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PODCAST: Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
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Industry Elite honoree Mike Thomas of Resolvion on building his career — literally
Next up in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Thomas, who is chief executive officer of Resolvion. Thomas shares memories with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about working in construction and ... Listen Here
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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
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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
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DIMONT to leverage Black Book history-adjusted valuations during claims process
Monday, Sep. 24, 2018, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coming on the heels of establishing a relationship with defi SOLUTIONS, Black Book also announced a development involving its history adjusted valuations (HAV) data and resources being integrated with DIMONT, one of the largest providers of insurance claims adjusting and ... [Read More]
3 factors that influence employee compensation most
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]
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FTC shuts down websites selling fake pay stubs, other documents
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]
August auto defaults continue stable summertime path
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
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