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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

COMMENTARY: Getting consumers’ payments back on track

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Wednesday, Jul. 8, 2020, 02:46 PM
Louis Ochoa, Servicing Solutions
According to the recently released S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, United States auto loan defaults dropped 10 basis points to 0.56% in May. This comes on the heels of the release of Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance Market Report, ... [Read More]

Turner Acceptance partners with TurboPass to boost underwriting

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Tuesday, Jul. 7, 2020, 04:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Turner Acceptance is bringing on some technology reinforcement to help the subprime auto finance company navigate its way through underwriting during the coronavirus pandemic. This week, Turner Acceptance finalized a strategic partnership with TurboPass to leverage its universal income validation ... [Read More]

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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

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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4 finance signs of coronavirus-driven surge toward used vehicles

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Tuesday, Jul. 7, 2020, 02:08 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating consumers’ recognition of more favorable financing terms in connection with used vehicles among other benefits of acquiring a pre-owned model instead of a new car. That’s among the latest findings shared on Tuesday by Edmunds, ... [Read More]

CFPB, OCC to host virtual innovation office hours

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Monday, Jul. 6, 2020, 03:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Like so many shops connected with auto financing, federal regulators are working in virtual environments, too. Just before the holiday weekend, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced they will ... [Read More]

Finance companies find 2 ways to trim risk on June new-car paper

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Wednesday, Jul. 1, 2020, 04:10 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While the cost of new vehicles continues to climb, the newest data from Edmunds indicated finance companies are finding ways to mitigate their risk when booking new-model paper. On Wednesday, Edmunds experts reported the average down payment for new vehicles ... [Read More]

Portfolio finalizes acquisition of National Automotive Experts and NWAN

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Wednesday, Jul. 1, 2020, 04:06 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Portfolio has officially acquired National Automotive Experts and NWAN, uniting two leaders in the F&I product provider, administration and reinsurance space and closing an agreement initially announced in March.  Portfolio president and chief executive officer Brent Griggs noted the world ... [Read More]

APC spots surge in post-delivery VSC sales because of COVID-19

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Wednesday, Jul. 1, 2020, 03:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While the coronavirus pandemic has created plenty of headaches for dealerships, the ramifications appear to be creating at least one opportunity for store F&I departments. Sales of vehicle service contracts post-sale first spiked in March and then again in April ... [Read More]

RISC offers another month of free education and RISC Pro Membership

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Wednesday, Jul. 1, 2020, 03:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
RISC said it understands the COVID-19 pandemic continues to keep the collateral recovery industry from getting back to any kind of normalcy. In light of the challenges that repossession agencies are going through, RISC recently decided to extend its fee ... [Read More]

23 AGs celebrate Supreme Court retaining their ‘powerful tools’ in CFPB decision

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Tuesday, Jun. 30, 2020, 02:18 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
More reaction rolled in stemming from Monday’s Supreme Court decision involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. While some legal experts are pondering long-term ramifications of the decision, nearly half of the attorneys general in the U.S. celebrated because the Supreme ... [Read More]

Questions remain after Supreme Court rules in CFPB director case

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Monday, Jun. 29, 2020, 07:53 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau still exists even after a noteworthy Supreme Court decision arrived on Monday involving its director. However, the handwringing about how the agency operates and can wield its regulatory influence over auto finance and other segments ... [Read More]
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