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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

Carleton dissects potential pitfalls when calculating accurate APR

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Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, 03:55 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With the interest rates connected to a retail installment sales contracts becoming more pronounced thanks to actions by the Federal Reserve, Carleton recently revisited a topic the compliance firm often discusses with clients. Carleton reiterated official definitions as well as ... [Read More]

MBSi Corp. hires former Copart exec as COO

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Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, 02:51 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
MBSi Corp., one of the founding members of the Automotive Intelligence Council, named a new chief operating officer on Tuesday. The provider of repossession assignment software and vendor compliance solutions to the auto finance industry brought on former Copart chief ... [Read More]

Westlake’s vehicle protection program now available nationwide

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Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, 02:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealers nationwide not only can use Westlake Financial Services to get a deal bought for their potential buyers, but stores also can leverage the provider for another ancillary product, too. Westlake recently announced the nationwide expansion of its vehicle protection ... [Read More]

Secure Collateral Management prepping for move into new headquarters

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Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, 06:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This autumn truly represents a season of change for Secure Collateral Management (SCM), a provider of skip-tracing and collateral recovery. SCM is moving its corporate headquarters into a new state of the art facility this fall. Company management highlighted this ... [Read More]

Subprime originations continue downward drift

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Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, 03:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The monthly update surfaced earlier this week about how auto-finance defaults improved again. Perhaps that trend stems at least in part to less subprime paper flowing into portfolios. The latest metrics shared by Equifax indicated that 2.78 million contracts were ... [Read More]

September auto performance helps overall default rate dip to lowest point of 2018

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Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, 03:57 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto-finance performance helped the composite rate of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices register its best reading thus far this year. Based on data through September, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian reported on Tuesday that the auto finance default ... [Read More]

Primeritus receives award from Toyota Financial Services

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Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, 05:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
One of the largest captive finance companies recently gave an award to Primeritus Financial Services. The national provider of repossession management, remarketing, titled services and skip-tracing services to the auto finance industry announced it was the first supplier to receive ... [Read More]

Atcheson: How fish pedicures and smoking ice cream can get people talking about vehicle buying

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Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, 02:45 PM
Kenny Atcheson, Dealer Profit Pros
As we approach the holiday season, our thoughts turn to families and friends sitting around their living rooms. What are they talking about? Probably politics, little Joey’s grades, the football game, etc. What would it take for your customer to ... [Read More]

Federal court rules in favor of DRN in case involving Location Services and DigitalDog Auto Recovery

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Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, 01:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Just a couple of days after Location Services announced that DigitalDog Auto Recovery was among its five acquisitions, Digital Recognition Network (DRN) said on Friday that it secured a federal court victory involving both of those recovery industry companies. DRN, ... [Read More]

DIMONT enhances sales team with former Black Book and Exeter executives

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Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, 03:04 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Thursday, DIMONT welcomed two sales executives to its automotive team who have spent part of their careers at companies such as Black Book, FICO and Exeter Finance. The Dallas-based provider of insurance claims adjusting and collateral loss mitigation services ... [Read More]
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