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The Spark Between EVs & CPO

Thursday, Jul. 16, 2026, 02:46 PM

In light of electric vehicle maker VinFast launching a certified pre-owned program in the U.S., Auto Remarketing senior editor Joe Overby connects with leaders from the EV space to discuss why the segment is a natural fit for CPO and ... Listen Here

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

CFPB seeks more free consumer access to credit reporting info

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Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, 05:18 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Late last month, the three nationwide consumer reporting companies — Equifax, TransUnion and Experian — announced that they would allow people to check their credit reports for free once a week through December. And coinciding with that decision, the Consumer ... [Read More]

PODCAST: How the workplace is changing with Automotive Personnel founder Don Jasensky

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Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, 07:30 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Automotive Personnel founder Don Jasensky now has run his own executive search firm to help finance companies and dealerships for 33 years. And during the past couple of years, Jasensky has seen some of the most dramatic changes with how ... [Read More]

TransUnion spots stability in auto & record in personal loans

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Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, 05:20 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

While mentioning an overall uptick in products being used by consumers falling into the non-prime credit category, the auto portion of TransUnion’s Q4 2021 Quarterly Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) contained information and insights that finance companies might find encouraging. ... [Read More]

JM Family installs permanent CFO

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Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, 04:12 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

JM Family Enterprises tapped Eric Gebhard to be the company’s interim chief financial officer last May. On Wednesday, an executive Gebhard helped to recruit became the company’s permanent CFO. Taking on this role as well as holding the title of ... [Read More]

LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS & VoltSwitch partner to speed funding

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Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, 04:10 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS said Tuesday that it has completed its integration with VoltSwitch GPS’s Vehicle Tracking platform. The technology provider specializing in originations explained that this integration can provide finance companies with a faster and more seamless funding experience for deals with ... [Read More]

Another Westlake division sets records in 2021

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Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, 05:33 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

As one subsidiary of Westlake Technology Holdings posted records in the vehicle leasing space last year, another of its subsidiaries that specializes in shared cash flow auto lending generated new company records in 2021, too. According to a news release, ... [Read More]

Solera to add Spireon to automotive technology portfolio

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Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, 05:20 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Spireon is likely familiar to both finance companies as well as fleet operators that use its services to track vehicles. According to a news release, Spireon now is on a path to have new ownership by the end of the ... [Read More]

Experian expands credit-building tools for consumers

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Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, 04:56 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Another initiative to help finance companies cater to consumers with little or no credit backgrounds recently surfaced; this time from Experian. In what the company said is meant to further financial inclusion across the United States, Experian launched what it ... [Read More]

Florida dealer group involved in credit-building program dubbed ‘Grow & Drive’

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Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, 04:31 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

A Florida-based group that owns and operates five franchised stores in the Sunshine State as well as Georgia and South Carolina is the first dealer group in the U.S. to work with Grow Credit, which is a financial inclusion platform ... [Read More]

CFPB turns attention to what it calls ‘junk fees’

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Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, 03:50 PM

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) launched an initiative on Wednesday in connection with what the federal regulator called “exploitative junk fees” charged by banks and financial companies. The CFPB said through a news release that it’s making this request ... [Read More]

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