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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
Industry Elite: Grace Huang of Cox Automotive
Thursday, Mar. 19, 2026, 04:49 PM
Kicking off our podcasts with the inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honorees is a conversation with Grace Huang, president of Cox Automotive Inventory Solutions. Huang talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about her journey from business consultant ... Listen Here

From the editor: Top 10 stories of 2018 show ongoing regulatory impact on auto financing

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Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, 08:36 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
With SubPrime Auto Finance News wrapping up its online endeavors for the year on Friday, it presented the opportunity to delve into the metrics of our website activity, using the capabilities of Google Analytics to uncover what you the reader ... [Read More]

Pegasystems consumer survey reiterates 3 hurdles about extended warranties

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Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, 03:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Pegasystems revealed results of a consumer study about extended vehicle warranties that likely reinforce the value proposition finance managers present to their customers, but also probably reiterate store frustrations over sales penetration rates for these products not being higher. Pegasystems, ... [Read More]

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20 states finish Q3 with 30-day delinquency rate above 2 percent

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Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, 05:01 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
If contract holders already were 30 days behind on their installment payment when Halloween arrived, they now might be up for repossession, especially in the 20 states that Experian identified as having a 30-day delinquency rate above 2 percent at ... [Read More]

Intimate dialogue begins involving NAFCU and CFPB

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Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, 05:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In an age where so much communication now occurs via email or an even faster text message, a hand-delivered letter from an industry association quickly generated a phone call from the new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. That ... [Read More]

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]

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]

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