John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development with Allied Solutions, acknowledged lenders might be experiencing more than just “portfolio stress” since delinquencies, insurance costs, negative equity, and repossessions are all intensifying at the same time.
Elias, who was recently recognized with the Outstanding Employee Award from the American Financial Services Association, gave a variety of recommendations to help lenders navigate these challenges and pinpoint where they might be most vulnerable.
Agora Data’s Steve Burke was one of the founders of the National Automotive Finance Association 30 years ago.
Now in 2026, Steve Burke’s son, Matt, not only is a top executive at Agora Data, but he is also now president of the association.
In this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Matt Burke remembered his father helping to found the organization and how he later became involved in NAF Association activities.
The latest appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast by Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and Automotive Intelligence Award recipient, focused on auto-loan terms, which oftentimes are at least 72 months nowadays.
Zabritski also compared a data point from Experian’s latest report to the same reading recorded 10 years ago to find the one that might be most astonishing.
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.
