World Omni Financial Corp. Announces New Marketing VP
Joanna Sherry has joined World Omni Financial Corp. as assistant vice president of marketing. She will support the marketing efforts of World Omni's business units, including Southeast Toyota Finance and CenterOne Financial Services.

DEERFIELD, Fla. — Joanna Sherry has joined World Omni Financial Corp. as the assistant vice president of Marketing.
A subsidiary of JM Family Enterprises, Inc., World Omni is a leading provider of financial products and services to automotive dealers, consumers and lenders, officials said. Sherry will be responsible for supporting the marketing efforts of World Omni’s business units: Southeast Toyota Finance, CenterOne Financial Services, DataScan Field Services and DataScan Technologies.
Sherry has extensive experience in the automotive industry. She began her career with Ford Motor Company as a financial analyst and developed her role within the company by becoming a brand manager for the F-150 truck. Subsequently, she held senior level marketing positions with CarFax and VW Credit, and most recently was vice president of the Insurance Division for Hyundai Capital America.
She recently relocated from California to South Florida with her husband and two children.
More Auto Finance

Top Five Credit Application Fraud Flags
Compliance audits regularly reveal bad habits that can lead to fraud charges and should have been stamped out decades ago.
Read More →
More Auto Loans for the Taking in August
Riskier categories were on the uptick for the month as lenders loosened access in several areas while balancing out the exposure in another, Cox Automotive reported.
Read More →
July Was Hot for Auto Borrowers
Credit proved readily available for many, but most loans left buyers in negative territory, Cox Automotive said.
Read More →
Dealer Lender Preferences Revealed
When lenders provide consistent, fast service, their overall satisfaction scores with dealers greatly improve, according to JD Power research.
Read More →
Auto Refi Savings Surge
Consumers with 84-month auto loan terms who refinanced saved the most on monthly payments, according to a new report by auto refinancing provider Caribou.
Read More →
Subaru Enters Lending Business
The automaker follows other brands in adding captive financing in the U.S., and says the move will strengthen its position here.
Read More →
Positive Equity Reaches Record High
Mainstream vehicle owners who bought a car seven years ago are likely to have positive equity when trading in for a new vehicle, according to second-quarter Edmunds data.
Read More →
Dealerships Are Paying the Price for Extended Car Loans
Growing negative-equity scenarios mean such lengthy terms should be addressed in a forward-looking way to make them work for the dealer and the consumer down the road.
Read More →
Trade-Ins in Negative Equity Reach New Heights
As such trade-ins rise in frequency, so do monthly loan payment amounts and interest rates, according to second-quarter data compiled by Edmunds.
Read More →
Auto Credit Plentiful
June numbers show lenders are readily granting access, including to risky borrowers, as consumers leverage themselves to take on high prices.
Read More →