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Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
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
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

ARA unveils new health insurance program for members

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Wednesday, Jul. 17, 2019, 04:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Recovery Association is looking to help members with one of the most important benefits repossession agencies can offer their employees. This week, ARA, in partnership with Harding Brooks Insurance Agency, announced the newest member benefit: a national, cost-effective ... [Read More]

CUNA Mutual Group spots middle-class financial anxiety growing

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Wednesday, Jul. 17, 2019, 04:08 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Consumers who might be connected to an installment contract in your portfolio could be a little uneasy about staying current even as the latest reading showed defaults stayed steady. Middle-class Americans are less optimistic about their ability to achieve upward ... [Read More]

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7 activities of future high performers in auto finance

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Wednesday, Jul. 17, 2019, 03:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Human resources expert and National Automotive Finance Association board member Don Jasensky of Automotive Personnel recently shared seven activities of a job candidate who might be a future high performer for your dealership or finance company. Jasensky leveraged his 30 ... [Read More]

Auto among 4 unchanged June default metrics

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Tuesday, Jul. 16, 2019, 02:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Steady is an adjective that certainly summarizes the latest default data discovered by S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian. According to the latest update released on Tuesday, all of the segments included in the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices remained unchanged ... [Read More]

CFPB and FTC take action against debt-relief organizations

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Monday, Jul. 15, 2019, 02:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps involving consumers who also have installment contracts with subprime auto finance providers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission each announced enforcement actions against firms the regulators deemed to be orchestrating fraudulent debt-relief programs. Over at ... [Read More]

KBRA makes four senior personnel changes to ABS teams

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Friday, Jul. 12, 2019, 03:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) announced four senior personnel changes to the teams at its New York office that monitor securitizations and the auto asset-backed securities market. According to a news release distributed on Friday, Anthony Nocera, co-head of the ... [Read More]

Why some investors might be souring on subprime

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Thursday, Jul. 11, 2019, 02:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Colonnade Securities offered an extended examination of the below-prime auto finance industry this week, identifying what the independent investment bank focused on the financial services and business services sectors believes are four factors currently impacting the space most. According to ... [Read More]

ALS Resolvion give 2 reasons for ‘mobile only’ policy

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Tuesday, Jul. 9, 2019, 09:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
ALS Resolvion is reinforcing its commitment to being a mobile company, citing two specific reasons for an updated strategy. The provider of national repossession management services recently announced that it has fully implemented what the company believes is the industry’s ... [Read More]

CPS elevates long-time executive to be COO

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Tuesday, Jul. 9, 2019, 09:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
An executive who has been with Consumer Portfolio Services for nearly 18 years is now the subprime auto finance company’s chief operating officer. According to an announcement sent to SubPrime Auto Finance News on Tuesday, CPS promoted Michael Lavin to be ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Why subprime ‘pessimism’ might be merited

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Tuesday, Jul. 9, 2019, 02:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Davis & Gilbert partner Joseph Cioffi reiterated his position that subprime auto finance portfolio performance is expected to deteriorate soon. Cioffi first made that assertion through a 360-degree market study released by Credit Chronometer, a microsite he authors. Nick asked him to ... [Read More]

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