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 […] [Read More]

Jack Henry’s eighth annual Strategy Benchmark  — with findings from an online survey conducted in January and February of a diverse sample of clients with assets ranging from less than $500 million to more than $5 billion — pinpointed three priorities of banks and credit unions. According to survey results released on Tuesday, institutions are […] [Read More]

Cox Automotive chief economist Jeremy Robb and Comerica Bank chief economist Bill Adams agree that the Federal Reserve is likely to leave interest rates unchanged after this week’s meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee concludes. What constituted most of their commentaries shared on Monday focused on the Fed’s future, including the role of current […] [Read More]

According to a news release, 1803 Capital, which operates as Edge Financial Services, appointed a new chief financial officer this week, turning to an executive who has held leadership positions at Revere Capital, Regional Management Corp. and Skopos Financial. Coming aboard as CFO is Tom Clark, who Edge Financial Services highlighted as having extensive expertise […] [Read More]

Perhaps the last week of January might seem like eons ago since that stretch has included distribution of tax refunds, a spike in fuel prices triggered by conflict in the Middle East and general unpredictability that sometimes can surface in the car business. But at the auction, that timeframe has seen the sales conversion rate […] [Read More]

Ed Morse Automotive Group has grown again, acquiring Graven Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Lebanon, Mo., from the Graven family. The dealership, which has been renamed Ed Morse Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, is the 11th in Missouri for Ed Morse, and its third in Lebanon. The Florida-based dealership group now operates 60 franchises in 54 […] [Read More]

Following an accolade for having the best large island booth at NADA Show 2026 and meeting with hundreds of industry peers from across the country, Pinewood.AI on Tuesday joined the Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR). According to a news release, the cloud-based full-service technology provider to automotive retailers and OEMs, technology providers, and […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing is recognizing the 2026 Women in Remarketing honorees in the April edition of the magazine and will be posting Q&As with each of these outstanding leaders on the website. Next up, in alphabetical order by first name, is Nicole Guiles, who is a remarketing specialist in remarketing solutions at GM Financial. The Women in Remarketing program […] [Read More]

Auto Remarketing is recognizing the 2026 Women in Remarketing honorees in the April edition of the magazine and will be posting Q&As with each of these outstanding leaders on the website. Next up, in alphabetical order by first name, is Michele Pierog, who is vice president of strategic partnerships at Privacy4Cars. The Women in Remarketing program is presented […] [Read More]

The list of Carvana’s combined auction-reconditioning facilities continues to grow. The online used-car retailer announced it is adding inspection and reconditioning center capabilities to its ADESA Syracuse wholesale auction site, making it the 17th such operation nationwide. Carvana said the integration creates additional recon capacity and a new inventory pool in its national network to […] [Read More]