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This Month's Focus

Artificial Intelligence

Kia Georgia leverages AI drones to save money and time on onerous fence patrols

Tuesday, May. 26, 2026, 03:02 PM

A 14.2-mile interior fence. Tough terrain. Multiple security personnel. Two or three vehicles churned from wear and tear annually. A looming United States Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) audit in jeopardy. These were the challenges Kia Georgia faced because ... Read More

Impel, Phyron launch AI systems to drive customer engagement through dealership video

Thursday, May. 21, 2026, 02:34 PM

When it comes to capturing customer engagement, video is king. But the busy world of a car dealership isn’t necessarily the best environment for consistently creating effective video content. “Video sells. We’ve known that for years,” said Paul Hepp, director ... Read More

Alfa Recon leverages AI to strengthen data migration

Monday, May. 18, 2026, 11:11 AM

Alfa, provider of Alfa Systems, strengthened its data migration toolbox last week with the launch of Alfa Recon, a new artificial intelligence-enabled reconciliation module. Designed to help customers migrate legacy data and acquired portfolios to Alfa Systems more quickly, more ... Read More

TransUnion on intriguing trends involving used cars sold in 2025

Tuesday, May. 26, 2026, 06:42 PM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. During previous events hosted by Cherokee Media Group, TJ ... Listen Here

Experian Automotive on using data the right way to protect used-car profits

Friday, May. 22, 2026, 10:50 AM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. During a candid conversation with Cherokee Media Group’s Andrew ... Listen Here

Closing the appraisal divide with Brad Kokesh of TraXtion

Friday, May. 22, 2026, 10:38 AM

We continue our episodes of the Auto Remarketing Podcast originating from the Live Stage, which was sponsored by SYCN Auto Logistics, during the Used Car Industry Summit in Miami this spring. This conversation features Cherokee Media Group’s Andrew Friedlander and ... Listen Here

iA Financial Group finalizes $720M acquisition of IAS

acquisition

Friday, May. 29, 2020, 01:50 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

An acquisition in the F&I space first announced back in December came to a conclusion this week. Officials from iA Financial Corp., the holding company of iA Financial Group, said they have finalized the acquisition of IAS Parent Holdings Inc. and its ... [Read More]

NY Honda dealer settles discrimination allegation from FTC for $1.5M

Federal Trade Commission

Thursday, May. 28, 2020, 02:26 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Discrimination allegations from the Federal Trade Commission against a New York City dealer resulted in a $1.5 million settlement. The FTC announced this week that Bronx Honda and general manager Carlo Fittanto will pay $1.5 million to settle charges they ... [Read More]

Repossession industry reinforces tenuous position with Repo Alliance, ARA whitepaper

capitol hill

Wednesday, May. 27, 2020, 04:24 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The repossession industry is taking swift action to position itself to survive the dire situation intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic. First, the American Recovery Association (ARA) started an initiative several weeks ago that’s resulted in the Repo Alliance, a fundraising ... [Read More]

Protective Asset Protection’s online dealer training now available

training

Wednesday, May. 27, 2020, 04:22 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Perhaps you cannot go to your local public library, but Protective Asset Protection recently made its library of professional development training courses available to all dealership personnel and agents. The provider of F&I programs as well as services and dealer ... [Read More]

Allied Solutions, RDN finalize partnership

Anne Holtzman at UCW

Wednesday, May. 27, 2020, 03:16 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Allied Solutions and Recovery Database Network (RDN) not only operate in the same Indianapolis suburb, but the companies now are partners since they both seek to help auto-finance companies in the same area of their operations. Allied Solutions, one of the ... [Read More]

PODCAST: How TransUnion will monitor auto-finance health going forward

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Tuesday, May. 26, 2020, 01:33 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Like so many individuals, TransUnion described the auto-finance industry as healthy before the coronavirus pandemic arrived in earnest more than two months ago. And in a special episode of the podcast, TransUnion senior vice president and automotive business leader Satyan ... [Read More]

RISC extends waiver of membership-education subscription fees through July 1

new RISC image for web

Friday, May. 22, 2020, 03:28 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

After nearly two months of COVID-19 related ordinances and regulations, RISC acknowledged the repossession industry has not opened up in all areas, continuing to pressure recovery agency owners and their staff financially. RISC wants to support agents during this crisis ... [Read More]

Credit Acceptance CEO credits workforce for navigating COVID-19 thus far

credit acceptance image for web

Friday, May. 22, 2020, 03:20 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

After being delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Credit Acceptance Corp. plans to return from Memorial Day weekend and share its first-quarter results on Wednesday. Earlier this week, the subprime auto finance company gave a glimpse of how it’s ... [Read More]

Auto defaults drop to 10-year low even as jobless claims approach 39M

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Thursday, May. 21, 2020, 02:08 PM

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor

For the second month in a row, the auto-finance portion of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices for April dropped to the lowest level in 10 years, even as the U.S. Department of Labor said another 2,438,000 workers made initial ... [Read More]

ANALYSIS: Examining Top 8 collateral-recovery challenges

problems and solutions

Wednesday, May. 20, 2020, 03:51 PM

Joel Kennedy, NAF Association

Editor’s note: This commentary is the second in a series compiled by Joel Kennedy, who is the current president of the National Automotive Finance Association and board adviser at TruDecision, looking at the intricacies of repossessions and recovery. The first segment ... [Read More]

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