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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
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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
Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars
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
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New way of tracking affordability from Cox Automotive & Moody’s Analytics
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, 04:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Cox Automotive and Moody’s Analytics are trying to use their collective brainpower to create a new way of analyzing and tracking vehicle affordability. The companies recently launched what they’re calling the Vehicle Affordability Index, which is designed to quantify price ... [Read More]
CFPB roundup: Final advisory opinions policy & 5 new executives
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, 04:09 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with making five additions to its executive team, this week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its final advisory opinions policy. In making the move publicly, the CFPB said it was looking to address regulatory uncertainty in the bureau’s ... [Read More]
FCC chair to leave agency in January
Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, 07:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The chair of the Federal Communications Commission plans to leave the regulator when the next president is inaugurated. On Monday, FCC chairman Ajit Pai announced that he intends to leave the agency on Jan. 20 after holding the chair position ... [Read More]
Credit Acceptance & Flagship each receive workplace accolades
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, 03:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The coronavirus pandemic certainly has impacted the workplace and made completing day-to-day tasks challenging at times. Credit Acceptance and Flagship Credit Acceptance not only have overcome those obstacles, each finance company recently received honors for the quality of its work ... [Read More]
USEA shares its view of journey to consent order with CFPB
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, 03:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In a message sent to SubPrime Auto Finance News on Tuesday, U.S. Equity Advantage (USEA) and chief executive officer Robert Steenbergh explained how they ended up entering into a consent order with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau when the payment ... [Read More]
Wolters Kluwer rolls out fourth phase of revamped global website
Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, 04:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Monday, Wolters Kluwer released the fourth phase of its revamped website; a process that began in June aimed at offering a unified digital experience for visitors. Wolters Kluwer highlighted its website focuses on showcasing expert solutions and the company’s ... [Read More]
CFPB finalizes another consent order with auto-payment processor; this time involving $9.3M
Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, 04:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For the second time this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a consent order with a firm involved with auto-finance payments. And similar to the one the CFPB reached at the beginning of November, bureau officials see the possibility ... [Read More]
Three ABS observers all arrive at two conclusions about current auto-finance market
Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, 04:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings, Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) and S&P Global Ratings each offered perspectives on the securitization market this week. After sharing metrics their analysts gathered, each firm pointed to two trends moving in opposite directions. All three highlighted how ... [Read More]
From the editor: What trends might remain intact — even during COVID-19
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, 04:01 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
When taken together as I did this morning, a quartet of assertions made by TransUnion, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, the U.S. Department of Labor and Edmunds executive director of insights Jessica Caldwell described how topsy-turvy this pandemic has made the ... [Read More]
How short some households are at meeting monthly obligations because of COVID-19
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, 04:53 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The most recent TransUnion financial hardship survey conducted in late October pinpointed how short of funds individuals and families financially impacted by the pandemic are toward meeting their monthly obligations. According to the online survey of 3,100 adults conducted by ... [Read More]
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