Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
Blanc discussed the positives and negatives from the spring 2026 edition of the FICO Score Credit Insights report, how auto lenders are continuing to sharpen their underwriting and more.
John Elias and Peter Krall of Allied Solutions returned for another special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Elias and Krall recapped some of the most notable developments in auto finance from the first quarter of 2026.
The Allied Solutions executives also discussed early signals of loan health and how lenders can ensure refunds, insurance lapses, or repossession indicators don’t slip through the cracks.
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Jennifer Turnage, who is chief executive officer of Primeritus Financial Services.
Turnage talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about the importance of having accurate financial statements to running any business. She also reflects on her passion to help other women in leadership positions.
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Kelly Wyatt, who is chief digital officer with GM Financial.
Wyatt shares a conversation with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about being with the company for 25 years and the colleagues and mentors who have impacted her during that span. Wyatt also touches on the complexities of auto-finance technology.
Jessica Gonzalez, vice president of customer success and general manager of automotive at InformedIQ, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to describe growing “AI and fraud fatigue” and other topics connected with auto finance.
Tim Yalich, who now is vice president of business development for Carleton, returned for an appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
Yalich explained how much more crucial accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers in an environment with some consumers struggling with affordability, among other topics associated with auto finance.
Matt Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, reviewed the Q4 Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index as well as discussed what could happen digitally this year.
Episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from Used Car Week 2025 continue with this panel discussion of Women in Auto Finance honorees, presented by Primeritus Financial Services.
The honorees discussed their career trajectories, the current state of the industry and more.
Agentic AI is among the slew of topics being bandied about this week at NADA Show 2026 in Las Vegas.
The subject also was discussed during Used Car Week 2025 in the same city. Used Car Week Hall of Famer Marguerite Watanabe led a panel discussion about how agentic AI is already impacting collections and recoveries. The conversation now is available via this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast.
In another of the Used Car Week 2025 panel discussions focused on repossessions and recoveries, AutoSquared.ai co-founder Bahador Rahimi led a conversation that included lenders, forwarders and agents.
The group exchanged ideas about how industry firms can smooth the bottlenecks that keep repossessed vehicles from working through systems faster.
