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Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here

3 factors that influence employee compensation most

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Thursday, Sep. 20, 2018, 02:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Automotive Personnel founder and chief executive officer Don Jasensky tackled one of the most challenging work elements facing both employers and employees — financial compensation. Jasensky, who established his human resources firm in 1989, pinpointed what he believes are three ... [Read More]

FTC shuts down websites selling fake pay stubs, other documents

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Wednesday, Sep. 19, 2018, 03:23 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Here is some good news for auto finance companies involving ongoing concern about fraudulent paper ending up in their portfolios. The operators of websites that sold fake documents used to facilitate identity theft and other frauds have agreed to permanently ... [Read More]

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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

The ART of AI: A Dealership Guide to Deploying AI With Confidence

AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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Turn Battery Risk Into Trust: Your Edge in the Used EV Market

Independent battery health certification is the new gold standard for used EV dealerships. The latest AVILOO detect Magazine reveals how...
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How GMs Start Their Day with Mastermind & Make More Deals

Successful General Managers know that how you start the day sets the tone for dealership performance. This checklist outlines the...
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Rising Repos, Shrinking Margins: A Guide to Reduce Collections and Servicing Costs with AI Agents

As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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Out-of-State Titling: 12 Steps Every Title Clerk Should Follow (The Easy Way)

Out-of-state titling isn’t easy. With every state having different DMV requirements, document packets, and deadlines, it’s easy for mistakes to...
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Free Guide: How Smart Dealers Can Profit from Customer Car Insurance

Turn Customer Auto Insurance into Dealership Profit If you're not profiting from auto insurance in your dealership, now’s the time...
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Go In-House With Your Photos

Your Photo Vendor Didn’t Show Up Again? Let’s Fix That. Stop relying on vendors and start owning your inventory. This...
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The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI

The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI highlights key questions dealership leaders should ask technology partners during the selection...
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August auto defaults continue stable summertime path

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Wednesday, Sep. 19, 2018, 03:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian determined this week that August defaults remained within the 7-basis-point range analysts have seen for this particular month during the past four years. According to data through August for the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default ... [Read More]

DealerBuilt settles with New Jersey AG over data breach

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Tuesday, Sep. 18, 2018, 02:07 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While perhaps not to the scale of some other data breaches, a dealership management software (DMS) provider recently reached a settlement with New Jersey regulators whose investigation found compromised systems. New Jersey attorney general Gurbir Grewal and the state’s Division ... [Read More]

Black Book history-adjusted valuations now embedded in defi SOLUTIONS’ platform

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Monday, Sep. 17, 2018, 03:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two well-known industry names — Black Book and defi SOLUTIONS — are working together again. On Monday, Black Book announced its history-adjusted valuations (HAV) data and resources will be integrated into an interface with defi SOLUTIONS. Editors explained history-adjusted valuations ... [Read More]

Analysis: CFPB finalizes changes to annual privacy notice

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Thursday, Sep. 13, 2018, 02:37 PM
Alexander Koskey, Baker Donelson
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued its final rule adopting changes to Regulation P, which governs the requirements for financial institutions to issue privacy notices to its customers. The final rule implements new timing requirements for sending annual ... [Read More]

CFPB focuses latest supervisory highlights on repo and insurance issues

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Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2018, 03:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau concentrated the auto-finance portion of its latest supervisory highlights on two of the most complicated matters when someone needs credit to acquire a vehicle — repossession and the application of insurance proceeds. Before deploying a ... [Read More]

2 reasons why Regional Acceptance to leverage Dealertrack for title services

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Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2018, 03:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Regional Acceptance Corp. (RAC) and Dealertrack Accelerated Title this week spelled out a pair of reasons why they’re now working together to create efficiencies in their payoff and title release process with dealers accepting vehicle in on trade. RAC, a ... [Read More]

Equifax sees less subprime paper as industry passes $1.25 trillion in outstanding balances

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Wednesday, Sep. 12, 2018, 03:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The auto-finance industry passed another milestone as Equifax determined current portfolios collectively now exceed $1.25 trillion. However, subprime paper isn’t pushing the industry-wide figure higher as much as volume within that segment did a year ago. To get to the ... [Read More]

Fitch sees four Q2 trends positively impacting subprime ABS

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Tuesday, Sep. 11, 2018, 02:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings sifted through data generated by the subprime auto asset backed securities (ABS) market during the first half of the year. Analysts not only found four elements that are supporting the subprime ABS segment, but also more details about ... [Read More]
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