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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

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

Darwin Automotive launches ‘Amazon-like’ checkout for F&I products

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Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, 04:16 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Darwin Automotive wants finance office products to be as easy for used-vehicle buyers to purchase as their favorite items on Amazon. The F&I software provider recently announced the release of “Buy it Now” functionality as an addition to its Darwin ... [Read More]

National Auto Care expands board to 5 members

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Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, 04:14 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

National Auto Care (NAC) grew its board of directors to five by adding another member. The provider of F&I products nationwide recently announced the appointment of Michael Boyle to its board of directors. Boyle is the fifth member to join ... [Read More]

The negative impact of title release inefficiencies on finance company profits

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Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, 05:40 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Interest rates continue to increase the cost of buying a vehicle. Dealers and finance companies are well aware of concerns about affordability, consumer access to credit and softening new-vehicle sales. Because of that, dealers and finance companies are exploring new ... [Read More]

DriveItAway lands partnership to get free credit repair for Lyft and Uber drivers

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Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, 01:00 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Lyft and Uber drivers not only might have a path to generate funds for a down payment when acquiring a vehicle at certain dealerships, they also could take advantage of a solution to help their credit situation. DriveItAway, a company ... [Read More]

Allied Solutions revamps tool for recovery and insurance tracking

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Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, 03:39 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Just ahead of the American Financial Services Association’s Vehicle Finance Conference, Allied Solutions announced the restructuring of its claims and recovery product, REPOPlus & Track. The provider of insurance, lending and marketing products to financial institutions in the U.S. for more ... [Read More]

AUL Corp. adds VP of national sales to bolster executive team

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Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, 03:32 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

An executive from another provider of vehicle service contracts, who also spent several years running franchised dealerships, now is with AUL Corp. AUL president and chief executive officer Jimmy Atkinson on Thursday appointed automotive veteran Paul McCarthy to the position ... [Read More]

Hudson Cook rolls out 8th edition of CARLAW F&I Desk Book

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Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, 03:30 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The Hudson Cook team has been in writing mode, and the results are its latest resource to help dealerships and finance office professionals. CounselorLibrary.com, the publisher of multiple products and resources for the consumer financial services and privacy industries, on ... [Read More]

KAR shifts White to executive role at PAR North America

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Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, 03:45 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

KAR Auction Services selected one of its executives who has been with the company for a decade for a role with its business unit — PAR North America — a provider of vehicle transition services with coast-to-coast solutions for recovery ... [Read More]

Defaults close 2018 by sending ‘caution signal’

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Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, 03:42 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Experts who compile the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices described the readings to close 2018 as a "caution signal." This week, the teams from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released their default data through December, and they spotted a ... [Read More]

Black Book shares white paper focused on upcoming requirements for loss reserves

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Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, 05:03 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Black Book responded to auto finance companies and buy-here, pay-here dealers still looking for help on how to comply with upcoming accounting changes in connection with reserving for losses. On Wednesday, Black Book released a new educational white paper titled, ... [Read More]

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