next question they want to be answered is how much their dream car is going to cost each month. To provide those details and more, Trusted Sale ... [Read More]

Digital Matrix Systems launches next generation analytics & risk management tool

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Wednesday, Jun. 9, 2021, 03:42 PM
Auto Fin Journal Staff
Digital Matrix Systems (DMS) is looking to make its underwriting and risk mitigation products even more robust as finance companies continue to navigate through portfolio building. On Tuesday, DMS announced the next generation of the company’s DMS Summary Attributes with ... [Read More]
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