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Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings

Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM

Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Tom Kontos, who now is analytics advisor for Auto Auction Holdings. Convinced to come out of retirement and get back in the business last fall with the growing wholesale ... Listen Here

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

Nicholas acquires $19M of Platinum’s active portfolio

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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]

California governor seeking to create CFPB-like agency

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Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, 04:01 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

According to an online post by the California Department of Business Oversight, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2020-21 state budget includes a component that would modify the state regulatory structure to “cement California’s consumer protection leadership amidst a retreat on that ... [Read More]

Resolvion outlines new client success department

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Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, 03:58 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

This week, Resolvion announced the launch of its new client success team. The skip-trace and repossession management firm explained the objective of this new initiative is to provide a more holistic and seamless approach to ensuring that client specific requirements ... [Read More]

SpinCar details dealer website tool to educate buyers about F&I product benefits

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Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, 07:44 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

SpinCar is looking to give dealers another education tool to benefit their F&I sales strategies. During NADA Show 2020 in Las Vegas, the digital automotive merchandising software provider launched an F&I merchandising solution designed to integrate directly with dealer website ... [Read More]

iLendingDIRECT chief executive officer receives another accolade for women

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Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, 07:26 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Nancy Fitzgerald, co-founder and chief executive officer of iLendingDIRECT Auto Refinancing, recently was named one of the 2020 Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business by the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce. The award, now in its eighth year, has ... [Read More]

700Credit partners with NCompassTrac to boost credit-driven dealer campaigns

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Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, 04:36 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

As dealerships continually strive for ways to improve the quality and accuracy of targeted marketing campaigns, 700Credit and NCompassTrac understand that knowing the disposition of the customer credit velocity is critical. With that thought in mind, 700Credit partnered with NCompassTrac ... [Read More]

Open Lending adds 77 lenders to platform in 2019

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Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, 04:35 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Open Lending recently shared how successful 2019 was for the firm that strives to help finance companies take prudent risk in the subprime space. The provider of a unique auto lending enablement platform with default insurance signed 77 new finance ... [Read More]

Auto defaults start 2020 below 1%

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Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, 04:03 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

While the composite reading might be in the midst of rising for three consecutive months, the auto portion of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices posted a decrease to begin 2020. On Tuesday, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released ... [Read More]

Awards submissions for NARS 2020 now open

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Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, 06:52 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Organizers of the North American Repossessors Summit (NARS) have announced the opening of nominations for their second annual Industry Awards. Designed to honor exemplary repossession professionals, this year’s award categories include Recovery Agent of the Year, Service Representative of the ... [Read More]

TransUnion examines depth Gen Z is using auto financing

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Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, 03:45 PM

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor

Your portfolio might be filling with contract holders from Generation Z — consumers born in or after 1995. Recent research from TransUnion showed that this generation isn’t necessarily just staring at smartphone constantly. These individuals also are getting behind the ... [Read More]

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