Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Experts see Middle East conflict making current car & credit markets even more challenging
Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2026, 10:27 AM
With additional insight about affordability, FICO watches averages credit scores tick lower again
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 11:27 AM
PODCAST: Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 01:05 PM
Industry Elite honoree Kelly Wyatt on 25-year career with GM Financial
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Kelly Wyatt, who is chief digital officer with GM Financial. Wyatt shares a conversation with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about being ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 04:43 PM
Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
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
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
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
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
PODCAST: Compliance update with expert Randy Henrick
Thursday, May. 6, 2021, 01:59 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Compliance expert Randy Henrick made a return appearance this week on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Henrick, who welcomes clients via his website at AutoDealerCompliance.net, shared his perspectives on what the compliance landscape has been like so far this year, also ... [Read More]
From the editor: Reinforcing my affinity for repossession agents
Wednesday, May. 5, 2021, 06:04 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
If you have read the content for some time generated by us here at Cherokee Media Group, you might already know of my great affinity and respect for repossession agents. Rightfully so, much of our material highlights the exciting parts ... [Read More]
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A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
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Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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PODCAST: StoneEagle spots ‘silver lining’ in Q1 F&I metrics
Tuesday, May. 4, 2021, 01:56 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
If you didn’t already know, StoneEagle F&I senior vice president of business development Joe St. John is one of the most enthusiastic executives anywhere in the automotive industry. Well, when St. John dissected the first-quarter data gathered via StoneEagleMETRICS, his excitement ... [Read More]
Credito Real USA Finance closes first securitization
Monday, May. 3, 2021, 02:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A deep subprime finance company that has been working with both franchised and independent dealerships, especially to cater to their Hispanic customers, now is venturing into securitizations. In business since 2007, Credito Real USA Finance announced last week that it ... [Read More]
Lender Compliance Technologies launches tool for F&I product cancellations and refunds
Monday, May. 3, 2021, 02:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Lender Compliance Technologies (LCT) recently rolled out a tool geared to solve a problem that often causes major headaches for finance companies and their staff. The compliance solutions company unveiled what it calls Refund Control; comprehensive, finance company-controlled solution for ... [Read More]
Credit Acceptance’s leadership changes & $27M settlement
Friday, Apr. 30, 2021, 02:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Credit Acceptance Corp. made two major announcements on Thursday afternoon; one involving top company leadership and the other in connection with a multi-million-dollar settlement with a state attorney general. First, the finance company that specializes in subprime paper said that ... [Read More]
Interest rates likely to stay low for 2 more years
Thursday, Apr. 29, 2021, 03:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As finance companies modify their ongoing strategies, perhaps what the Federal Reserve does with interest rates will give executives at least one consistent ingredient on which to build forward-looking plans. Members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided unanimously ... [Read More]
Weltman & DRN hosting free webinar to prepare for potential repo surge
Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2021, 03:16 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co. and DRN are joining forces for a free, two-part educational webinar in an effort to help the entire repossession and recovery industries prepare for what might be coming down the default pipeline this year. In ... [Read More]
3 ways US Equity Advantage expanded cybersecurity protections
Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2021, 02:56 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
US Equity Advantage (USEA) acknowledged that the current digital landscape is rampant with expanding cyber threats and cybercriminals getting smarter by the day. As a result, the biweekly installment contract payment service recapped this week how it’s taking steps to ... [Read More]
Fitch Ratings: Despite resilient overall market, subprime auto ABS remains at risk
Wednesday, Apr. 28, 2021, 02:54 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Generally, Fitch Ratings has an upbeat assessment of automotive asset-backed securities performance, but the subprime segment still has firm experts concerned. Fitch Ratings said this week that auto ABS has been more resilient than initially expected through the pandemic and ... [Read More]
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