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
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
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
This Month's Focus

Artificial Intelligence

Tekion adds another new partner with integration of DAS Technology’s customer experience platform Another day, another integration partnership for Tekion. The dealership technology provider has integrated with DAS Technology to connect the DAS artificial intelligence customer data and experience platform with Tekion’s AI-based Automotive Retail Cloud, a platform designed to handle the full ... Read More
A single customer file allows dealers to easily integrate AI vendors in DealerBuilt DMS As consolidation continues in the dealership world, easily moving used inventory between stores is becoming increasingly important to a seamless customer experience. One dealer management system is structured so that dealers using it can not only more easily sell used ... Read More
AI’s potential on display at NADA Show as it expands into more areas of dealership operations Artificial intelligence was everywhere at NADA Show 2026 earlier this year, and one thing quickly became apparent: while AI may have been used primarily as a communication tool, its use cases have quickly expanded to other parts of dealership operations. ... Read More

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Five Federal Agencies Update Position on Supervisory Coordination

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