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Vincenzo Ciampi of iA Financial Group

Tuesday, Jun. 30, 2026, 10:53 AM

Next up on the Canada’s Used Car Week Live Stage is Vincenzo Ciampi . who is senior vice president, of auto finance and dealer services for Canada at iA Financial Group. Ciampi talks with Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby about ... Listen Here

Ted Berlovich of Clutch

Monday, Jun. 29, 2026, 03:44 PM

Continuing the discussions from the Live Stage at Canada’s Used Car Week, senior editor Joe Overby connects with Ted Berlovich, director of wholesale at online used-car retailer Clutch. Berlovich explained the company’s wholesale process, how the company handles some of ... Listen Here

Moiz Khan of Driveline Technologies

Monday, Jun. 29, 2026, 03:29 PM

During Canada’s Used Car Week, Auto Remarketing Canada senior editor Joe Overby caught up with Moiz Khan, co-founder of Driveline Technologies, to talk about the company, its growth and how it is addressing real challenges facing the automotive industry. Stay ... Listen Here

3 economists upbeat about current employment scene

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Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2023, 03:09 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke as well as Comerica Bank chief economist Bill Adams and senior economist Waran Bhahirethan offered perhaps some reassuring assessments of what the overall employment landscape looks like. All three shared their perspectives ahead of ... [Read More]

Cox Automotive cautious about taking ‘sky is falling’ approach with repossessions

Smoke sees subprime delinquency & defaults rising

Friday, Mar. 3, 2023, 04:04 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

While acknowledging there has been some portfolio softening, Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke cautioned about taking an approach “to create the view that the sky is falling.” Smoke explained his reasoning in a company podcast posted on Friday with ... [Read More]

Experian: Credit unions now pace all auto financing

Thursday, Mar. 2, 2023, 04:41 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Experian made the official declaration on Thursday. In the fourth quarter of 2022, credit unions held the largest percentage of the vehicle finance market for the first time. According to Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market Report: Q4 2022, ... [Read More]

FTC sues to stop ‘interconnected web’ of service providers carrying robocalls pitching phony debt relief services

Minnesota AG sues dealer, Ignite warns of legal risk

Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023, 03:42 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The Federal Trade Commission recently sued to stop an “interconnected web” of operations responsible for delivering tens of millions of unwanted Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and ringless voicemail (RVM) phony debt service robocalls to consumers nationwide. The Department of ... [Read More]

EFG Companies unveils F&I Profit Guarantee to bolster dealers’ bottom lines

Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023, 03:40 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Oftentimes, compensation doesn’t arrive unless sales objectives are met or exceeded. EFG Companies is changing that situation. On Tuesday, EFG Companies announced the launch of F&I Profit Guarantee in which EFG compensates new clients if revenue goals are not met ... [Read More]

AutoAlert & 700Credit boost alliance for improved dealer experience

Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2023, 03:38 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

AutoAlert and 700Credit announced an expanded integration alliance on Tuesday. With this new alliance, AutoAlert has incorporated 700Credit’s credit reports, compliance, and prescreen platforms into its CRM platform, AutoAlert CXM, to provide a “seamless” dealer experience. AutoAlert CXM is an ... [Read More]

4 potential reasons why younger consumers are delinquent

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, 03:46 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

An analysis by five experts at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York showed consumers in their 20s and 30s represent the age groups with the most auto finance contracts 90 days or more past due. Those fourth-quarter findings are ... [Read More]

FTC sees annual fraud figure jump by more than 30%

Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, 04:48 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Newly released Federal Trade Commission data showed that consumers reported losing nearly $8.8 billion to fraud in 2022, an increase of more than 30% year-over-year. The FTC said consumers reported losing more money to investment scams — more than $3.8 ... [Read More]

9 finance companies asked to share info for CFPB auto finance data pilot

CFPB seeking more data about repossessions & contract modifications

Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, 02:44 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The next step in building what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is calling its auto finance data pilot put the onus on nine finance companies. According to a bureau blog post pushed online Thursday, the CFPB said it issued orders ... [Read More]

4 firms dissect current trends that could impact auto financing

Lendbuzz gains $100M warehouse facility through MUFG

Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, 03:44 PM

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor

Experts from Cox Automotive, The Conference Board, iLending, S&P Global Ratings recently articulated several ingredients that could create headwinds for the auto finance market during the rest of the year. The ingredients ranged from the bandied about trends connected with ... [Read More]

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