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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

FTC reinforces auto industry enforcement priorities

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Wednesday, Sep. 27, 2017, 03:04 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Coinciding with the regulator offering a deeper explanation of its revamped Used Car Rule, Tom Pahl of the Federal Trade Commission made the opening presentation during the National Policy Conference, hosted this week by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. ... [Read More]

20 percent compound monthly growth rate pushes SpringboardAuto into 22 states

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Wednesday, Sep. 27, 2017, 03:01 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
SpringboardAuto highlighted this week that the company has produced an upward trajectory of completed auto financing equal to a compound monthly growth rate of 20 percent. As a result, the company announced it has expanded operations to 22 states, now ... [Read More]

Smith out as Equifax CEO

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Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2017, 04:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Less than three weeks after revealing a massive cybersecurity data breach, Equifax said that chairman and chief executive officer Richard Smith is retiring from those posts effective today. Current board member Mark Feidler has been appointed non-executive chairman by the ... [Read More]

RoadVantage enhances benefits for lease customers

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Monday, Sep. 25, 2017, 02:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
RoadVantage recently introduced what the F&I program provider called a “powerful and innovative” program for lease customers called Preferred LeaseCare. The company explained this new concept combines the “as you drive” benefits of RoadVantage ancillary products with a lease-end benefit, ... [Read More]

3 more reports question CFPB’s actions and structure

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Monday, Sep. 25, 2017, 02:50 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Recent projects completed by the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Cato Institute again delved into unsatisfactory assessments of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Coinciding with House Republicans chastising the CFPB over its investigation of Wells Fargo, a wide-sweeping survey conducted ... [Read More]

GWC Warranty appoints new chief revenue officer

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Friday, Sep. 22, 2017, 03:51 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, GWC Warranty, a provider of used-vehicle service contracts sold through dealers, appointed Brian Stach as the company’s new chief revenue officer. In his role, Stach will oversee all of GWC Warranty’s field sales operations, including a nationwide team ... [Read More]

Fed maintains course during latest monetary policy action

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Thursday, Sep. 21, 2017, 02:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Because of the Federal Reserve’s view of realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation, a unanimous vote of the Federal Open Market Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 1 percent to 1.25 ... [Read More]

How repossession practices could improve based on latest CFPB report

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Wednesday, Sep. 20, 2017, 02:46 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Hudson Cook partner Allen Denson read through the auto-finance portion of the latest Supervisory Highlights shared by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and immediately thought of another credit segment. The CFPB’s report described problems bureau representatives found with vehicles being ... [Read More]

Credit Bureau Connection partners with Clarity Services to enhance consumer history analysis

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Wednesday, Sep. 20, 2017, 02:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Credit Bureau Connection (CBC) and Clarity Services have partnered to provide dealers and finance companies what the service providers say is a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive view of a consumer’s credit history. The companies explained exclusive subprime credit data combined with existing ... [Read More]

New York governor and AG take aggressive actions over Equifax breach

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Tuesday, Sep. 19, 2017, 03:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two of the highest ranking officials in New York are using the Equifax security breach to intensify actions within the Empire State, bringing Experian and TransUnion into the matter, too. On Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed the New York Department ... [Read More]
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