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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

Predictable spring helps subprime ABS make improvements

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Monday, Jun. 18, 2018, 03:09 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It’s been a predictable spring for the U.S. auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) market, and S&P Global Ratings said that’s been a good thing. It was so good, in fact, that one subprime-specific metric made a positive move for the ... [Read More]

4 potential benefits of ChannelNet and White Clarke Group partnership

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Friday, Jun. 15, 2018, 02:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
ChannelNet announced a strategic partnership this week with White Clarke Group to offer an end-to-end financing solution to the global asset finance market. The partnership offers asset finance companies an integrated customer and dealer-facing platform that can automate the overall ... [Read More]

GrooveCar unveils newly designed website

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Friday, Jun. 15, 2018, 02:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A project that took roughly six months came to fruition in an attempt to help credit unions fill their auto finance portfolios. This week, GrooveCar launched its new corporate website designed to deliver a greater level of engagement for its credit ... [Read More]

Consumers, dealers and OEMs all likely to feel impact of latest interest-rate uptick

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Thursday, Jun. 14, 2018, 03:36 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Cox Automotive is seeing how actions by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at the Federal Reserve is impacting auto-financing activities as well as other major segments of the automotive space. Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke recapped that the ... [Read More]

Positive signs for delinquency in Q1

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Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2018, 04:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps the tightening of underwriting is leading to stabilization of delinquencies on the cusp of repossession as well as a bit of an improvement among those contracts that are behind but could possibly be brought back current. The newest State ... [Read More]

14 AGs push back to keep CFPB complaint database publicly available

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Wednesday, Jun. 13, 2018, 04:15 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues to modify how it operates, more than a dozen state attorneys general are pushing the CFPB not to change its practices regarding consumer complaints. New York attorney general Barbara Underwood recently led a ... [Read More]

VSC survey shows how many consumers saved as much as $2K on vehicle repairs

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Tuesday, Jun. 12, 2018, 02:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Additional survey results from Protective Asset Protection could provide information that F&I managers are seeking as part of their pitch to vehicle buyers about service contracts and other ancillary products. The provider of F&I programs, services and dealer-owned warranty programs recently announced ... [Read More]

Securitization moves by Global Lending Services, Credit Acceptance and CPS

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Friday, Jun. 8, 2018, 02:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Global Lending Services, Credit Acceptance and Consumer Portfolio Services all have been active in the securitization space during the past 60 days; moves by the subprime auto finance companies that involved more than $1.1 billion in value. The most recent ... [Read More]

CFPB disbands Consumer Advisory Board

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Thursday, Jun. 7, 2018, 03:07 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
An official from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau described this week’s moves as “transforming the way we engage.” Meanwhile, members of bureau’s Consumer Advisory Board called it a “firing.” The contrasting views about this segment of the regulator surfaced through ... [Read More]

ARA, NAF Association reveal initial results of repossession efficiency project

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Wednesday, Jun. 6, 2018, 07:21 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Dave Kennedy and Les McCook of the American Recovery Association shared some vivid anecdotes originating from meetings with Jack Tracey and Joel Kennedy of the National Automotive Finance Association along with leadership of close to 30 finance companies with large ... [Read More]
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