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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

Edmunds.com: Average Vehicle Loan Interest Rate Drops to Record Low

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Edmunds.com analysts discovered that the average automobile finance rate in March dropped to the lowest level since they began tracking records back in 2002. The site indicated that the average rate last month dropped to 4.4 percent. Meanwhile ... [Read More]

AFSA Launches Revamped Web Site

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Financial Services Association launched a revamped Web site this week, that in addition to a new look, also includes a number of new features. "I'd like to point out some of the most useful features. The ... [Read More]

Wolters Kluwer Broadens Arrangement with First Advantage CREDCO

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
BATON ROUGE, La. — Wolters Kluwer Financial Services and First Advantage CREDCO recently expanded their relationship to reach more dealers in the non-automobile market segment. Executives highlighted that marine, recreational vehicle, motorcycle and powersports dealerships now can acquire credit reports through ... [Read More]

Chase Grows Auto Originations

Thursday, Apr. 15, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
NEW YORK — In reporting its first-earnings, Chase announced that auto originations are up both year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter. According to officials, the "increase is driven by market share gains in prime segments and new manufacturing relationships." More specifically, auto originations are ... [Read More]

DealerTrack Financing Source Network Hits New Threshold

Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — DealerTrack announced this week that its number of active financing sources connected to its network reached a new threshold. Company executives highlighted that the figure now stands at 850, including GMAC Financial Services. The company reiterated that ... [Read More]

Updated: GMAC’s Head of Global Automotive Services Slated to Retire

Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
DETROIT — A 27-year veteran of GMAC Financial Services and its former parent General Motors, Bill Muir, head of the company's global automotive services, announced his intention Monday to retire within the next year. Muir will continue in his current role until ... [Read More]

Mercedes-Benz Financial Launches iPad App for Customers

Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Mercedes-Benz Financial announced it has received approximately $2.5 million in payments from customers via their mobile devices since launching its iPhone app last October. Given this success, the company has decided to launch an iPad app as ... [Read More]

Nationwide Acceptance Opens Division to Provide BHPH Credit Lines to Dealers

Tuesday, Apr. 13, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CHICAGO — Nationwide Acceptance Corp. announced late last week that it has opened a new division that will specialize in providing credit lines to buy-here, pay here dealers in the markets the company serves. Asset-backed senior credit lines are available from ... [Read More]

ABA: Auto Loan Delinquency Trends Improve

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Bankers Association's Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin shared more positive news about the recovering economy this week. Direct and indirect auto loan delinquencies were among nine of the 11 categories that dropped or remained flat during the ... [Read More]

Nicholas Financial Continues to Expand

Thursday, Apr. 8, 2010, 12:00 AM
Nick Zulovich
CLEARWATER, Fla. — On Wednesday, Nicholas Financial announced it has opened two new branch offices located in Nashville, Tenn., and Grand Rapids, Mich. The new offices expand Nicholas Financial's branch network to 52 locations. The company expects to open a ... [Read More]

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