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Talking about the car business in the US & Canada with Peter Smith of the Lion Partnership

Monday, Apr. 13, 2026, 03:50 PM

As Cherokee Media Group was getting ready to host the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami, Peter Smith of the Lion Partnership spent some time with Nick Zulovich for this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Smith recapped some of ... Listen Here

SPONSORED EPISODE: Allied Solutions reviews Q1, pinpoints signals of loan health

Tuesday, Apr. 7, 2026, 07:55 PM

John Elias and Peter Krall of Allied Solutions returned for another special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Elias and Krall recapped some of the most notable developments in auto finance from the first quarter of 2026. The Allied ... Listen Here

SPONSORED EPISODE: Path to stable inventory & price transparency as potential car buyers see uncertain world

Monday, Apr. 6, 2026, 01:13 PM

James Virgoe, senior vice president and managing director of GWC Warranty, appeared on another special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast at a time when domestic and foreign turbulences have added even more complexities to the car business. Virgoe ... Listen Here

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]

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]

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