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Bain Survey: Few Companies Ready for Sustainability Rules (24%) Building on three-year partnership, Bain invests in OpenAI Deployment Company
Wednesday, May. 13, 2026, 12:13 PM
Bain & Company today announced an investment in the Deployment Company, a new venture launched by OpenAI with 19 global partners. According to a news release, the OpenAI Deployment Company is built to help businesses deploy artificial intelligence across their ... Read More
EY study shows Canadians still cautious about AI but using it more for everyday activities
Monday, May. 11, 2026, 03:00 PM
This artificial intelligence is pretty smart, eh? That sentiment might be held by at least some Canadians who are already embedding AI into everyday decisions, often in ways that extend beyond simple assistance into early autonomy, even while concerns about ... Read More
Carfluent’s new AI tool helps dealerships beat aggregators in searches
Monday, May. 11, 2026, 09:51 AM
A growing percentage of consumers now use artificial intelligence as what marketplace Cars.com describes as a “trusted co-pilot” in their search for a vehicle to purchase. Meanwhile, other studies suggest that dealership websites are not visible to many of those ... Read More
Tiger Okeley describes what it’s like for BHPH dealers during another turbulent year
Tuesday, May. 12, 2026, 01:47 PM
Tiger Okeley is the executive board member of Oak Motors, a buy-here, pay-here dealership that’s been in business for more than 40 years in central Indiana. Having seen boom times, recessions, and more, Okeley shared his insight to help owners ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: Know your Buyer & Grow your Lot
Tuesday, May. 12, 2026, 09:20 AM
In this insightful episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Auto Trader and KBB executives Elizabeth Stegall and David Lumpkin share findings gleaned from Cox Automotive’s unique research into shoppers who buy from Independent Dealers. Learn how shifting buyer expectations connect ... Listen Here
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here

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

sonsio for web
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

CFPB building
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]

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

NXCR and Westlake for web
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]

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