Stop letting messy data hold your dealership back from its true earning potential. While many multi-roof dealer groups struggle to...
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United Car Dealers Association Leaders Join CUCW Live Stage
Next up on our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from Live Stage at Canada’s Used Car Week is a conversation with United Car Dealers Association leaders Jim Hamilton, Christy Fines and John Tangreda. They talk with Cherokee Media Group ... Listen Here
Thursday, Jun. 25, 2026, 07:09 PM
Blair Earle of IAA Canada
Kicking off our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from the Live Stage at Canada’s Used Car Week is a conversation with Blair Earle, who is managing director at IAA Canada. Earle and Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby ... Listen Here
Thursday, Jun. 25, 2026, 06:59 PM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Bracing for more than ‘portfolio stress’ with John Elias of Allied Solutions
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development with Allied Solutions, acknowledged lenders might be experiencing more than just “portfolio stress” since delinquencies, insurance costs, negative equity, and repossessions are all intensifying at the same time. Elias, who was ... Listen Here
Monday, Jun. 22, 2026, 07:11 PM
Strong expectations for unchanged rates even with new Fed chair in place
Tuesday, Jun. 16, 2026, 10:30 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week’s gathering of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is the first one with Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal Reserve. But experts — and even one of the FOMC members — aren’t expecting any changes to interest ... [Read More]
Subprime share moving opposite of Dealertrack Credit Availability Index, which hits highest point in more than 4 years
Friday, Jun. 12, 2026, 11:17 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Dealertrack Credit Availability Index for May rose sequentially for the second month in a row to land at its highest level since April 2022. But the share of contracts to subprime consumers declined for the second consecutive month. Cox ... [Read More]
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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
Evaluating VPP Cancellation Systems: 7 Questions Every Lender Should Ask
Selecting the right VPP cancellation system is critical to maintaining compliance, maximizing recoveries, and improving operational efficiency. As regulatory requirements...
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Auto lenders spent on AI. Here’s what paid off.
A panel of auto-lending leaders — CEOs of subprime auto finance companies, VPs of Collections, CROs, indirect-lending executives at two...
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Experian Automotive Dealer Fraud Threat Report
Fraud is Hitting Dealerships Hard When one bad deal can erase tens of thousands in profit, fraud becomes impossible to...
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AI-Financing Spotlight: How Tracy Honda Sells 12-15 More Deals Monthly
Discover how Tracy Honda is outperforming its market by leveraging AI-powered auto financing to drive faster approvals and close more...
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The AI Dealer Playbook: 5 Questions to Ask Before You Buy AI
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping dealership operations by automating communication, improving workflows, and supporting staff with tools like copilots and...
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Speaking the Same Language: How Dealers Structure Capital for Real Estate and Growth
Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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Dealer Playbook: 5 Takeaways for Auto Retailers Using AI
The May issue of Auto Remarketing — “Shifting Gears: AI’s Role in Retail Automotive” — explores how top auto retailers...
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PODCAST: Experian’s Melinda Zabritski discusses ongoing stretching of terms
Friday, Jun. 12, 2026, 09:37 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The latest appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast by Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and Automotive Intelligence Award recipient, focused on auto-loan terms, which oftentimes are at least 72 months nowadays. Zabritski also compared a data point ... [Read More]
Credit Acceptance’s c-suite changes continue by appointing new CFO
Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2026, 08:01 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The c-suite revamp at Credit Acceptance continued on Wednesday with the appointment of Joe Billante as chief financial officer, effective July 27. Billante succeeds Jay Martin, who will retire on July 27 after 23 years with the subprime auto finance ... [Read More]
LocateSmarter & Repo Report partner to boost agent efficiency
Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2026, 03:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
LocateSmarter and Repo Report see a partnership that they finalized on Wednesday gives repossession agents valuable details to complete assignments more efficiently. According to a news release, address data from LocateSmarter will be integrated directly into Repo Report — the ... [Read More]
‘Front-row seat’ gives Lackey path to become TurboPass CEO
Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2026, 11:10 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
What Tyler Lackey described as having a “front-row seat” in the development of TurboPass as a verification solution in the auto-finance industry has led to him taking the seat as the company’s chief executive officer. On Tuesday, TurboPass appointed Lackey ... [Read More]
Explaining ‘genuine crosscurrents’ that could impact auto finance & retail this summer
Tuesday, Jun. 9, 2026, 10:28 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Jeremy Robb might have single-handedly summarized data and observations offered by Comerica Bank, Cox Automotive and VantageScore in recent days. “For dealers, the picture heading into summer is one of genuine crosscurrents,” Robb, who is Cox Automotive’s chief economist, wrote ... [Read More]
Arra Finance welcomes Nemecek as chief growth officer
Monday, Jun. 8, 2026, 11:24 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Arra Finance announced via social media the addition of a new chief growth officer whose industry experience dates to 1994. Now holding the role for the company that came to be via the acquisition of Crescent State Bank’s auto-finance operation ... [Read More]
Dealer strategy behind Lifetime Start Battery Protection from EFG Companies
Monday, Jun. 8, 2026, 11:20 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
EFG Companies last week delivered what the provider of F&I development, training, product development, compliance, and product administration is hoping to be a positive jolt for dealerships. The company introduced Lifetime Start Battery Protection, what EFG sees as a high-impact ... [Read More]
NAF Association installs new board leadership to finish successful 30th annual conference
Friday, Jun. 5, 2026, 10:24 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with adding two new member companies to the board of directors, the National Automotive Finance Association also held its annual membership meeting to pick its 2026–2027 executive committee leadership. Selected during the 30th annual Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference this ... [Read More]
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