FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more 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 ... Listen Here
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’ Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here
This Month's Focus

Artificial Intelligence

DealerOn’s dual launch includes AI search visibility platform, ‘intelligent layer’ touching full dealership DealerOn has done NASA one better. While the space agency recently launched the first astronauts to visit the moon in more than 50 years, the provider of auto dealership websites and digital sales and marketing technology boasted two launches on ... Read More
Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce Experian found another way to connect people and technology. And the newest tool emphasizes the component of a transaction including a real person. Last week, the company launched Experian Agent Trust, a framework that designed to establish a secure, verifiable ... Read More
Fed’s Bowman outlines 3 steps now that Anthropic’s Mythos adds more possible AI risk to banking Federal Reserve vice chair Michelle Bowman acknowledged Friday that Anthropic’s Mythos — an artificial intelligence model that identifies cyber vulnerabilities — created a significant stir in banking, especially after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed chair Jerome Powell convened the ... Read More

NAF Association adds 3 executives to board of directors

APCO Holdings acquires Strategic Diversified to boost F&I presence in the Mid-Atlantic region

PODCAST: Davis+Gilbert’s Joseph Cioffi on vehicle-titling challenges

WalletHub: 87M vehicle shoppers on the hunt this Labor Day weekend

Location Services exits direct recoveries to focus on forwarding & LPR business lines

Credit Acceptance becomes 5th finance company to settle with Massachusetts AG

Stellantis to acquire First Investors to build new captive

Tekion & 700Credit form product alliance to boost DMS capabilities with credit info

CreditMiner integrates Equifax pre-screen technology into API solutions for finance companies & dealerships

PODCAST: Why some Q2 auto-finance data resembles pre-pandemic trends

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