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CARS Protection Plus taps Circuitry.ai Warranty Decision Intelligence to help adjusters resolve claims faster
Wednesday, May. 6, 2026, 10:38 AM
Here’s an example from the car-warranty industry where companies are leveraging artificial intelligence to help people, not replace them. On Tuesday, CARS Protection Plus, a provider of vehicle service contracts, announced it has gone live with Circuitry.ai’s Warranty Decision Intelligence ... Read More
DealerOn’s dual launch includes AI search visibility platform, ‘intelligent layer’ touching full dealership
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 03:28 PM
DealerOn has done NASA one better. While the space agency recently launched the first astronauts to visit the moon in more than 50 years, the provider of auto dealership websites and digital sales and marketing technology boasted two launches on ... Read More
Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:19 AM
Experian found another way to connect people and technology. And the newest tool emphasizes the component of a transaction including a real person. Last week, the company launched Experian Agent Trust, a framework that designed to establish a secure, verifiable ... 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

Report Finds Open, Transparent Process Is Most Successful for CFPB

Wednesday, Sep. 25, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the agency's director reinforced the use of disparate impact to check for discrimination, a new report by the Bipartisan Policy Center's Financial Regulatory Reform Initiative includes several recommendations for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Congress ... [Read More]

Dealertrack Technologies to Buy VINtek, Names Head of Canadian Operations

Wednesday, Sep. 25, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., and MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Along with revealing who is going to oversee its Canadian operation, Dealertrack Technologies entered an agreement to purchase VINtek, a provider of automotive collateral management, electronic lien and title and consumer automotive finance ... [Read More]

Huntington Broadens Auto Dealer Financing Business into Iowa

Wednesday, Sep. 25, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Huntington announced this morning that it is expanding its growing auto dealer financing business into Iowa and added key personnel into the state to support the initiative.  "Huntington Auto Finance continues to expand its auto finance business ... [Read More]

TransUnion Explains How Managed Delinquencies Can Help Auto Lending

Monday, Sep. 23, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CHICAGO — A new TransUnion study found consumers are still more likely to pay their auto loans ahead of their mortgages and credit cards. But what if consumers started to waver on keeping up with their vehicle notes and delinquencies ... [Read More]

Shilson: Getting Your Best BHPH Customers Back

Monday, Sep. 23, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
HOUSTON — The first half of 2013 is now in the rearview mirror for the buy-here, pay-here industry, and it's time to look back. Many operators reported lower unit sales versus the same period last year. Two important questions are, ... [Read More]

Report: 2 Captive Arms Being Examined for Possible Discrimination

Monday, Sep. 23, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Justice are probing a pair of captive finance companies looking for the possibility of discrimination, according to a report by Bloomberg. The report indicated the two companies that ... [Read More]

DriveTime Expands Again in Florida

Monday, Sep. 23, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
PHOENIX — DriveTime Automotive Group continued its expansion as the chain that specializes in selling vehicles to deep subprime buyers has opened two new stores this month and a total of 10 so far this year. The newest location to ... [Read More]

Three Routes To Big Improvements Within Your Collections & Recovery Departments

Friday, Sep. 20, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CARY, N.C. — When gathered amongst themselves, sometimes dealers and finance company executives who specialize in working with customers with checkered credit pasts say they're not in the car business — they're in the collections business. "If you have a ... [Read More]

Despite Subprime Approvals Cooling Slightly, 4-Percent Rise in Used Sales Likely

Friday, Sep. 20, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BANDON, Ore. — Despite financing approvals for subprime borrowers edging slightly lower so far this month, overall used-vehicle sales this month are on pace to beat last September's total by more than 4 percent. No matter the financing trends, there ... [Read More]

Swapalease.com: Credit Approvals Edge Lower in August

Friday, Sep. 20, 2013, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CINCINNATI — Swapalease.com reported a slight drop-off in year-to-date credit approval trends for August compared with July. The site determined the average customer credit approval rate at the end of August was 74.5 percent, down slightly from 75.6 percent at ... [Read More]

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