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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
Westlake Financial Unveils Prime Program
Tuesday, Sep. 14, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LOS ANGELES — Based on extensive dealer customer feedback, Westlake Financial Services rolled out a prime lending program this week meant to augment its offerings that are mainly geared for buy-here, pay-here stores and subprime buyers. The newest offering, the Titanium Program, is ... [Read More]
Southern Calif. Auto Lender Gains Credit Facility from Wells Fargo
Tuesday, Sep. 14, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DES MOINES, Iowa — Wells Fargo Preferred Capital recently provided a revolving credit facility to K STReet Finance, a indirect auto finance lender that serves dealerships in southern California. Officials said the total amount of the credit facility came in at ... [Read More]
AmeriCredit Puts Shareholders on Notice Regarding Upcoming GM Merger
Tuesday, Sep. 14, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FORT WORTH, Texas — Due to the impending merger of AmeriCredit and General Motors, the auto lender announced that it has designated Oct. 1 as the anticipated effective date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change for notes due to the merger. Basically, ... [Read More]
Chrysler Strikes Deal with U.S. Bank to Offer More Leasing Options, Launches New Round of Incentives
Thursday, Sep. 9, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — On Wednesday, Chrysler Group announced a new deal with U.S. Bank to offer customers more lease options for its lineup of select 2010 Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep models. Through this new agreement, customers now have two leasing ... [Read More]
Fed: Several Auto Loan Averages Reach July YTD Extremes
Thursday, Sep. 9, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Likely fueled by automakers' heavy use of incentives connected to APR, the Federal Reserve revealed the average interest rate on new-car loans at auto finance companies hit the lowest point of the year in July. Federal officials computed ... [Read More]
Las Vegas-Based Finance Company Goes with LoanPlus GPS
Thursday, Sep. 9, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — ProconGPS revealed the decision this week about how a Las Vegas-based finance company that primarily purchases contracts from buy-here, pay-here dealers chose to use its asset management system. Company officials indicated they plan to deploy a customized version ... [Read More]
FICO: Bankers Show Negative Outlook on Auto Loan Sector
Thursday, Sep. 9, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
MINNEAPOLIS — In a quarterly survey of bank risk professionals, FICO discovered that while pessimism among these executives remain, apparently things are getting better as the results are less negative than the second quarter. Looking specifically at bank risk officers who specialize ... [Read More]
RouteOne Leverages LeadSync for Enhanced Lead Optimization
Tuesday, Sep. 7, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — RouteOne on Tuesday launched an integration with LeadSync, what executives described as a complimentary tool that can automatically export customer leads directly to a dealership's RouteOne integrated DSP. They went on to note LeadSync is meant to ... [Read More]
Auto Funding Services Partners with Another Lead-Generation Provider
Tuesday, Sep. 7, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SAN RAMON, Calif. — In an effort to better reach all parts of the non-prime market, Auto Funding Services recently partnered with BlueSky Marketing Group. The partnership means not only is AFS integrated with BlueSky's leads platform known as Real Leads, ... [Read More]
Incentives Appear to Be Driving Consumer Response
Tuesday, Sep. 7, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BANDON, Ore. — In July, thanks to very strong incentives, including special lease deals and used-car trade-in promotions, two automakers smashed through the average industry sales increase of 6.8 percent. While August sales were down significantly year-over-year, many analysts are pointing ... [Read More]
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