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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

AUL’s employee-run charity committee reaches donation milestone

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

Wolters Kluwer collects 2 more industry awards for its lien solutions

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Monday, Sep. 16, 2019, 03:15 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Wolters Kluwer’s lien solutions recently earned two major industry awards for its iLien Motor Vehicle product innovation, adding to its quickly filling mantle. The company won a Gold-level Globee Award in the Fintech and Information Technology Innovation category as well ... [Read More]

VADA enhances preferred endorsement of Dealertrack registration and title solutions

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Friday, Sep. 13, 2019, 03:32 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

This week, the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association (VADA) expanded its preferred endorsement of Dealertrack Registration and Title Solutions. VADA’s support for the company’s solutions now includes Accelerated Title in a continued effort to improve efficiency and bring a more modern, ... [Read More]

PointPredictive launches income validation tool fueled by machine learning

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Friday, Sep. 13, 2019, 03:29 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Verifying income can be an expensive process for finance companies; one where the cost can become even steeper if the contract holder falls into delinquency and is eventually charged-off because the individual didn’t have steady enough money to support monthly ... [Read More]

Seasonal non-prime auto ABS deterioration surfaces in August

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Thursday, Sep. 12, 2019, 02:50 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Kroll Bond Rating Agency spotted typical season deterioration when analysts compiled their observations of the August auto loan indices based on performances in the auto asset backed securities (ABS) market. Analysts said in their report released this week that collateral ... [Read More]

Rooney joins Hudson Cook as newest partner

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Wednesday, Sep. 11, 2019, 03:50 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Hudson Cook welcomed its newest partner this week. The firm announced that attorney Mark Rooney has joined Hudson Cook as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. His practice focuses on the defense of consumer litigation under the Fair Debt ... [Read More]

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