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Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator ... Listen Here
SPONSORED EPISODE: From Acquisition to Sale — Winning Used Car Tactics from Autotrader and vAuto experts
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 05:28 PM
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, host Bill Zadeits joins with Elizabeth Stegall of Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book and ICO, and Bethany Johnson from vAuto to preview their Used Car Week workshop. Listen now and you’ll get ... Listen Here

Westlake rolls out branded-title financing

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Monday, Jun. 10, 2019, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
After a successful pilot program, Westlake Financial Services now is catering to dealers that want to retail vehicles with branded titles to consumers who need to finance these purchases. According to a news release distributed last week, Westlake said it ... [Read More]

Experian: Used-vehicle paper quality on the rise

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Thursday, Jun. 6, 2019, 12:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For finance companies that like to book as much used-vehicle paper as they can originate, the latest Experian data shows institutions are not having to take on as much risk to fill that portion of their portfolio objectives. Findings from ... [Read More]

10 associations oppose current FCC robocall proposal

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Tuesday, Jun. 4, 2019, 05:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission will consider a proposal the chairman calls bold action to help consumers block unwanted robocalls but is being questioned by 10 different industry associations, including the American Financial Services Association. FCC chairman Ajit Pai ... [Read More]

AUL partners with Vision on F&I menu platform

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Tuesday, Jun. 4, 2019, 05:11 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AUL Corp., in partnership with Vision Dealer Solutions, recently launched an AUL branded F&I menu platform. AUL chief information officer Jose Fleites explained these menus are touch-based sales tools containing all of the F&I options dealers can offer to vehicle ... [Read More]

Fortegra and Carleton partner to streamline credit-insurance calculations

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Tuesday, Jun. 4, 2019, 05:09 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fortegra Financial Corp., a leading international specialty insurer and subsidiary of Tiptree, recently announced a new partnership with Carleton, which offers financial calculation software. The partnership is designed to provide a seamless interface for lending platforms to easily and accurately ... [Read More]

Lenders sustain nearly $700K in losses from Alabama fraud scheme

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Tuesday, Jun. 4, 2019, 03:01 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As the National Automotive Finance Association gears up for the “Fraud Friday” portion of its annual conference this week, federal prosecutors recently sentenced an Alabama man posing as an independent dealer to 63 months of imprisonment for bank fraud, mail ... [Read More]

Average May used & new APR softens to lowest point of year

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Monday, Jun. 3, 2019, 03:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Edmunds determined average interest rates for both used-vehicle and new-vehicle financing dipped to their lowest levels of 2019 in May. Fueled in part by captives increasing the availability of zero percent financing, Edmunds found the annual percentage rate (APR) on new ... [Read More]

ALS Resolvion hires former Wells Fargo exec as COO

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Monday, Jun. 3, 2019, 03:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
ALS Resolvion, a leading provider of skip tracing and repossession management services, announced on Monday that the company has a new chief operating officer. Joining ALS Resolvion with more than 20 years of experience in loss mitigation, collections and back ... [Read More]

17 repo agents receive honors from PAR North America

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Friday, May. 31, 2019, 02:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
PAR North America, a division of KAR Auction Services, handed out its Agent of the Year and LPR Agent of the Year, Resolution Champion and Compliance Champion, Regional Choice and other award winners during its 2019 PAR Agent Event in ... [Read More]

Study details ‘pessimism’ about future subprime performance

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Wednesday, May. 29, 2019, 06:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
One of the experts set to appear during the upcoming 23rd annual Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference hosted by the National Automotive Finance Association doesn’t have upbeat expectations of how the subprime auto finance space will perform. Portfolio performance is expected ... [Read More]
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