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Appetite for used commercial vehicles with Kathryn Schifferle of Work Truck Solutions
Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, 05:37 PM
Work Truck Solutions founder Kathryn Schifferle appeared on the Live Stage presented by SYCN Auto Logistics during Used Car Week 2025. Schifferle discussed key trends driving demand for used work trucks and vans with Cherokee Media Group’s Joe Overby. The ... Listen Here
What might be next for Amazon Autos
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:52 PM
Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat with Fan Jin, global leader of Amazon Autos, during Used Car Week 2025. Their wide-ranging conversation about the past, present and future of the online platform and its involvement with automakers ... Listen Here
Auto-finance leaders on growth, risk & recovery
Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, 03:07 PM
It’s a question any business must answer, but it’s especially important in auto finance. How do you balance growth and risk? A trio of industry executives — Mike Goins of TD Bank, Jeff Marsh of Millennium Capital and Recovery and ... Listen Here

TransUnion sees subprime climb in 2019 but still below pre-recession level

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Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, 04:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TransUnion’s 2019 consumer credit forecast includes a projected rise in subprime financing as a part of all of auto financing originated next year.   However, the predicted rise still is expected to come in below the volume of subprime financing ... [Read More]

KAR consolidates management team of RDN and Clearplan

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Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, 04:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More details arrived on Tuesday from KAR Auction Services with regard to its presence in the repossession and recovery spaces. According to a news release, KAR announced a consolidated management team for its software as a service businesses Recovery Database ... [Read More]

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FTC distributes settlement funds from California dealer group

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Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, 03:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
According to the newest update from the Federal Trade Commission, checks literally are in the mail for customers of a California dealer group that settled with the regulator last year. The FTC said it is mailing 43,456 checks totaling more ... [Read More]

Highly partisan path to CFPB director confirmation finally concludes

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Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, 03:49 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Perhaps reflecting a process as difficult as getting vehicle financing finalized for a customer with too little monthly income and too much debt burden and negative equity, the nearly six-month, politically divided slog to confirm Kathy Kraninger as the next ... [Read More]

Primeritus Financial Services elevates McGinness to be first COO

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Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, 03:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The senior vice president of operations at Primeritus Financial Services now is the forwarding company’s first chief operating officer. The company announced on Friday that Chris McGinness has been appointed as COO effective immediately. As chief operating officer, Primeritus highlighted that ... [Read More]

Subprime originations at lowest point since 2007

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Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, 03:59 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Not since the credit pinch triggered by the Great Recession have subprime originations been this low, giving finance companies a clear indication where in the cycle the industry currently sits. With the uptick in average credit scores for vehicle financing ... [Read More]

PODCAST: More details on KAR’s Clearplan purchase

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Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, 06:54 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
KAR Auction Services announced two major purchases in November. In this conversation at Used Car Week, we talk with three folks involved in the first of those two: KAR's purchase of Clearplan, which was announced on Nov. 12.  Clearplan is ... [Read More]

Levison: Examining repo agent effort and costs in today’s environment

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Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, 03:59 PM
Mike Levison, ALS Resolvion
The relentless drive to reduce repossession related costs while, at the same time meeting the demands/expectations of regulators, may be catching up with us. As one of the largest repossession management firms, we stay very close to the dynamics of ... [Read More]

Zurich North America products now part of F&I Express

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Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, 03:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, F&I Express announced that it has added Zurich North America’s F&I products to its platform of digital solutions. The company highlighted the move can provide dealerships across the country with broader technology and innovation options for accessing Zurich’s ... [Read More]

Profit key for 2019: Closer bond between F&I and service drive

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Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, 03:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
At a typical dealership, the finance office might only be a few paces from the service drive. But if stores large and small want to improve their performances in 2019 and beyond, EFG Companies emphasized that personnel in both dealership ... [Read More]
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