Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Edmunds on why appeal of used EVs could surge as gas prices keep rising & affordability remains challenging
Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2026, 10:30 AM
PODCAST: Carleton’s Tim Yalich on how critical accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers
Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2026, 10:57 AM
Already the top factor holding back dealership business, potential economic headwinds build
Monday, Mar. 9, 2026, 10:53 AM
Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Sean Morgan, who is executive vice president of finance and operations at Westlake Financial. Morgan talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby ... Listen Here
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Tom Kontos, who now is analytics advisor for Auto Auction Holdings. Convinced to come out of retirement and get back in the business last fall with the growing wholesale ... Listen Here
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Clark Jr., operations manager of C& C Cars in Pinellas Park, Fla. Clark is a third-generation dealer and helps run the family business ... Listen Here
Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM
Double-digit jump in 2022 tax refunds helps February payments
Tuesday, Apr. 26, 2022, 03:26 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
According to the April 15 update from the Internal Revenue Service, the IRS had issued $242.62 billion in federal income tax refunds so far this season, representing at 15.2% lift year-over-year. Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) noticed that consumers appear ... [Read More]
Protective Asset Protection deepens powersports F&I presence with RumbleOn
Monday, Apr. 25, 2022, 03:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Protective Asset Protection announced just about a month ago that it was set to acquire AUL Corp. to create a conglomerate used by thousands of auto dealers. On Monday, the provider of F&I programs and services signed a national agreement ... [Read More]
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The Dealer’s Guide to Smarter GPS Tracking
A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist
Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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McGlinchey continues firm growth with 2 new additions
Monday, Apr. 25, 2022, 03:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
During the past six months, McGlinchey’s consumer financial services compliance team has added eight new attorneys (including two members) in five offices, including Albany, N.Y., Cleveland, Houston, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. According to separate announcements, the newest additions are ... [Read More]
Average rates on refinancing rise 15 basis points, but remain lower than a year ago
Friday, Apr. 22, 2022, 02:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While Cox Automotive recently reported that auto credit availability still remains at a record reading, RateGenius indicated another part of auto financing remains pretty healthy, too. The platform recently released its monthly Auto Refinance Rate Report revealing the current average ... [Read More]
Auto credit availability remains at record readings
Thursday, Apr. 21, 2022, 03:43 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
There might not be a robust amount of used and new vehicles available to retail, but access to credit to fuel originations and deliveries appears to be quite plentiful. For the second month in a row, the Dealertrack Credit Availability ... [Read More]
NAF Association highlights agenda for annual Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference
Wednesday, Apr. 20, 2022, 03:11 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Michael Benoit, Klaus Entenmann, Amy Martin and Jonathan Smoke represent just a sampling of the experts scheduled to appear during the 26th annual Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference hosted by the National Automotive Finance Association beginning on June 1 in Plano, ... [Read More]
Strong assertions follow CFPB lawsuit filing against TransUnion
Tuesday, Apr. 19, 2022, 02:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Both the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and TransUnion used strong language in statements last week, as the regulator filed a lawsuit against the credit bureau, two of its subsidiaries, and an executive that the company said is no longer with ... [Read More]
Exeter highlights new dealer portal, general counsel
Monday, Apr. 18, 2022, 04:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with naming a new general counsel to fill a void created by retirement, Exeter Finance recently launched its new, comprehensive dealer portal. The finance company that specializes in non-prime and subprime paper highlighted that its portal now available nationwide ... [Read More]
APCO Holdings promotes internal executive to be SVP & CIO
Monday, Apr. 18, 2022, 04:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
APCO Holdings recently promoted one of its executives who has been with the provider and administrator of F&I products and home to the EasyCare and GWC Warranty brands for more than 15 years. Ascending into the role of senior vice ... [Read More]
Ally & TMCF now accepting applicants for Moguls in the Making
Monday, Apr. 11, 2022, 03:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Applications for a college-student competition cited by Fast Company as a reason Ally Financial ranked sixth on its 2021 list of Best Workplaces for Innovators — which recognizes companies that foster creative cultures — recently got in motion. Ally Financial ... [Read More]
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