Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Experts see Middle East conflict making current car & credit markets even more challenging
Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2026, 10:27 AM
With additional insight about affordability, FICO watches averages credit scores tick lower again
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 11:27 AM
PODCAST: Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 01:05 PM
Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Sean Morgan, who is executive vice president of finance and operations at Westlake Financial. Morgan talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby ... Listen Here
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
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
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars
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
Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM
CFPB director makes ‘unprecedented appearance’ at NIADA National Policy Conference
Wednesday, Sep. 25, 2019, 03:51 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The leader of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau discussed a variety of compliance topics with the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. Organizers called it an “unprecedented appearance” by CFPB director Kathy Kraninger that highlighted Tuesday’s regulatory briefings at NIADA’s National ... [Read More]
Noticeable August auto default rise happens again
Tuesday, Sep. 24, 2019, 02:23 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The noticeable upturn in defaults finance companies might be used to seeing from July into August unfolded again this year, according to the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices. Data through August from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian showed the ... [Read More]
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The Dealer’s Guide to Smarter GPS Tracking
A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist
Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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Sales & originations might not see immediate lift despite another Fed rate cut
Thursday, Sep. 19, 2019, 07:05 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
While the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates twice in less than two months certainly has generated plenty of attention, automotive experts aren’t quite so sure the actions will directly lead to immediate upticks in vehicle deliveries and loan originations. The chief economists at ... [Read More]
PAR North America boosts skip-tracing with masterQueue
Thursday, Sep. 19, 2019, 07:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
During this summer’s Automotive Intelligence Summit, masterQueue finalized a partnership with PassTime. On Thursday, the web-based Software-as-a-Service platform that can automate the skip-tracing process expanded its relationship with PAR North America, a business unit of KAR Auction Services. According to ... [Read More]
COMMENTARY: 5 success strategies for consumer lenders in 2020
Wednesday, Sep. 18, 2019, 05:56 PM
Daniel Chu, Tricolor Auto Group
Investors love growth, and as we approach the longest sustained period of growth in the history of the United States, the business climate has been almost unprecedented. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is hovering around record highs and unemployment is ... [Read More]
AUL’s employee-run charity committee reaches donation milestone
Wednesday, Sep. 18, 2019, 03:04 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The philanthropic efforts by AUL Corp. recently generated a new milestone. The F&I product provider announced earlier this week that its employee-run charitable giving committee has just surpassed $500,000 in contributions since 2012. The committee comprised of non-management employees was ... [Read More]
Database of reassigned phone numbers hits more development snags
Wednesday, Sep. 18, 2019, 03:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Collections agents, skip-tracers and other personnel associated with repossessions and recovery will have to wait a while longer for a federally operated database of reassigned phone numbers to become available. Despite objections from a private sector company, an order released ... [Read More]
Westlake Direct, CarFinance partner for refinancing
Tuesday, Sep. 17, 2019, 08:59 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Westlake Financial Services recently made inroads into Canada. On Tuesday, the finance company turned its attention back to the United States to grow its refinancing operations. Subsidiary Westlake Direct announced a partnership with CarFinance to purchase auto refinance loans originated ... [Read More]
Equifax discusses 6 best practices amid subprime origination decline
Tuesday, Sep. 17, 2019, 03:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Not only did Automotive Intelligence Council member Equifax share its latest data about how originations are trending, vice president of automotive marketing and strategy Jennifer Reid also delved into six best practices that could help finance companies of all sizes. ... [Read More]
MBSi welcomes Hanks to executive team
Monday, Sep. 16, 2019, 03:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Automotive Intelligence Council member MBSi Corp. enhanced its leadership team on Monday by bringing on a former executive at Primeritus Financial Services and Manheim. The provider of repossession assignment software and vendor compliance monitoring named Phil Hanks as senior vice ... [Read More]
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