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Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial

Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM

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

Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings

Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM

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

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

Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM

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

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]

Santander Consumer USA to become private through $12.7B stock deal

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Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, 02:49 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The days of Santander Consumer USA Holdings (SC) as a publicly traded subprime auto finance company are numbered. SC revealed just before the Fourth of July that it had received a non-binding proposal from its majority shareholder — Santander Holdings ... [Read More]

KBRA spots some seasonal movement in newest ABS indices

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Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, 03:17 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) released its auto finance ABS indices for July, as analysts used a description that might make many executives and managers a little more confident about how the entire market is behaving. [Read More]

Auto defaults climb for the first time in 2021 — barely

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Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, 02:21 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

For the first time this year, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian spotted a rise in auto defaults. But the uptick analysts noticed was the smallest amount possible. [Read More]

Experian on used financing: Rising amount financed, monthly payment & term in Q2

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Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, 04:11 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The significant rise in wholesale prices experts have been discussing for much of the year spilled into auto financing. According to Experian’s latest State of the Automotive Finance Market report released on Thursday, analysts spotted notable increases in several categories ... [Read More]

TransUnion spots positive Q2 trends for delinquency & subprime growth

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Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, 03:23 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The financial services industry — including auto financing — is rebounding strongly from the early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to TransUnion’s Q2 2021 Quarterly Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR). In fact, analysts discovered the metric that many finance ... [Read More]

ACA International adds collections industry award winner to board

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Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, 03:13 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The ACA International board of directors selected an interim director during its meeting last week. The organization that brings together third-party collection agencies, law firms, asset buying companies, creditors and vendor affiliates welcomed Tim Haag to serve on its board. ... [Read More]

DriveItAway partners with another fintech firm to help consumers rebuild credit

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Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, 02:41 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

DriveItAway is continuing to forge partnerships to help dealerships turn vehicles while giving consumers the opportunity to secure transportation and rebuild their credit. Via a news release distributed Tuesday, the provider of subscription to ownership technology that can enable anyone, ... [Read More]

Right Direction Financial Services to leverage Scienaptic AI-powered platform

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Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, 02:07 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

After recently forging a relationship with an independent dealership group, Scienaptic bolstered its client roster of independent finance companies on Monday. The credit decision platform provider fueled by artificial intelligence now is working with Right Direction Financial Services, which looks ... [Read More]

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