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Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here

Constant launches fintech solution geared for servicing after modifications

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Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, 02:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fintech and automated loss mitigation provider Constant rolled out an enhancement to its solution aimed at helping finance companies limit delinquencies and charge-offs as they navigate through modifications offered because of the coronavirus pandemic. The company launched AutoCare, a module ... [Read More]

COMMENTARY: How COVID-19 has re-written the auto-finance playbook, possibly forever

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Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, 02:51 PM
Jim Houston, J.D. Power
Auto dealers around the country have embraced the unthinkable during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are now offering online sales. Roughly 85% of General Motors dealers were signed up to offer the manufacturer’s “Shop Click Drive” e-commerce program by May of ... [Read More]

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The ART of AI: A Dealership Guide to Deploying AI With Confidence

AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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Turn Battery Risk Into Trust: Your Edge in the Used EV Market

Independent battery health certification is the new gold standard for used EV dealerships. The latest AVILOO detect Magazine reveals how...
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How GMs Start Their Day with Mastermind & Make More Deals

Successful General Managers know that how you start the day sets the tone for dealership performance. This checklist outlines the...
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Rising Repos, Shrinking Margins: A Guide to Reduce Collections and Servicing Costs with AI Agents

As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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Out-of-State Titling: 12 Steps Every Title Clerk Should Follow (The Easy Way)

Out-of-state titling isn’t easy. With every state having different DMV requirements, document packets, and deadlines, it’s easy for mistakes to...
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Free Guide: How Smart Dealers Can Profit from Customer Car Insurance

Turn Customer Auto Insurance into Dealership Profit If you're not profiting from auto insurance in your dealership, now’s the time...
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Go In-House With Your Photos

Your Photo Vendor Didn’t Show Up Again? Let’s Fix That. Stop relying on vendors and start owning your inventory. This...
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The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI

The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI highlights key questions dealership leaders should ask technology partners during the selection...
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7 groups caution lawmakers about possible ramifications of credit reporting prohibition during COVID-19

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Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The coronavirus pandemic certainly has disrupted so many parts of finance-company operations. But a group of seven industry organizations, including the American Financial Services Association, is urging federal lawmakers to make sure the pandemic impact doesn’t spread to one of ... [Read More]

PODCAST: More field stories about collections in COVID-19 world

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Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, 03:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Payix co-founders Chris Chestnut and Preston Cecil made their debut on the Auto Remarketing Podcast and shared an array of observations and anecdotes from their clients about how finance companies are handling collections during the coronavirus pandemic. Chestnut and Cecil ... [Read More]

Edmunds, Equifax spot some consistency in latest finance metrics

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Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, 03:14 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
How about this for a change in our coronavirus-impacted world? Experts noticed some consistency in the latest auto-finance trends. According to July auto-finance data Edmunds compiled and shared with SubPrime Auto Finance News, metrics such as term and the amount ... [Read More]

Lindsay Automotive unveils F&I tool aimed to improve 6 parts of vehicle delivery

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Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, 03:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Lindsay Automotive launched a post-sale, pre-F&I vehicle delivery system for dealers on Monday that is aimed at six potential friction points that can curtail store revenue and customer satisfaction. Created by dealership owner Steve Lindsay in collaboration with industry veterans Chip King ... [Read More]

CFPB seeks public input to reduce credit discrimination, boost ECOA

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Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, 03:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with its director giving testimony to both House and Senate committees, last week also included the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issuing a request for information (RFI) to seek public input on how best to create a regulatory environment that ... [Read More]

GWC Warranty broadens coverage options for older & high-line models

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Friday, Jul. 31, 2020, 01:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Have a 2001 model that still looks sharp, runs nicely and remains a great option to attach F&I products? Now dealers that use GWC Warranty have that option among a host of other potential ways to generate finance-office revenue. This week, ... [Read More]

Finance companies remain cautious as unemployment keeps growing

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Thursday, Jul. 30, 2020, 03:22 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Ally Financial and Santander Consumer USA are just two examples of what Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke said finance companies have been doing for the past four months amid the coronavirus pandemic. Smoke said underwriting has tightened since April. Perhaps ... [Read More]

National Auto Care acquires Diversified Management Group

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Tuesday, Jul. 28, 2020, 08:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
National Auto Care broadened its F&I portfolio this week. National Auto Care chief executive officer Tony Wanderon and Chris Weber and James Jodison, the principals of Diversified Management Group (DMG), announced that National Auto Care has acquired DMG. DMG is ... [Read More]
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