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Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial

Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM

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

Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM

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

Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM

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

Darwin, SWDS partner to boost F&I and digital retail sales platform

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Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, 04:32 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

SouthWest Dealer Services finalized a strategic partnership with Darwin Automotive last week. The provider of F&I and anti-theft programs as well as related training services for dealerships announced its new connection with Darwin to expand SWDS’ digital retail sales platform ... [Read More]

CFPB releases final rule to implement FDCPA

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Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, 04:31 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau offered collections and compliance professionals some light reading just before the weekend. It’s mere a 653-page document to update a regulation first passed four decades ago that has taken regulatory officials seven years to get to ... [Read More]

TransUnion blends income & employment verification into credit report

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Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, 02:57 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Perhaps nowadays more than ever, risk decisions are based on consumer income and employment information to grasp a potential retail installment contract holder’s ability to pay This week, TransUnion rolled out a new seamless and real-time service to provide finance ... [Read More]

AUL reinforces software development team

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Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, 02:32 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

This week, AUL Corp. welcomed industry veteran Corey Ginsberg as the F&I provider’s new software development manager to lead the company’s team building custom applications. The company said Ginsberg’s experience and technical expertise will help AUL remain an industry leader ... [Read More]

LocateSmarter welcomes ‘SkipGuru’ as director of training and development

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Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, 02:05 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The “SkipGuru” has embarked on his next professional challenge. Alex Price, the frequent Used Car Week speaker and skip-tracing expert widely known as the “SkipGuru,” joined LocateSmarter, a data and analytics company, as director of training and development in a ... [Read More]

FTC launches new website to report consumer fraud

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Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, 03:18 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

With consumer fraud incidents on the rise — especially through a scam that started on social media — the Federal Trade Commission recently launched a new reporting system. Highlighting automotive as one of the primary segments in its opening campaign, ... [Read More]

Experian spots ‘promising signs’ of consumer credit management

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Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, 02:19 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Experian’s latest analysis of the credit world showed what experts are calling “promising signs of responsible credit management,” which could benefit auto financing, too. That assertion came among the key findings from Experian’s 11th annual State of Credit report, which ... [Read More]

S&P Global Ratings sees contract extensions continue to decline

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Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, 03:55 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

S&P Global Ratings discovered contract extensions in both the prime and subprime credit segments are trending lower, according to its latest report released on Friday. Analysts found that extensions in U.S. public auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) declined for the ... [Read More]

AUL executive receives Latino business leadership award

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Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, 03:01 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

An executive who has been with AUL Corp. for nearly 20 years has been honored with a Latino Business Leadership Award by the North Bay Business Journal as part of the publication’s fifth annual competition. AUL financial reporting and analysis ... [Read More]

PODCAST: RISC CEO about Program LIFT to support teens

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Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, 03:11 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

RISC chief executive officer Stamatis Ferarolis appeared on the Auto Remarketing Podcast not only to share his observations about the repossession and recovery industry, but also to describe a new project to help a demographic impacted significantly by the pandemic. ... [Read More]

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