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
RateGenius rolls out new digital auto refinance tool
Friday, Sep. 24, 2021, 02:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As consumers repair their credit profiles, many individuals are looking to improve the terms of their retail installment contract for their vehicle. RateGenius is looking to help those particular people and other contract holders looking to see if they can ... [Read More]
Startup aimed at connecting independent dealers & finance companies opens crowdfunding campaign
Friday, Sep. 24, 2021, 02:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Automatic is trying to modernize what the fintech startup is calling an “outdated, fragmented independent dealer financing ecosystem.” And it’s leveraging an equity crowdfunding campaign to continue on its path. On Friday, Automatic announced the effort to generate resources for ... [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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Auto defaults rise again in August with evidence pointing to more
Thursday, Sep. 23, 2021, 02:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto defaults are slowly ticking up again, and the seeds for more might be germinating, too, as shown by the data assembled and shared by Cox Automotive, Equifax, Experian and S&P. [Read More]
SCUSA chooses Womack to succeed Broderick as operations head
Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2021, 09:18 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Santander Consumer USA is set to become a private company. And the provider will do so with a new head of operations. According to a news release distributed on Wednesday, Santander named Marc Womack as head of operations in a ... [Read More]
700Credit & TradeVue form product alliance to help consumers & dealers
Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2021, 03:50 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two firms that look to offer critical information to help potential vehicle buyers navigate the path toward financing now are working together. Officials from 700Credit — a leading provider of credit reports, compliance solutions and soft pull products — recently ... [Read More]
Debexpert expands online auction, adding performing paper to charged-off offerings
Wednesday, Sep. 22, 2021, 03:46 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Debexpert chief executive officer Ivan Korotaev has run financial services companies with presences throughout Europe and southeast Asia. Korotaev then saw potential success for an online auction of the sale of bad debts here in the United States. Debexpert not ... [Read More]
KBRA carefully explains softening credit performance
Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2021, 01:59 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The word choices Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) used to describe its latest auto-finance indexes might be reassuring to executive and managers even if their collections are deteriorating. KBRA reported on Monday that August remittance reports showed softening credit performance ... [Read More]
Making sense of trends in retail sales, unemployment, vaccinations & more
Monday, Sep. 20, 2021, 03:05 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Experts at Cox Automotive, the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU) and S&P Global Ratings all tried to make sense of recent trends such as retail sales, unemployment, the pandemic and more. [Read More]
PODCAST: Another visit with Joe St. John of StoneEagle F&I
Thursday, Sep. 16, 2021, 07:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
One of the most enthusiastic and knowledgeable regular guests on the Auto Remarketing Podcast recently returned, as StoneEagle F&I senior vice president of business development Joe St. John came back to discuss what’s happening in dealership finance offices nowadays. We ... [Read More]
Mixed trends within Cox Automotive’s financing indexes for August
Thursday, Sep. 16, 2021, 03:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cox Automotive’s newest updates of indexes that track auto financing showed mixed developments with regard to dealerships being able to get their potential buyers financed and providers’ appetite to build portfolios. [Read More]
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