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Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial

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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

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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

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RoadVantage names new president, sales leader

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Monday, Apr. 5, 2021, 03:17 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

To achieve the flexibility required for what the F&I provider described as its next level of expansion, RoadVantage announced leadership restructuring on Friday with two executives moves. The first move made by RoadVantage was adding industry veteran Bob Corbin as ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Incoming APCO Holdings CEO on job preparation and F&I landscape

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Thursday, Apr. 1, 2021, 06:31 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Soon after he was named the incoming chief executive officer of APCO Holdings, Scot Eisenfelder joined the Auto Remarketing Podcast to share how his previous professional stops at places such as AutoNation and Reynolds and Reynolds prepared him for the ... [Read More]

Upcoming free ARA webinar to discuss intricacies of recovery litigation

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Thursday, Apr. 1, 2021, 06:26 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The American Recovery Association is hosting a free webinar focused on recovery litigation. Patrick Newman and Tal Bakke of Bassford Remele intend to delve into several topics, including consumer notice and waiver issues as well as contractual provisions to consider ... [Read More]

Edmunds: Q1 down payments & amount financed rise for used & new

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Thursday, Apr. 1, 2021, 03:47 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Within hours of it being announced that CarMax was poised to acquire full ownership of the firm, Edmunds shared its first-quarter used-vehicle financing data, highlighting increases in both average down payments and total amount financed. Edmunds reported that the average ... [Read More]

Payix finalizes new payment processing agreement

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Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2021, 03:51 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Finance company managers might do a little “happy dance” when they can establish a direct payment pipeline between the company and their contract holders. Payix finalized a payment processing agreement this week that might be worth a rhythmic reaction, too. Payix ... [Read More]

USEA invests in next-generation contact center solution

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Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2021, 03:48 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

US Equity Advantage (USEA) is looking to ensure its technological infrastructure can meet the demands triggered by the company’s aggressive expectations. In a move the company said will enrich the customer experience, improve efficiencies and allow it to scale quickly ... [Read More]

13 states that soon might be ripe for first repossession harvest of year

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Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2021, 03:37 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Oftentimes, it can take plants at least 60 to 90 days to germinate, grow and produce flowers, fruit or vegetables. Now that it’s springtime, the 13 states with the highest rates of 30-day delinquency at the close of 2020 soon ... [Read More]

Overall credit availability improves in February, paced by captives

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Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2021, 02:44 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The Dealertrack Credit Availability Index showed overall improvement in February. But when Cox Automotive looked closer at the segments that often cater to consumers with less-than-prime credit, the trends differed a bit. Analysts reported that credit availability increased in February ... [Read More]

Acting FTC chair outlines new rulemaking group

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Sunday, Mar. 28, 2021, 02:16 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The acting leader of the Federal Trade Commission isn’t sitting idle, either, putting actions into motion similar to her counterpart at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Last week, chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter announced the creation of a new rulemaking group ... [Read More]

Carlton offers some clarity on new Illinois rate cap law

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Sunday, Mar. 28, 2021, 02:12 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Despite significant objections from the American Financial Services Association, in collaboration with the Illinois Financial Services Association, the Independent Finance Association of Illinois and the Illinois Automobile Dealers Association, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into a law Illinois Senate Bill 1792 ... [Read More]

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