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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

DOWC unveils protection plan for trades involved in accidents

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Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2020, 04:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Your potential customer has what could be a great trade; a vehicle that will stand tall on the front line and probably turn quickly. But then that vehicle is involved in an accident. To help all parties involved, Dealer Owned ... [Read More]

Experian: Prime paper continues to rise in used financing

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Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2020, 04:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experienced dealership managers and finance company executives might remember a juncture when subprime permeated much of used-vehicle financing. People with softer credit profiles opted for less-expensive used vehicles with a contract they could manage and risk that the provider deemed ... [Read More]

UPDATED: Impact surprise Fed rate cut could leave on auto financing

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Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2020, 08:48 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The Federal Reserve sensed the U.S. economy is becoming ill stemming from the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, so policymakers made the surprise move on Tuesday by cutting the target range for the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to 1.00% ... [Read More]

February average ARPs remain stable as retail prices climb again

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Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2020, 04:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As purchase preferences continue to skew toward SUVs and trucks, pushing average prices higher, Edmunds noticed what those buyers are being charged to finance that acquisition remained stable in February. Edmunds reported on Tuesday the average interest rate for new-vehicle ... [Read More]

Two former NY Hyundai store managers indicted for elaborate $1.5M fraud scheme involving Chase

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Monday, Mar. 2, 2020, 03:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
New York authorities recently indicted a pair of former managers at an Empire State Hyundai dealership, alleging they defrauded the franchised store and JPMorgan Chase of more than $1.5 million. Westchester County District Attorney Anthony Scarpino Jr. announced that James Castellano ... [Read More]

New York AG: Automotive ranks third in 2019 consumer complaints

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Monday, Mar. 2, 2020, 03:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
New York Attorney General Letitia James opened National Consumer Protection Week on Monday by releasing the list of top 10 consumer fraud complaints received by her office in 2019. Automotive complaints didn’t top the list, the attorney general indicated issues ... [Read More]

New Digital Air Strike tool leverages credit data to pinpoint best vehicle for potential buyer

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Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, 03:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Digital Air Strike rolled out two new tools earlier this month, one specifically aimed at shortening the time of vehicle delivery when financing is involved. After 10 years of monitoring and managing consumer sentiment, Digital Air Strike said it has ... [Read More]

Carleton addresses 3 questions connected with financing and Leap Year

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Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, 03:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Friday is Feb. 28, but it’s not the last day of February as 2020 is a Leap Year, adding an extra day in the second month of the year. To help finance companies consider an array of potential issues stemming from this ... [Read More]

UPDATED: NADA, NIADA & AFSA cheer DOD’s decision involving Military Lending Act and GAP

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Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, 07:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealerships and finance companies now again can cater to servicemembers and their families just like any other civilian customers who finance a vehicle purchase. According to a news release distributed on Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Department of Defense has granted ... [Read More]

Top 25 cities financing oldest used vehicles

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Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, 03:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In its newest study of used-vehicle sales, LendingTree analyzed more than 600,000 auto-finance queries from prospective contract holders in the top 100 U.S. metro areas based on population. Analysts found the city with residents financing the oldest used vehicle on average ... [Read More]
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