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SPONSORED EPISODE: Five questions to ask before choosing a transportation partner
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, 09:15 PM
This sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features two experts from Central Dispatch who offer valuable guidance for choosing a transportation partner. Shanna Wise, who oversees business strategy execution, and Blake Bentley, who leads enterprise client account success, take ... Listen Here
Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 02:01 PM
The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is ... Listen Here
Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 04:17 PM
While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. Babcock elaborated about ... Listen Here

APCO Holdings promotes Volatile to SVP of EasyCare

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Friday, Jul. 1, 2022, 03:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
APCO Holdings finished the first half of 2022 by promoting one of its executives with an eye toward more growth. The provider and administrator of automotive F&I products and home to the EasyCare and GWC Warranty announced this week that ... [Read More]

Edmunds: Average amount financed for used vehicles jumps by more than $4,400

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Friday, Jul. 1, 2022, 02:56 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
After looking at the new data, it’s probably understandable why Edmunds senior manager of insights Ivan Drury said, “buying a car in 2022 is a whole different ball game.” Edmunds reported the average amount financed for used vehicles delivered in ... [Read More]

ARA changes leadership with new president & executive director

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Thursday, Jun. 30, 2022, 01:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Recovery Association (ARA) closed the first half of 2022 with significant changes in leadership, naming a new president and executive director. Stepping away from those respective roles, Dave Kennedy and Les McCook have handed the ARA leadership responsibilities ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Reviewing consumer migration trends with Jeremiah Wheeler of DRN & MVTRAC

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Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2022, 09:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Senior editor Nick Zulovich spent part of his time in Denver for the North American Repossessors Summit sharing another conversation for the Auto Remarketing Podcast with Jeremiah Wheeler, who is president of DRN and MVTRAC. In light of inflation pushing ... [Read More]

New paycheck-to-paycheck research with ‘unhappy summer’ looming

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Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2022, 02:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With S&P Global Ratings acknowledging that the U.S. economy “could be facing an unhappy summer,” LendingClub Corp. released findings from the 11th edition of the Reality Check: Paycheck-To-Paycheck research series, conducted in partnership with PYMNTS.com. LendingClub highlighted the Financial Distress ... [Read More]

New FrogData solution aims to smooth warranty claims & improve dealer cash flow

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Monday, Jun. 27, 2022, 02:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
FrogData is looking to help dealerships meet the commitments made when selling warranties during the vehicle delivery process. The company recently launched WarrantyMind, a data platform for warranty claims processing that designed to solve critical warranty administration problems at dealerships. ... [Read More]

Auto defaults up 10 of the past 11 months

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Monday, Jun. 27, 2022, 02:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While not at the upward pace of headline-grabbing metrics such as inflation or gas prices, nonetheless auto defaults are moving higher. And they have been now for 10 of the past 11 months. According to data through May 2022 for ... [Read More]

Proposed FTC rule out to ban ‘junk fees, bait-and-switch tactics’

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Friday, Jun. 24, 2022, 02:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Four of the five leaders of the Federal Trade Commission support a proposed a rule to ban what the federal regulator called “junk fees and bait-and-switch advertising tactics that can plague consumers throughout the car-buying experience.” The commissioner who voted against ... [Read More]

From the editor: NARS highlights intriguing thoughts from finance companies & repo agents

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Thursday, Jun. 23, 2022, 03:00 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Tip of the conference cap to the American Recovery Association and the North American Repossessors Summit planning committee. They scheduled a pair of intriguing panel discussions to begin the 2022 edition of NARS, which unfolded for the first time at ... [Read More]

Experts see mixed observations when examining latest auto ABS data

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Monday, Jun. 20, 2022, 03:23 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The latest analysis about the health of contract payments and the auto asset-backed securities market from Kroll Bond Rating Agency and S&P Global Ratings showed mixed observations from company experts. Beginning first with the update from S&P Global Ratings, analysts ... [Read More]
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