Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Experts see Middle East conflict making current car & credit markets even more challenging
Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2026, 10:27 AM
With additional insight about affordability, FICO watches averages credit scores tick lower again
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 11:27 AM
PODCAST: Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 01:05 PM
Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Jennifer Turnage, who is chief executive officer of Primeritus Financial Services. Turnage talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about the importance ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 05:01 PM
Industry Elite honoree Kelly Wyatt on 25-year career with GM Financial
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Kelly Wyatt, who is chief digital officer with GM Financial. Wyatt shares a conversation with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about being ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 04:43 PM
Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
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
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
KAR consolidates management team of RDN and Clearplan
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
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]
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist
Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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Highly partisan path to CFPB director confirmation finally concludes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
NADA asks IRS for clarification over floorplan depreciation provision
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, 04:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With less than a month remaining in the calendar year, tax matters are top of mind at the National Automobile Dealers Association. NADA recapped that the IRS recently proposed a rule on the additional first year depreciation deduction provision that ... [Read More]
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