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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

GWC Warranty names new senior vice president of sales

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Wednesday, May. 26, 2021, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, GWC Warranty welcomed an experienced executive to be its new senior vice president of sales. With a strong track record of managing top-performing territories, developing new channels of business, and building revenue-producing relationships, GWC said James Virgoe will ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Path toward reducing wrongful repossessions

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Wednesday, May. 26, 2021, 03:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Wrongful repossessions might be the most heartburn-inducing, headache-creating part of auto finance. Offering an assessment of the current landscape of recoveries and more on this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast is Sabrina Neff, a partner in the Houston office ... [Read More]

Experts & policymakers see banking system on solid ground

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Tuesday, May. 25, 2021, 02:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In what’s likely a positive sign for auto-finance companies of all sizes, both the Federal Reserve and S&P Global Ratings offered positive assessments of the current banking system for both national institutions as well as regional firms. According to the ... [Read More]

Context for another CFPB consent order involving loss damage waivers

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Monday, May. 24, 2021, 01:14 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Venable partner Allen Denson offered some context that might help finance companies understand why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) reached its second consent order in less than a year through an action involving what the regulator deemed to be ... [Read More]

From the editor: Recapping poignant moment of AIS 2021

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Friday, May. 21, 2021, 03:24 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
One of the poignant moments during this week’s Auto Intel Summit happened on Tuesday during a panel discussion featuring representatives from the Auto Intel Council, a private, membership-based organization that includes leading intelligence companies in the automotive space. Executives from ... [Read More]

Subprime consumers secured most refinancing help via RateGenius in April

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Thursday, May. 20, 2021, 03:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It appears subprime consumers took most advantage of refinancing availability in April provided through RateGenius. Soon after Cox Automotive discussed last month’s credit availability at the time of origination, RateGenius released its monthly Auto Refinance Rate Report, which highlighted that ... [Read More]

TransUnion predicts subprime rebound after reviewing Q1 data

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Wednesday, May. 19, 2021, 02:06 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TransUnion is pretty bullish about the future prospects for the subprime segment of auto financing. While discussing the metrics contained in the Q1 2021 TransUnion Industry Insights report, senior vice president and automotive business leader Satyan Merchant explained how that ... [Read More]

With potential ‘devastating’ measure on Capitol Hill, ARA highlights plans for NARS 2021

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Wednesday, May. 19, 2021, 01:56 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Recovery Association (ARA) recently announced the new theme for the North American Repossessors Summit (NARS), which will return as an in-person event in October. That theme, “Resilience: Rising Above and Committed to Building a Stronger Industry,” ties in ... [Read More]

Auto defaults dip again in April to near all-time low

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Tuesday, May. 18, 2021, 02:04 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps the next round of coffee or drinks should be in celebration for the collections departments at auto-finance companies. The auto portion of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices declined again in April and now sits just 3 basis points ... [Read More]

KBRA spots ‘well-grounded’ metrics from April remittance reports

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Monday, May. 17, 2021, 02:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) used the descriptor “well grounded” when analysts dissected April remittance reports to discover the credit trends that surfaced during the March collection period. KBRA indicated delinquencies for both non-prime and prime contracts decreased. Analysts said ... [Read More]

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