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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

Spireon elevates internal exec to be CTO

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Tuesday, Jun. 8, 2021, 02:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Spireon, a provider of risk mitigation services and other technologies to subprime auto finance companies and buy-here, pay-here dealers, announced the promotion of one of its executives to be chief technology officer. Previously Spireon’s senior vice president of engineering, the ... [Read More]

Nicholas Financial makes numerous year-over-year performance improvements

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Monday, Jun. 7, 2021, 02:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Nicholas Financial made quite a year-over-year rebound when detailing its 2021 fiscal year results last week, including vital metrics like net income and delinquency rates. Despite a dip in total revenue, the subprime auto finance company reported that its net ... [Read More]

PAR chooses Hawley to be VP of sales and client relations

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Friday, Jun. 4, 2021, 02:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
PAR North America chose an executive with almost two decades of industry experience to be its vice president of sales and client relations. According to a news release distributed on Thursday, the business unit of KAR Global announced the appointment ... [Read More]

S&P Global Ratings spots significant net-loss improvements in both prime & subprime

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Thursday, Jun. 3, 2021, 02:57 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experian’s Q1 2021 State of the Automotive Finance Market report illuminated many attributes about the contracts originated during the opening quarter of the year, including how outstanding balances now are approaching $1.3 trillion as well as metrics based on geography. ... [Read More]

ARA to host free webinar with Bassford Remele about data privacy

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Wednesday, Jun. 2, 2021, 07:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Recovery Association (ARA) is again leveraging its relationship with Bassford Remele to offer repossession agents a free webinar to discuss an important operational element — data privacy. In an attempt to help repo agents avoid a potential exposure ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Reviewing key court decision involving finance company, GAP coverage & MLA

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Wednesday, Jun. 2, 2021, 03:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Getting auto financing over the finish line to vehicle delivery already can be complex. When the potential buyer falls within the confines of the Military Lending Act (MLA), it can become even more complicated. Marci Kawski, a partner in the ... [Read More]

Looking at Q1 financing metrics by geography

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Tuesday, Jun. 1, 2021, 02:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with highlighting how total outstanding balances are approaching $1.3 trillion, Experian’s Q1 2021 State of the Automotive Finance Market report also delved into some metrics based on geography. Experian pinpointed the average credit score of used-vehicle paper bought in ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Why securitizations are accelerating again

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Friday, May. 28, 2021, 02:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Originations aren’t the only part of auto financing accelerating nowadays. Stephen Bisbee, founder of eOriginal, which is now part of Wolters Kluwer, appeared on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to explain why securitizations are accelerating again as an attractive option for ... [Read More]

Looking for ‘telling points’ of potential changes as total outstanding balances approach $1.3 trillion

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Thursday, May. 27, 2021, 03:09 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Escalating vehicle prices are impacting auto-finance data, too, as Experian’s Q1 2021 State of the Automotive Finance Market report showed outstanding balances jumped 10.3% year-over-year from $1.168 trillion to $1.288 trillion. So, SubPrime Auto Finance News posed this one to ... [Read More]

LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS enhances communication tools for dealers, finance companies & consumers

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Wednesday, May. 26, 2021, 03:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS wants to provide a smooth communication path from application to underwriting and then on to funding and delivery. The technology provider specializing in originations recently announced the release of its new product offering, appTRAKER CONNECT for its clients using ... [Read More]

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