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EY study shows Canadians still cautious about AI but using it more for everyday activities
Monday, May. 11, 2026, 03:00 PM
This artificial intelligence is pretty smart, eh? That sentiment might be held by at least some Canadians who are already embedding AI into everyday decisions, often in ways that extend beyond simple assistance into early autonomy, even while concerns about ... Read More
Carfluent’s new AI tool helps dealerships beat aggregators in searches
Monday, May. 11, 2026, 09:51 AM
A growing percentage of consumers now use artificial intelligence as what marketplace Cars.com describes as a “trusted co-pilot” in their search for a vehicle to purchase. Meanwhile, other studies suggest that dealership websites are not visible to many of those ... Read More
ChatGPT app represents the latest step in CarMax’s ongoing AI evolution
Monday, May. 11, 2026, 09:45 AM
Yes, it’s AI — everyone’s favorite buzzword. But when it comes down to it, artificial intelligence is only part of what CarMax’s new ChatGPT app is all about. The company billed as the nation’s largest used-car retailer touted the app, ... Read More
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
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
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
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’
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
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

AutoNation, Asbury Bosses Consider NADA Fair Credit Guidance

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Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, 10:10 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Less than two weeks after the National Automobile Dealers Association released its fair credit guidance to member franchised stores, top executives at two of the largest publicly traded dealer groups are still assessing the recommendations and determining what to do ... [Read More]

Amount of January Subprime Used Buyers Rises Nearly 25 Percent

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Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, 10:07 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
CNW Research determined the amount of pre-approved loans, subprime buyers and the percentage of January's used-vehicle sales to buyers with FICO scores below 550 all increased year-over-year. The firm indicated the level of pre-approved financing for a used-vehicle purchase last ... [Read More]

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Teams with Frazer

Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, 10:04 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services recently integrated with Frazer's Bankers Systems brand retail installment contracts. Officials explained the integration can provide Frazer with the ability to electronically select and print plain-paper compliant contracts, disclosures and ancillary forms through the Frazer DMS ... [Read More]

2 Northeast Credit Unions Enjoy Exponential Growth with CU Xpress Lease

Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, 10:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two Northeast credit unions recently reported exponential growth using CU Xpress Lease, an alternative new-vehicle leasing product that incorporates low residual value risk to create incremental loan growth and increased efficiency. Teachers Federal Credit Union in Hauppauge, N.Y., said it ... [Read More]

Fitch Cautions Lenders About Used Supply Pressuring ABS Performance

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Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, 08:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings projected that increased supplies of off-lease vehicles coupled with rising inventories and new-vehicle production could hurt the wholesale market and auto ABS performance metrics over the long term. Citing data from Ward's Automotive, Fitch indicated that days' supply ... [Read More]

Zurich Joins Forces with Hudson Cook to Develop Guidance & Tools for Compliant Lending

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Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, 08:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Amid stepped up federal regulatory enforcement against alleged discriminatory and deceptive lending practices, Zurich North America prepared a package of initiatives to assist dealers in managing their entire credit origination processes. Zurich highlighted these initiatives are designed to assist dealerships ... [Read More]

Credit Acceptance Sees Originations, Dealer Network, Net Income All Rise in 2013

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Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, 08:24 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
As the finance company closed the year with a 16.2-percent jump in active dealers, Credit Acceptance Corp. watched its unit and dollar volumes rise by double figures during the fourth quarter as well, to leave the operation with a healthy ... [Read More]

Former Top CFPB Official Hackett to Join Hudson Cook

Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, 09:14 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
At last year's National Automotive Finance Association Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference keynote session, Hudson Cook chairman Tom Hudson broke the ice by stating he could validate how great of a relationship he had with Rick Hackett, who at the time ... [Read More]

Exeter Details $650 Million Securitization

Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, 09:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Earlier this week, Exeter Finance Corp. announced that EFCAR, LLC, a special purpose Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary, priced $650 million in aggregate principal amount Series 2014-1 automobile receivable backed notes, which will be issued in four ... [Read More]

Ford Credit’s Falotico Named Chair of AFSA Vehicle Finance Division

Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, 09:11 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Financial Services Association installed Joy Falotico, executive vice president, marketing, sales and the Americas at Ford Motor Credit, as chair of AFSA's Vehicle Finance Division Board, succeeding Andrew Stuart of VW Credit. In this role, AFSA highlighted Falotico ... [Read More]

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