Lotlinx’s Len Short digs beneath the headlines to review a litany of first quarter auto retail and finance reports and distills them into four key points in his latest contribution to DealerELITE. +

Experian has launched Cashflow Score, a new solution designed to help finance sources gauge creditworthiness by accessing and analyzing consumer-permissioned transaction data. +

Point Predictive’s latest Auto Lending Fraud Trends Report finds auto finance sources face an estimated $9.2 billion in loss exposure, fueled primarily by “first-party” credit application fraud. +

TransUnion now offers a creditworthiness score based on the applicant’s banking activities, potentially adding options for car buyers without access to “mainstream” credit. +