A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
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Repo Roundtable gives agents opportunity to educate lenders
In another session during Used Car Week 2025 that filled a room to near capacity, the Repo Roundtable is now available through this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Led by Lauren Kimbrell of Advanced Collateral Recovery, five other repossession ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026, 05:44 PM
4 experts on dealer M&A, retail buy-sell landscape
Dealership acquisitions and ownership changes seem to surface multiple times per week nowadays. How those deals come to fruition was the focus of a Used Car Week 2025 panel discussion led by Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby. Sharing their insights ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, 05:32 PM
3 lender executives on affordability & more in auto finance
Used Car Week 2025 featured a panel focused on the state of auto finance. Led by Jennifer Martin of the NAF Association, Christopher Mitcham of Santander Consumer USA, Mary Leigh Phillips of Bridgecrest Acceptance and Amy Brooks of Chase Auto ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, 05:09 PM
Carleton addresses 3 questions connected with financing and Leap Year
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
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]
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist
Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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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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Top 25 cities financing oldest used vehicles
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]
DealerSocket revamped financing menu fueled by F&I Express integration
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, 04:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A refreshed F&I menu was part of the newest innovations rolled out by DealerSocket at the 2020 NADA Show. That menu is connected with DealerSocket’s PrecisePrice digital retail solution and stems from an integration with F&I Express and its Express ... [Read More]
RoadVantage hires experienced rental-car professional as new operations support manager
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, 04:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
RoadVantage named its new operations support manager this week, choosing a professional with extensive experience in the rental-car industry. The F&I product provider hired Mark Johnson, who RoadVantage described as an innovative operations professional and a visionary leader with a ... [Read More]
CFPB considering more rules involving time-barred debt disclosures
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, 04:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shared their latest action involving collections and time-barred debt disclosures. The bureau issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (supplemental NPRM) regarding the collection of time-barred debt. The bureau proposes to prohibit collectors ... [Read More]
TransUnion: Outstanding contracts top 83 million to close 2019
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, 04:08 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The latest TransUnion data gives crystal clear evidence to show just how much the auto-finance market has grown during the past three years. Analysts reported 2016 closed with 75.8 million contracts in portfolios. By the close of this past year, ... [Read More]
AFIP gives annual scholarship during NADA Show 2020
Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, 04:18 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Association of Finance & Insurance Professionals (AFIP) recently handed out its Jakob Murray Lange Memorial Scholarship. This year’s recipient honored during the annual Northwood University Dealer Education Awards breakfast at NADA Show 2020 in Las Vegas was Katie DeMarse, ... [Read More]
Assurant highlights capabilities of Virtual Coach for dealership F&I personnel
Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, 04:16 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Assurant is looking to help dealership employees in the finance department stay sharp. The company recently launched Virtual Coach, a simulated, interactive classroom experience as part of the Assurant Virtual Learning Platform. The new programs are from the Assurant Performance ... [Read More]
Nicholas acquires $19M of Platinum’s active portfolio
Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, 05:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
One subprime auto finance company is absorbing much of the portfolio of another provider. On Thursday, Nicholas Financial announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Platinum Auto Finance to acquire approximately $19 million of Platinum’s active and ... [Read More]
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