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Monday, Jun. 29, 2026, 03:44 PM

Continuing the discussions from the Live Stage at Canada’s Used Car Week, senior editor Joe Overby connects with Ted Berlovich, director of wholesale at online used-car retailer Clutch. Berlovich explained the company’s wholesale process, how the company handles some of ... Listen Here

United Car Dealers Association Leaders Join CUCW Live Stage

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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

Blair Earle of IAA Canada

Thursday, Jun. 25, 2026, 06:59 PM

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

Hudson Cook partner among 4 picked for CFPB taskforce on federal consumer financial law

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Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, 02:55 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The American Financial Services Association applauded one of the first actions of 2020 made by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). A Hudson Cook partner is among the four members who will serve on the bureau’s taskforce on federal consumer ... [Read More]

Veros Credit points to 2 components fueling origination gains and dealer satisfaction

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Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, 04:35 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Veros Credit attributed two specific performance metrics and critical enhancements that pushed the subprime auto finance company to a record-breaking year in 2019 and boosted dealer satisfaction to an all-time high. According to a news release sent to SubPrime Auto ... [Read More]

Experian: Average credit scores at highest level in 9 years

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Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, 07:45 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Experian confirmed what you might also be seeing in your F&I office or underwriting department. Consumer credit scores are generally getting a bit higher. According to its annual State of Credit report, Experian said Americans' average credit score has increased ... [Read More]

Secure Collateral Management reiterates payment pledge to repo agents

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Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, 07:04 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Secure Collateral Management (SCM) highlighted that its network of repossession agents has grown by 300% since 2013. And the skip-tracing provider and forwarding company is looking to stay on that trajectory by reiterating its pledge about paying those agents when ... [Read More]

November auto defaults remain below recent cyclical peaks

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Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, 03:04 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

While default data for the closing month of 2019 is still a couple of weeks away from being released, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian previously shared their default metrics for November. And the auto-finance metric remained below the cyclical ... [Read More]

Average APR on used & new financing softens as 2019 closes

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Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, 04:17 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

While most used-vehicle financing metrics closed 2019 at a steady pace, Edmunds noticed the average interest rate for a new-vehicle retail installment contract fell for the third month in a row in December, dropping to its lowest point since February ... [Read More]

Santander completes purchase of $1.1 billion auto loan portfolio

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Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, 05:16 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Just before Christmas, Santander Consumer USA Holdings wrapped up the purchase of a $1.1 billion indirect vehicle loan portfolio from Gateway One Lending & Finance, the finance company announced. Also included in the deal is an additional conversion of $0.5 ... [Read More]

Partnership could bring continued expansion for Westlake Financial

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Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, 05:01 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Westlake Financial and Nowcom Corp. say that their new strategic partnership with Source One Financial Corp. allows Westlake expansion to continue in what they say is a large and growing Canadian non-prime automotive finance market. Through the partnership, Westlake will provide backing for ... [Read More]

More 2020 expectations on affordability and interest rates

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Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, 04:23 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

As part of its expectations for the 2020 credit market, TransUnion acknowledged that issues surrounding vehicle affordability will continue to persist in the coming year. But with the Federal Reserve leaving interest rates unchanged this week — and policymakers alluding ... [Read More]

Kraninger highlights accomplishments during first year leading CPFB

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Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, 03:09 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

This week, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Kathleen Kraninger celebrated her one-year anniversary leading the regulator. Kraninger highlighted through a news release that during her first year she met with more than 800 consumers, consumer groups, state and local government ... [Read More]

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