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Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars

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Location Services exits direct recoveries to focus on forwarding & LPR business lines

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Thursday, Sep. 2, 2021, 06:27 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

COVID-19 is prompting Location Services to make significant changes. After being impacted by the pandemic, the company announced on Thursday that it has made the decision to exit the direct recovery space and focus on building its existing forwarding model, ... [Read More]

Credit Acceptance becomes 5th finance company to settle with Massachusetts AG

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Thursday, Sep. 2, 2021, 03:44 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Both a large subprime auto finance company and a state attorney general seemed pleased to announce a settlement between them that is involving more than $27 million. On Wednesday, Credit Acceptance became the fifth different finance company to finalize a ... [Read More]

Stellantis to acquire First Investors to build new captive

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Thursday, Sep. 2, 2021, 01:53 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

General Motors acquired AmeriCredit 11 years ago in a move that eventually led the formation of its new captive finance company at GM Financial. Another domestic OEM is on the same path. On Wednesday, Stellantis announced it has entered into ... [Read More]

Tekion & 700Credit form product alliance to boost DMS capabilities with credit info

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Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, 02:54 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

This week, 700Credit announced a product alliance with Tekion and its Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC). Executives explained the new alliance will provide Tekion dealers with seamless access to 700Credit’s credit report and compliance platform, optimizing the sales process and providing ... [Read More]

CreditMiner integrates Equifax pre-screen technology into API solutions for finance companies & dealerships

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Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, 02:50 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

CreditMiner announced this week it’s now offering soft-pull pre-screen technology from Equifax as part of the CreditMiner API solution suite. The company explained this integration is designed to help auto finance companies and dealers provide real-time pre-approvals to consumers who are ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Why some Q2 auto-finance data resembles pre-pandemic trends

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Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, 02:29 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Experian senior director of automotive financial solutions Melinda Zabritski returned for another episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast to explain some similarities between second-quarter data and trends analysts noticed before the pandemic. Zabritski also tackled a hypothetical scenario of a ... [Read More]

National Auto Care acquires 5 more F&I agencies

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Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, 04:25 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Last month, National Auto Care (NAC) reinforced its executive team to prep for mergers and acquisitions. On Tuesday, NAC showed why as senior vice president of mergers & acquisitions Courtney Hoffman announced acquisitions of five Midwest and West Coast agencies ... [Read More]

AUL Corp. claims Bay Area workplace honor for 8th consecutive year

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Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, 04:22 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Eight is sure great at AUL Corp. with regard to its work environment. The full-service F&I provider announced this week that it has been voted one of the Best Places to Work in the North Bay for the eighth consecutive ... [Read More]

Former Affinitiv exec joins APCO Holdings as VP of post-purchase sales

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Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, 04:18 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

This week, APCO Holdings named a new vice president of post-purchase sales. Taking on this role for the provider and administrator of F&I products and home to the EasyCare, GWC Warranty and MemberCare brands is Kylie Price, who will be ... [Read More]

Experian on outstanding accounts being current in Q2

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Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021, 03:37 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

When analysts touched on delinquencies as a part of Experian’s latest State of the Automotive Finance Market report, the declaration they made about that particular metric likely pleased finance companies greatly. However, for repossession agents and forwarding companies, the assertion ... [Read More]

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