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Auto-finance leaders on growth, risk & recovery
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:07 PM
It’s a question any business must answer, but it’s especially important in auto finance. How do you balance growth and risk? A trio of industry executives — Mike Goins of TD Bank, Jeff Marsh of Millennium Capital and Recovery and ... Listen Here
Expectations for repossessions in the US & Canada with Purr’s Chris Schellenberger
Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, 07:48 PM
Purr founder and CEO Chris Schellenberger opened Used Car Week 2025 on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics. Schellenberger, whose unique business model offers a retail consignment platform for repossessed vehicles, discussed what the repo industry could be ... Listen Here
Robert Guerrero of ClaimBuyout on inventory opportunities for dealers via repairable vehicles
Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, 07:19 PM
Robert Guerrero spent nearly 14 years as an executive with Insurance Auto Auctions, so he understands the complexities of damaged vehicles, distraught owners, auto insurers and repair shops. Now as the president and co-founder of ClaimBuyout, Guerrero explained how damaged ... Listen Here

February auto defaults drop by 10 basis points

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Tuesday, Mar. 17, 2020, 02:07 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Here’s some encouraging news amid all of the economic turmoil caused by COVID-19. The auto segment of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices showed a significant decline in February. On Tuesday, Dow Jones Indices and Experian released their data through ... [Read More]

UPDATED: How the auto-finance sector is handling COVID-19

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Monday, Mar. 16, 2020, 06:09 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The auto-finance industry and related service providers are taking an array of steps to handle the implications of COVID-19. Cherokee Media Group reached out to several firms to collect updates. If your company would like its announcement to be added to ... [Read More]

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Fed slashes interest rates amid COVID-19 impact

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Monday, Mar. 16, 2020, 01:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With circumstances changing so quickly, the Federal Reserve on Sunday afternoon cut interest rates to zero percent and announced it would purchase $700 billion in bonds and securities to help stabilize the financial system in light of COVID-19. Policymakers were ... [Read More]

ARA postpones annual convention, NARS 2020

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Friday, Mar. 13, 2020, 02:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Add the North American Repossessors Summit (NARS) to this list of industry events being forced to modify its schedule due to the increased risk associated with COVID-19. The American Recovery Association sent a message late on Thursday, saying the organization ... [Read More]

Ignite Consulting hosting free webinar focused on COVID-19 ramifications

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Friday, Mar. 13, 2020, 02:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
UPDATE: A recorded version of this webinar is now available. With dealerships and finance companies facing an array of unknown variables connected with increased risk associated with COVID-19, Ignite Consulting Partners is hosting a free webinar to help managers navigate ... [Read More]

From the editor: Consolidation predictions continue to be accurate

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Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2020, 07:55 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Press releases arrive in the inboxes of us here at Cherokee Media Group throughout each business day. Most times, comments from executives contained in these releases focus on flowery language about the company’s newest product or executive. However, the opening ... [Read More]

PAR Repo 360 Advantage expands after successful pilot

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Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2020, 03:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
After sharpening the solution for nearly a year, PAR North America is ready to broaden the availability of a service aimed at enhancing the wholesaling of repossessed vehicles. The KAR Global business unit on Tuesday announced the expansion of its ... [Read More]

White Clarke Group partners with Solutions by Text

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Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2020, 03:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
White Clarke Group and Solutions by Text are now working together to provide a fast, more convenient means of regular communication among finance companies, dealerships and their customers. This week, the finance technology company and the automated SMS software provider ... [Read More]

Whistleblowers could land as much as $10M through new CFPB proposal

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Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2020, 03:05 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau explained how it potentially could be quite monetarily worthwhile for someone to be a whistleblower. In fact, it could be as much as $10 million worthwhile in funds from the company found guilty of infractions ... [Read More]

5 factors expected to influence auto ABS in 2020

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Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2020, 02:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with reviewing some of its 2019 metrics connected with the subprime auto asset-backed securities market, Fitch Ratings shared the five factors that analysts anticipate to have an impact throughout the securitization market this year. Analysts described these five factors ... [Read More]
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