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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

CFPB offers clarity on what constitutes ‘abusiveness’

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Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, 05:44 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Finance companies and other service providers involved with auto financing now have a bit more clarity about what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau constitutes as abusive practices. Last week, the bureau issued a policy statement providing what the regulator called ... [Read More]

As projected, Fed leaves interest rates unchanged

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Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, 03:32 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Earlier this month, the American Bankers Association Economic Advisory Committee projected that the Federal Reserve wouldn’t adjust interest rates. Thus far, the forecast from that collection of 15 bank economists is holding true as the Federal Open Market Committee voted ... [Read More]

Location Services announces new CEO, other top management moves

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Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, 04:36 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Location Services made four changes to its senior management team on Tuesday, triggered by the retirement of chief executive officer Lee McCarty after 35 years in the auto-finance industry. The provider of recovery-management and loss-mitigation services announced that effective immediately its ... [Read More]

Stone Point Capital acquires majority stake in Safe-Guard Products

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Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, 04:34 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Safe-Guard Products International, a provider of third-party private label protection products for the automotive, RV, marine and powersports industries, announced an investment in the company by funds managed by Stone Point Capital. According to a news released distributed this week, ... [Read More]

ONLINE VIDEO: masterQueue on principles of successful skip-tracing

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Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, 04:28 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Bryan Geist of masterQueue was one of several repossession industry experts who gave presentations during the 2019 Innovations in Recovery Summit hosted by Resolvion last fall in Dallas. Geist began his presentation recollecting tactics some collections agents might have used ... [Read More]

Latest S&P Global Ratings ABS data notes ‘normal seasonal weakness’

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Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, 04:58 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

S&P Global Ratings spotted what it called “normal seasonal weakness” after analysts reviewed its latest data on collateral performance in the U.S. auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sector. Analysts found that “weakness” appeared in November with recoveries declining and delinquencies ... [Read More]

Arista Financial appoints new CFO and moves forward into ridesharing financing

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Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, 03:41 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Arista Financial Corp. already had a division focused on financing in the trucking industry. On Monday, the company added a new executive who will be leading the charge for its newest subsidiary aimed at helping individuals who need vehicles to be ... [Read More]

GWC Warranty: 4 tips to help dealers generate more profit

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Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, 03:39 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The first month of 2020 already might be nearly gone, but the team at GWC Warranty emphasized that dealerships still have the opportunity to generate more profit this year compared to 2019. “It’s worth your time to consider any opportunity ... [Read More]

FTC receives nearly 1.7M fraud reports in 2019

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Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, 03:26 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

New information released this week by the Federal Trade Commission reinforced how widespread fraud is — and not just in the auto-finance industry. The FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Network received 3.2 million reports in 2019, including nearly 1.7 million fraud reports ... [Read More]

24 AGs throw support behind CFPB and Dodd-Frank Act protections

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Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, 03:24 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Two dozen state attorneys general are joining their legal horsepower together to support their federal regulatory colleagues in what they believe is a threat against consumer protections provided by the Dodd-Frank Act. This week, New York Attorney General Letitia James ... [Read More]

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