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Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars

Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM

Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Clark Jr., operations manager of C& C Cars in Pinellas Park, Fla. Clark is a third-generation dealer and helps run the family business ... Listen Here

Industry Elite: Chuck Tapp of America’s Group

Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 01:04 PM

Next up on our series with the inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honorees is America’s Group CEO Chuck Tapp. In this episode, we revisit Tapp’s fireside chat with Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits at Used Car Week 2025. They ... Listen Here

Industry Elite: Grace Huang of Cox Automotive

Thursday, Mar. 19, 2026, 04:49 PM

Kicking off our podcasts with the inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honorees is a conversation with Grace Huang, president of Cox Automotive Inventory Solutions. Huang talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about her journey from business consultant ... Listen Here

6 association ask for CECL implementation pause

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Monday, Mar. 23, 2020, 06:42 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The American Bankers Association. American Financial Services Association and the Consumer Bankers Association represented half of the industry groups that sent a letter on Sunday to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to delay implementation of the Current Expected Credit ... [Read More]

Experian returning to Twitter to offer education program amid COVID-19

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Monday, Mar. 23, 2020, 02:39 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Along with many finance companies offering their own programs, Experian also is accelerating and enhancing its financial education in response to the urgent and rapid changes associated with COVID-19. With expected delays in bill payments, unprecedented layoffs, hiring freezes and ... [Read More]

Free webinar to help maintain call-center continuity

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Monday, Mar. 23, 2020, 02:36 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

CallMiner is leveraging its 17 years of experience to offer a free webinar to help finance companies keep one of their most important departments functioning as the coronavirus impact intensifies — their call centers. CallMiner’s Steve Chirokas and Brian LaRoche ... [Read More]

KBRA spots February ABS improvement but braces for forthcoming deterioration

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Thursday, Mar. 19, 2020, 01:54 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) noticed seasonal improvement in February as analysts released their auto loan ABS update this week. However, much of KBRA’s latest discussion revolved around the impact COVID-19 is going to leave. But first, analysts reviewed their ... [Read More]

Ally to defer consumer payments up to 120 days

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Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2020, 06:52 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Ally Financial took significant action to help both consumer and dealer customers who might be experiencing significant cash-flow issues triggered by the COVID-19 health crisis. In a news release distributed on Wednesday afternoon, Ally said existing loan customers will be ... [Read More]

Latest 60-day delinquency readings show stability going into potential turbulence

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Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2020, 03:19 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Similar to the latest reading on defaults, Experian’s Q4 2019 State of the Automotive Finance Market Report showed 60-day delinquencies finished the year in a stable place as the industry braces for potential jumps in these metrics stemming from the ... [Read More]

700Credit secures certified provider status with VehiclesNETWORK

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Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2020, 03:11 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Auto Search Technologies’ transition to becoming VehiclesNETWORK continued on Wednesday as 700 Credit gained certified provider status from VehiclesNETWORK for its consumer pre-qualification (QuickQualify) and full credit application (QuickApplication) platforms. Now dealers who use VehiclesNETWORK to build and manage their ... [Read More]

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]

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]

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