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SPONSORED EPISODE: Path to stable inventory & price transparency as potential car buyers see uncertain world
Monday, Apr. 6, 2026, 01:13 PM
James Virgoe, senior vice president and managing director of GWC Warranty, appeared on another special sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast at a time when domestic and foreign turbulences have added even more complexities to the car business. Virgoe ... Listen Here
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 07:01 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners wrap up with Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president, automotive and mortgage business leader at TransUnion. Merchant recollected how his interest in data started when studying statistics on the back ... Listen Here
Top Reasons Dealers can benefit by attending the Used Car Summit
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:27 PM
On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits has a conversation with Vanessa Rocha, VP, All-American Bonds and Insurance and a Board member with the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association. Vanessa speaks to some of the big issues ... Listen Here

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]

CFPB roundup: Bureau penalizes SCUSA over credit reporting

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Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, 04:54 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It turned out to be an active holiday season at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Along with naming two new staff members and reaching a consent order with a provider of personal loans, the CFPB also penalized Santander Consumer USA ... [Read More]

Westlake enters $400M facility & partners with NXCR for vehicle subscriptions

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Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, 03:01 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Westlake Financial certainly appears to see immense value in the potential of subscriptions of used vehicles, saying that they might be at the development stage where leasing sat four decades ago. In fact, the company pegged that possible value at ... [Read More]

Fed reiterates push to keep credit flowing during pandemic

Jerome Powell in Dec 2020
Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, 03:56 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Finance companies likely remember what happened during the Great Recession 12 years ago when the credit market seized up as bad a car engine without oil. The Federal Reserve reiterated the significant steps it’s taking to ensure finance companies have ... [Read More]

Kennedy, McCook & Altes on deck for upcoming ARA webinar

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Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, 09:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Leaders of the American Recovery Association are looking to provide members with another vital information update before the year closes. ARA’s Dave Kennedy, Les McCook and Patrick Altes will be hosting an open industry webinar on Thursday to give their ... [Read More]

PODCAST: COVID-19 impact on F&I presentations

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Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, 09:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AUL Corp. senior vice president of agency and dealer sales Paul McCarthy makes his debut on the podcast to describe how dealerships have pivoted their F&I marketing and presentations in light of the pandemic’s impact on vehicle sales. McCarthy also ... [Read More]

Auto-default rise reaches 5 consecutive months

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Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, 04:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto defaults are moving counter to other credit segments. Auto defaults rose for the fifth consecutive month in November, according to the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, but they are still below the reading that analysts pinpointed before the pandemic ... [Read More]

Kraninger lists more than 70 CFPB accomplishments during second year as director

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Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, 04:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Last Friday, Kathleen Kraninger celebrated her second-year anniversary as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by highlighting more than 70 accomplishments by the regulator during the past 12 months. “In these challenging times, I’m proud of the work that ... [Read More]

Cox Automotive unveils Dealertrack Credit Availability Index

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Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, 04:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cox Automotive recently launched a new industry measurement called the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index that’s geared to track how the auto-finance market is trending. For the first installment, analysts discovered credit availability continued to improve in November for all types ... [Read More]

Wolters Kluwer to acquire eOriginal in all-cash deal

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Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, 03:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The rush of mergers and acquisitions to close 2020 continued on Thursday with a development involving Wolters Kluwer and eOriginal. According to a news release, Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) has signed an agreement to acquire eOriginal, a ... [Read More]

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