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Appetite for used commercial vehicles with Kathryn Schifferle of Work Truck Solutions
Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, 05:37 PM
Work Truck Solutions founder Kathryn Schifferle appeared on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics during Used Car Week 2025. Schifferle discussed key trends driving demand for used work trucks and vans with Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby. The ... Listen Here
What might be next for Amazon Autos
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:52 PM
Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat with Fan Jin, global leader of Amazon Autos, during Used Car Week 2025. Their wide-ranging conversation about the past, present and future of the online platform and its involvement with automakers ... Listen Here
Auto-finance leaders on growth, risk & recovery
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:07 PM
It’s a question any business must answer, but it’s especially important in auto finance. How do you balance growth and risk? A trio of industry executives — Mike Goins of TD Bank, Jeff Marsh of Millennium Capital and Recovery and ... Listen Here

Cox Automotive predicts ‘significant’ climb in repo volume

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Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, 04:11 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Cox Automotive estimates that repossession volume will make a “significant” rise in 2021 compared to last year. According to data shared during Friday’s Cox Automotive Industry Insights 2021 presentation, repossession volume in 2020 softened to the lowest level in five ... [Read More]

Report: Value consumers get for GAP coverage continues to rise

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Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, 03:59 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A report compiled by AmTrust Financial Services showed how much value consumers are getting from F&I products, especially guaranteed asset protection (GAP) coverage as well as owners who operate their vehicles where weather and road conditions are poor. The AmTrust ... [Read More]

Remitter USA now has new CEO & VP of sales

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Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, 04:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Remitter USA is beginning its journey through 2021 with revamped leadership, including a new chief executive officer and vice president of sales. Now overseeing the white-labeled digital communications platform powered by artificial intelligence that can help finance companies maximize revenue ... [Read More]

PPP restarts this week by SBA & Treasury

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Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, 03:57 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week’s restart of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) could benefit dealerships and finance companies directly if they choose to apply for and are granted loans through this federal program. Or PPP could provide a trickle-down effect for stores and ... [Read More]

Protective Asset Protection finalizes acquisition of Revolos to enhance F&I portfolio

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Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, 02:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Here’s another update to start 2021 from our busy mergers and acquisitions desk. Protective Life Corp., overseer of Protective Asset Protection and a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Dai-ichi Life Holdings, announced this week it completed the transaction to acquire ... [Read More]

DriveItAway joins effort to end ‘Poverty of the Carless’

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Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, 07:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A 2019 study published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research examined how vehicle ownership and income are directly related to poverty, coining the term, “Poverty of the Carless.” During the past 60 years, the study indicated all advances ... [Read More]

Edmunds data shows widening gap between new and used financing metrics

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Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, 04:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The financing metrics Edmunds compiled and shared this week might have reinforced why more budget-limited consumers likely made a used-vehicle purchase rather than going for a new model. According to Edmunds data, December financed new-car purchases represented the highest average ... [Read More]

Sonsio & Evolution by Dent Wizard complete merger of protection & warranty providers

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Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, 04:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The new year is opening with mergers coming to fruition. On the heels of a development involving First Investors Financial Services, Sonsio, a leading provider of vehicle protection and warranty programs to the automotive aftermarket, announced its merger with Evolution, ... [Read More]

About 100 recommendations surface from CFPB taskforce on consumer financial law

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Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, 04:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A year-long project commissioned by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau produced quite a rundown of suggestions for the regulator as well as state and federal lawmakers and agencies on how they could improve. The CFPB Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial ... [Read More]

First Investors completes merger with 2 investment firms

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Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, 04:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A merger Financial Services Group first revealed in October now is closed, according to an announcement on Tuesday. First Investors said the acquisition of the subprime auto finance company by funds affiliated with Gallatin Point Capital and minority investor Jacobs ... [Read More]
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