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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

GSFSGroup chooses former AFG, AMT Warranty exec as president

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Friday, Mar. 8, 2019, 02:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GSFSGroup has a new leader. The provider of F&I products, training, dealer development and reinsurance structures to the automotive industry named Guy Koenig as president in a move that was effective on Feb. 27. Throughout his professional career, GSFSGroup highlighted ... [Read More]

PODCAST: ID Analytics on benefits of alternative data

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Thursday, Mar. 7, 2019, 03:07 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Our series of episodes originating from the Vehicle Finance Conference hosted by the American Financial Services Association continues with a conversation including Craig Stokum, who is director of sales in automotive for ID Analytics. Nick asked ID Analytics about alternative ... [Read More]

7 states finish 2018 with 60-day delinquency rate at or above 1%

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Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2019, 05:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experian’s Q4 2018 State of the Automotive Finance Market report showed that seven states closed this past year with 60-day delinquency rates of at least 1 percent. Overall, analysts pinpointed the 60-day delinquency rate at 0.78 percent in Q4, which ... [Read More]

FTC wants comments on proposed amendments to safeguards and privacy rules

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Wednesday, Mar. 6, 2019, 04:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday said it is seeking comment on proposed amendments to two rules that protect the privacy and security of customer information held by financial institutions. In separate notices to be published in the Federal Register ... [Read More]

MBSi acquires My Recovery System and Vendor Transparency Solutions

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Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2019, 03:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More consolidation in the recovery space arrived late on Tuesday as Automotive Intelligence Council member MBSi Corp. increased its collection of resources. The provider of compliance-enabled repossession assignment management software and vendor management software announced the acquisition of My Recovery ... [Read More]

Kingsway Financial Services finalizes acquisition of Geminus Holding

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Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2019, 03:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
An F&I provider that’s been in business for more than 30 years has new ownership. Kingsway Financial Services on Tuesday announced it has closed on its acquisition of Geminus Holding Co., a specialty, full-service provider of vehicle service contracts and other ... [Read More]

Protective Asset Protection discusses potential 20% lift in F&I profit

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Monday, Mar. 4, 2019, 04:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
According to Protective Asset Protection, experts estimated that dealerships leveraging a dealer-owned warranty company structure to sell F&I products are seeing a 20-percent lift in profits on average for F&I sales. Protective Asset Protection has focused on this topic significantly ... [Read More]

ACC Consumer Finance picks Servicing Solutions to support ride-hailing finance offering

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Monday, Mar. 4, 2019, 03:57 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
ACC Consumer Finance, a specialized indirect auto finance company, recently announced that it has selected Servicing Solutions as its primary servicer.  As a result of this agreement, Servicing Solutions will support ACC’s ride-hailing finance offering.  ACC Consumer Finance offers a ... [Read More]

2 clear trends emerge from February’s initial finance data

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Friday, Mar. 1, 2019, 04:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two trends emerged when experts from Cox Automotive, Edmunds and Kelley Blue Book took an initial look at auto data from February — rising new-vehicle costs and spiking interest rates. Kelley Blue Book noticed the average transaction prices for new models ... [Read More]

Experian offers more evidence of overblown delinquency concerns

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Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, 03:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Ever since some consumer-advocate commentators latched onto one piece of recent auto-finance data, experts from the automotive world replied with context to counter thoughts that thousands soon would be walking because they no longer had a vehicle. While vehicle affordability and ... [Read More]
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