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Artificial Intelligence
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FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
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
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
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
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
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
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
Zurich Joins Forces with Hudson Cook to Develop Guidance & Tools for Compliant Lending
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
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]
RouteOne Rolls out eContracting ‘Shortcut’ for Finance Sources
Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, 09:09 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Earlier this week, RouteOne highlighted it will offer its finance source customers what the company is calling a "shortcut" that can allow them to quickly and easily support the RouteOne eContracting process without the typical technology investment. The company explained ... [Read More]
NextGear Capital Picks Violin Flash Memory Arrays to Improve Dealer Services
Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, 07:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In an effort to help used-car managers complete the floor-planning process as quickly as possible, NextGear Capital recently tapped Violin Memory, a provider of persistent memory-based storage solutions, to accelerate the delivery of key services to the company's customer base ... [Read More]
Santander Consumer USA Outlines IPO Details
Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, 07:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Last week during the midst of the American Financial Services Association's Vehicle Finance Conference, Santander Consumer USA announced the pricing of its initial public offering. The company is selling 74,991,470 shares of common stock at a price of $24 per ... [Read More]
SFG Finance Watches Year-Over-Year Growth Hit 30 Percent
Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, 07:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto finance receivables purchaser SFG Finance highlighted this week that its portfolio grew 30 percent over the last year. SFG Finance indicated the majority of this increase came from the company's subprime flow program — an initiative in which independent, ... [Read More]
Westlake Highlights Spike in Franchised Partnerships
Friday, Jan. 31, 2014, 07:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Westlake Financial Services says its maintaining its strong relationships with independent dealers while reporting significant growth sprouting from its program for franchised stores. Company officials highlighted that Westlake's growth produced an 84-percent increase in franchise deals and an 80-percent jump ... [Read More]
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