Episode 14: Ally Exec Outlines How Lenders Can Navigate the Challenges of Unintentional Bias

Though regulators have relaxed discriminatory lending rules, auto lenders are stepping up diversity education. Ally Financial, for one, is bolstering training efforts to reduce unintentional snap judgments based on race, gender, or appearance – a concept referred to as “unconscious bias.” In this episode of The Roadmap, Auto Finance Excellence talks with Reggie Willis, Ally’s director of diversity and inclusion, to discover what lending executives can do to become more open-minded and avoid having unintentional bias trickle into interactions between dealers and their car-buying customers.