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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

3 recommendations to sharpen F&I menu presentations

dealer
Thursday, May. 9, 2019, 03:11 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Now that we’re deep into the second quarter of 2019, GWC Warranty recently offered a refresher in an effort to help dealerships gain more sales traction in the F&I office. With vehicle affordability becoming more a challenge, GWC Warranty emphasized that ... [Read More]

CFPB targets collections, will propose new FDCPA rules

collections
Wednesday, May. 8, 2019, 03:16 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is setting its regulatory target next on debt collection in light of technology advances such as text messaging and more. On Tuesday, the bureau issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to implement the Fair ... [Read More]

American Bar Foundation names Hudson as fellow

trophies
Wednesday, May. 8, 2019, 03:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Another professional accolade was recently given to Tom Hudson. The co-founder of Hudson Cook has been accepted as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). The fellows comprise a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal ... [Read More]

NARS 2019 generates ‘staggering’ attendance

news pic
Wednesday, May. 8, 2019, 03:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with handing out five different awards and generating thousands of dollars for an industry-related charity, the American Recovery Association cheered the success of this year’s North American Repossessors Summit (NARS), sponsored by Harding Brooks Insurance. ARA officials highlighted that ... [Read More]

Kindschi comes out of retirement to join Open Lending

new hire
Tuesday, May. 7, 2019, 02:16 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Kevin Kindschi called it a “detour from retirement,” to work with credit unions about product that can help them serve members with subprime credit histories. After retiring from CUNA Mutual following a 30-year career, Kindschi recently joined Open Lending as ... [Read More]

FTC deems Holder Rule should be retained

Federal Trade Commission
Monday, May. 6, 2019, 02:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
An evaluation project started by the Federal Trade Commission nearly four years ago recently came to a conclusion. The FTC recently announced that it has completed its review of the Holder Rule, which protects consumers who purchase goods and services ... [Read More]

ABCoA’s Deal Pack DMS integrates with 700Credit

dealership employee
Monday, May. 6, 2019, 02:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For the second time in the past few days, 700Credit finalized another integration; this time with ABCoA so dealerships can answer the question of, “How can we get rid of double-entry and multiple screens when working a deal?” ABCoA has ... [Read More]

May economic update: Interest rates stay put as unemployment dips

Federal reserve
Friday, May. 3, 2019, 02:39 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
May opened with a pair of economic updates that should be pleasing to dealerships and finance companies with interest rates remaining steady and unemployment declining. The developments came in light of the Federal Reserve chairman refuting thoughts that policymakers are ... [Read More]

9 products now are part of AUL’s expanded F&I offering

dealership and couple
Friday, May. 3, 2019, 02:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, AUL Corp. launched a new suite of F&I products. President and chief executive officer Jimmy Atkinson described the offering as giving dealers “a one-stop shop for all of their F&I needs.” AUL’s collection of products now includes: • ... [Read More]

Experian rolls out financial inclusion campaign to fill thin files

subprime credit report
Thursday, May. 2, 2019, 02:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps the auto-finance applicant who arrives through a dealership website portal and eventually lands in your company’s underwriting department might have a more robust file, thanks to enhanced efforts from Experian. As part of its global commitment to financial inclusion ... [Read More]

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