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Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business

Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 05:01 PM

Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Jennifer Turnage, who is chief executive officer of Primeritus Financial Services. Turnage talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about the importance ... Listen Here

Industry Elite honoree Kelly Wyatt on 25-year career with GM Financial

Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 04:43 PM

Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Kelly Wyatt, who is chief digital officer with GM Financial. Wyatt shares a conversation with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about being ... Listen Here

Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial

Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM

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

Amynta set to acquire American Auto Guardian

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Friday, Sep. 6, 2019, 02:57 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Two F&I product providers that might be familiar to nearly 15,000 dealerships are joining forces via an acquisition. This week, Amynta Group, an insurance services company and provider of warranty protection products, entered into an agreement to acquire American Auto ... [Read More]

Location Services’ repo agent hiring program includes $1K signing bonus

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Friday, Sep. 6, 2019, 02:55 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Signing bonuses aren’t just for professional athletes as Location Services is looking to add qualified repossession agents by using the same personnel strategy. The provider of loss-mitigation outsource solutions for the financial services industry is hiring for repossession agents and ... [Read More]

Experian reiterates Q2 data gives true view of current auto-finance market

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Thursday, Sep. 5, 2019, 03:34 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Affordability continues to remain top-of-mind for most participants in and observers of the automotive industry. However, Experian explained consumers appear to be making due even as some industry pundits continue to be concerned that consumers can’t handle larger payments. To ... [Read More]

August data shows providers held the line on term, down payment, amount financed

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Wednesday, Sep. 4, 2019, 03:49 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The latest data from Edmunds confirmed that finance companies are trying to hold firm on term, down payment and total amount financed in an effort to remain within their underwriting parameters and mitigate risk. Edmunds’ August data did show some ... [Read More]

Darwin Automotive highlights mobile capability of U-Draw

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Wednesday, Sep. 4, 2019, 03:46 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Just like the concept of the four square and first pencil helped dealership personnel explain financing details to potential buyers with paper and writing utensils, the latest solution from Darwin Automotive is using some of the same fundamentals while leveraging ... [Read More]

Study: 56% of US businesses not fully prepared to meet CCPA requirements

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Tuesday, Sep. 3, 2019, 04:28 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) certainly is complicated. It’s why an entire panel discussion about it was conducted during this summer’s Automotive Intelligence Summit. Furthermore, a recent PossibleNOW study showed 56% of U.S. businesses polled reported they do not ... [Read More]

Credit Acceptance completes $500M securitization, receives another workplace award

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Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, 02:37 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

As the subprime auto finance company collected another workplace award, Credit Acceptance Corp. also announced an update this week involving its latest securitization. Credit Acceptance completed a $500.0 million asset-backed non-recourse secured financing. Pursuant to this transaction, the company contributed ... [Read More]

Westlake & MobilityWorks partner to finance wheelchair accessible vehicles

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Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, 02:25 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Westlake Financial Services is looking to help dealership customers who have special needs when they make their next vehicle purchase while helping a business partner achieve the objective of “accessibility for all.” This week, Westlake announced a partnership with MobilityWorks, ... [Read More]

Toyota to handle captive chores for Mazda

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Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, 02:51 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

When Mazda vehicles roll over the curb at one of the automaker’s franchised dealerships, there’s now a likelihood the preceding floorplan and newly signed retail installment contract or vehicle lease likely will be connected to Toyota. According to a filing ... [Read More]

PODCAST: DRN’s Jeremiah Wheeler recaps Auto Intel Summit appearance, looks ahead to Used Car Week

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Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, 04:04 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

One of the most frequent guests on the Auto Remarketing Podcast is back for another episode. DRN’s Jeremiah Wheeler recapped his TED-style presentation during this summer’s Auto Intel Summit along with looking ahead to Used Car Week, which begins on ... [Read More]

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