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This Month's Focus

Artificial Intelligence

Urban Science survey: Dealers confident in sales process, wary of AI for lead follow-ups

Friday, May. 15, 2026, 11:48 AM

The sixth annual automotive research study by Urban Science in collaboration with The Harris Poll highlighted that nine in 10 U.S. car buyers said a traditional dealership is their top choice for purchasing a vehicle. Now let’s delve deeper into ... Read More

Bain Survey: Few Companies Ready for Sustainability Rules (24%)

Building on three-year partnership, Bain invests in OpenAI Deployment Company

Wednesday, May. 13, 2026, 12:13 PM

Bain & Company today announced an investment in the Deployment Company, a new venture launched by OpenAI with 19 global partners. According to a news release, the OpenAI Deployment Company is built to help businesses deploy artificial intelligence across their ... Read More

EY study shows Canadians still cautious about AI but using it more for everyday activities

Monday, May. 11, 2026, 03:00 PM

This artificial intelligence is pretty smart, eh? That sentiment might be held by at least some Canadians who are already embedding AI into everyday decisions, often in ways that extend beyond simple assistance into early autonomy, even while concerns about ... Read More

Tiger Okeley describes what it’s like for BHPH dealers during another turbulent year

Tuesday, May. 12, 2026, 01:47 PM

Tiger Okeley is the executive board member of Oak Motors, a buy-here, pay-here dealership that’s been in business for more than 40 years in central Indiana. Having seen boom times, recessions, and more, Okeley shared his insight to help owners ... Listen Here

SPONSORED EPISODE: Know your Buyer & Grow your Lot

Tuesday, May. 12, 2026, 09:20 AM

In this insightful episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Auto Trader and KBB executives Elizabeth Stegall and David Lumpkin share findings gleaned from Cox Automotive’s unique research into shoppers who buy from Independent Dealers. Learn how shifting buyer expectations connect ... Listen Here

FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more

Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM

Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here

Experian & Oliver Wyman see path to score 96% of credit applicants

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Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, 04:28 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

It’s a challenge non-prime and subprime auto finance companies face regularly inside their underwriting departments. An application lands from a consumer with a thin credit file or one who isn’t scored at all. Experian and Oliver Wyman recently found expanded ... [Read More]

Exeter reveals CFO succession plan

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Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, 03:51 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

After the closing of the company’s sale to an investor group led by Warburg Pincus as well as an expansion of its origination strategy last month, more significant changes at Exeter Finance came late on Thursday. The non-prime auto finance ... [Read More]

StoneEagle promotes another exec, this time to be chief customer officer

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Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, 03:43 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

For the second time this week, StoneEagle elevated one of its internal executives into an expanded leadership role. On Friday, the provider of F&I and service metrics for the past 35 years named Kathy Burns as its new chief customer ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Talking the economy & credit unions with NAFCU’s Curt Long

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Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, 02:25 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Curt Long, chief economist and vice president at the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU), put the general economy into car terms, explaining in this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast if the economy is like a car that’s ... [Read More]

Car Capital opens 2022 with 2 new financial resources

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Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, 04:17 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Car Capital began 2022 by staying on the brisk development trajectory it established when launching last spring. The new auto-finance technology company that strives to get any deal bought no matter the consumer credit background closed on another round of ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Dangerous and disgusting scenes repo agents face nowadays

Bryana Cox at UCW

Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, 04:06 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Bryanna Cox takes listeners of the Auto Remarketing Podcast into one of the most difficult, yet vital, parts of the automotive industry. The vice president of Asset Resolutions, a full-service repossession and recovery agency in Kingwood, Texas, described how repossession ... [Read More]

Auto financing availability ticks slightly higher to finish 2021

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Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, 03:17 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Well, perhaps auto financing is starting to look more like it did before the pandemic wreaked havoc on so much of our daily lives. Cox Automotive said that access to auto credit expanded slightly in December, based on the Dealertrack Auto ... [Read More]

AutoPayPlus hires another former EFG Companies executive

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Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, 04:34 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Another executive who spent time at EFG Companies now is a part of the leadership team at AutoPayPlus by US Equity Advantage. The provider of biweekly payment processing announced through a news release on Monday that Hollis Goode has joined ... [Read More]

StoneEagle elevates VP of product to be next COO

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Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, 04:32 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

On Monday, StoneEagle announced the promotion of one of its executives to be its new chief operating officer. Selected for this role for the provider of automotive menu, F&I and service metrics is Damar Christopher, who will work cross-functionally to ... [Read More]

Hudson Cook names 2 new partners

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Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, 03:43 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

In a move that became effective on the first day of 2022, Hudson Cook promoted two of its attorneys to equity partners of the firm that serves dealerships and finance companies. According to a news release, the firm’s two newest ... [Read More]

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