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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
Fed’s Bowman outlines 3 steps now that Anthropic’s Mythos adds more possible AI risk to banking
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:18 AM
Federal Reserve vice chair Michelle Bowman acknowledged Friday that Anthropic’s Mythos — an artificial intelligence model that identifies cyber vulnerabilities — created a significant stir in banking, especially after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed chair Jerome Powell convened the ... 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

SEC Files Lawsuit Against Subprime Auto Firm

Tuesday, Apr. 19, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BOSTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission is alleging that Inofin, a subprime auto finance firm, and several of its top officers improperly raised funds through unregistered securities, among other claims. The SEC is taking the company to court over the ... [Read More]

GenerationLeads Rolls Out Solutions to Bring Subprime Buyers to Dealers

Thursday, Apr. 14, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DALLAS — After compiling nine years of experience building leads for other retailers that sought buyers who have subprime credit, GenerationLeads recently revealed its leads now are available to franchise dealers. An advantage GenerationLeads insists it can deliver to store ... [Read More]

Suzuki, Sheffield Financial Renew Deal

Thursday, Apr. 14, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CLEMMONS, N.C. — This week, Sheffield Financial and American Suzuki Motor Corp. renewed and expanded their three-year financing services agreement, effective immediately. Executives explained the new contract covers both installment and revolving financing for motorcycles, scooters, ATVs and UTVs manufactured ... [Read More]

NADA Reports on Its Participation in FTC Vehicle Finance Roundtable

Thursday, Apr. 14, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DETROIT — The National Automobile Dealers Association revealed some insights into the Federal Trade Commission's Dealer Roundtable yesterday. The group said its representatives were on hand during the event in Detroit to highlight the importance of dealer-assisted financing. The series ... [Read More]

Black Book Now Helping Dealers Get Better Handle on Customer Credit Scores Before They Come to Store

Thursday, Apr. 14, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BOCA RATON, Fla. — In an effort to cut down the amount of time customers need to spend in the F&I office, as well as generate stronger leads for dealers, Black Book this morning announced a new Credit Activator offering that ... [Read More]

Wells Fargo Auto Finance to Trim 193 Collection Jobs

Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — SubPrime Auto Finance News recently confirmed that Wells Fargo Auto Finance is shuttering its auto loan collections operation at Bethehem, Pa., Lehigh Shopping Center in May, which will result in 193 layoffs. The company's reasoning for the closure ... [Read More]

Huntington to Step Up Hiring, Auto Lending in Michigan

Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Huntington announced this morning that thanks to the state's improving economic recovery, the company is significantly expanding its Michigan auto dealer financing business and will add key personnel to support this move. "With Michigan's continuing economic recovery, we ... [Read More]

Fed Suspends New-Vehicle Loan Average Reporting

Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Reserve halted its reporting on averages for new-vehicle loans by finance companies. Officials indicated the statistical foundation for this series of updates has "deteriorated" in the past few months. "Therefore, publication of these series is ... [Read More]

Nicholas Financial Expands Branch Network

Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Nicholas Financial recently opened two new branch offices, one in St. Louis and the other in Villa Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb. Company executives highlighted the new offices are Nicholas Financial's first entries in both major metropolitan ... [Read More]

GM Financial Announces Securitization

Thursday, Apr. 7, 2011, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH, Texas — General Motors Financial Co. announced Wednesday that it has priced a $950 million offering of auto receivables-backed securities through lead managers Deutsche Bank Securities, J.P. Morgan and UBS Investment Bank. Co-managers include Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse and ... [Read More]

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