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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

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]

2 more repo agencies merge into ART Asset Adjusters

ART merger update for web

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, 06:49 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Last month, ART Asset Adjusters came to fruition as the result of merging six repossession and recovery agencies serving California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. On Tuesday, ART Asset Adjusters expanded its footprint into Texas by merging two ... [Read More]

One View launches tool for dealers to store and track contracts

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Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, 04:18 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Dealerships ask their customers to complete and sign a wide array of contracts during the financing and delivery processes. This week, One View rolled out a solution to help dealerships keep track of contracts they sign. The auto industry-specific data ... [Read More]

NAC completes fourth independent F&I agency acquisition of 2020

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Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, 04:16 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Make that four acquisitions so far this year for National Auto Care. NAC, which has provided F&I products, administration, consulting services, training and marketing support to independent agents, insurance companies, financial institutions, third-party administrators and credit unions for more than ... [Read More]

National Auto Care completes third F&I agency acquisition since July

NAC chief executive officer Tony Wanderon for web

Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, 03:47 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

This year’s turmoil certainly isn’t slowing acquisition activity by National Auto Care. This week, NAC announced its third acquisition since July, finalizing a deal to secure Assurance Marketing, Inc., an independent automotive F&I agency based in Oklahoma that has provided ... [Read More]

2 crucial ramifications from Nissan’s settlement with CFPB

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Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, 03:41 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Ignite Consulting Partners chief legal and compliance officer Steve Levine explained two of the most important potential ramifications stemming from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s settlement with Nissan’s captive finance company. To recap, the bureau said it found several violations ... [Read More]

Auto-finance credit performance wobbles as weekly jobless claims stay near 1 million

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Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, 03:04 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) spotted weakening credit performance during the August collection period when analysts examined September auto-finance remittance reports. And the latest unemployment update from the U.S. Department of Labor showed that initial claims for unemployment benefits arriving ... [Read More]

50 more modules added to Assurant Virtual Learning Platform

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Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, 02:08 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Dealership F&I personnel now have more training options from Assurant. The firm recently expanded its content library by adding 50 new “soft skill” modules to the Assurant Virtual Learning Platform, an on-demand eLearning system. “During these unprecedented times, we wanted ... [Read More]

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