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 average 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 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
Thursday, Mar. 26, 2026, 02:23 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
National Auto Care acquired by different private equity firm
Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2018, 03:08 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
National Auto Care Corp. is changing hands again. The provider of F&I products, administration, consulting services, training and marketing support to independent agents, insurance companies, financial institutions, third-party administrators and credit unions, has entered into an agreement to be acquired ... [Read More]
IRS explains 3 activities typically done by agency scammers
Monday, Jul. 30, 2018, 03:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While it’s been more than three months since individuals and businesses had to file their federal income forms, the Internal Revenue Service warned that many taxpayers have encountered individuals impersonating IRS officials — in person, over the telephone and via ... [Read More]
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The Dealer’s Guide to Smarter GPS Tracking
A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
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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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Advice to reduce compensation friction during hiring process
Monday, Jul. 30, 2018, 03:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Automotive Personnel founder and chief executive officer Don Jasensky offered a strategy so finance companies and other employers can handle one of the most challenging portions of the hiring process — the potentially large chasm between the salary offered and ... [Read More]
17 credit unions join GrooveCar Direct in Q2
Friday, Jul. 27, 2018, 03:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GrooveCar Direct announced 17 new credit union partners have joined its online vehicle shopping and financing program during the second quarter. Coming aboard the program in Q2 were institutions from 12 different states, serving 137,305 members, including: — AAA Federal ... [Read More]
3 subprime ABS pool elements pushing losses to near recessionary peaks
Friday, Jul. 27, 2018, 03:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While improved recoveries in May helped to boost the overall metrics within the U.S. auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sector, S&P Global Ratings noticed significant turbulence is developing within the subprime space. On a static pool vintage basis, S&P Global ... [Read More]
Why finance companies should analyze static pools of dealers, not just consumers
Monday, Jul. 23, 2018, 03:09 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Equifax auto finance leader Lou Loquasto pictures an industry landscape where finance companies rank dealerships based on risk and potential profitability, just like they do consumers as applications arrive in the underwriting department. By extrapolating the knowledge gleaned through static ... [Read More]
CFPB establishes Office of Innovation as director nominee faces Senate
Friday, Jul. 20, 2018, 03:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coinciding with Kathleen Kraninger telling the Senate Banking Committee this week how she would oversee the regulator as its new director, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau outlined the head of a new division — the Office of Innovation. Acting director ... [Read More]
Levison: Are you buying a repo service or a repo result?
Wednesday, Jul. 18, 2018, 07:31 PM
Mike Levison, ALS Resolvion
Over the years, repossession and skip-tracing services have come to be viewed somewhat as commodities by many in the lending community. As such, outside of compliance, the primary focus around the management of these services has been cost. After all, since ... [Read More]
June auto default rate stays flat
Wednesday, Jul. 18, 2018, 04:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For the first time since last fall, the auto default rate remained flat on a sequential basis. According to data through June released this week by S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian, last month’s reading came in at 0.93 percent; ... [Read More]
Kennedy: Reviewing non-prime auto performance and looking ahead
Tuesday, Jul. 17, 2018, 02:56 PM
Joel Kennedy, Spinnaker Consulting Group
I’ve recently spent a considerable amount of time poring over the 2018 Non-Prime Automotive Finance Survey, which is administered annually by the National Automotive Finance Association. All who review this important survey will see the story of increasing operating expenses, ... [Read More]
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