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Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial

Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM

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

Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings

Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM

Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Tom Kontos, who now is analytics advisor for Auto Auction Holdings. Convinced to come out of retirement and get back in the business last fall with the growing wholesale ... Listen Here

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

Arra Finance to acquire Crescent Bank’s auto-financing division

Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2025, 05:00 PM

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor

The short history of Arra Finance already includes some of the most significant moments a new operation can have. The company specializing in subprime auto financing launched in spring 2022, then last summer gained new ownership with an asset management ... [Read More]

REPAY bolsters integration with MeridianLink to boost payment processing for banks & credit unions

Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2025, 01:49 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Quarterly updates have shown consumers are struggling to maintain their monthly payments for auto financing and other credit products. So, Repay Holdings Corp. is making sure that its vertically integrated payment solutions perform well, thus announcing new enhancements to the ... [Read More]

Agora claims ‘milestone accomplishment’ with rated asset-backed securitization

Kinetic Advantage finalizes first securitization

Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2025, 11:18 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Agora Data secured what it called a “milestone accomplishment” toward strengthening its position in the multi-billion-dollar public capital markets. The fintech innovator of advanced capital solutions in subprime and non-prime consumer finance on Tuesday announced the successful completion of its ... [Read More]

PODCAST: Putting Q1 auto-finance data into historical perspective with Experian’s Melinda Zabritski

Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2025, 11:18 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights and one of the analysts among this year’s Automotive Intelligence Award recipients, returned for another appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Zabritski described what elements were in place to help banks gain ... [Read More]

NAF Association welcomes newly elected directors and 2025 executive officers

Tuesday, Jun. 10, 2025, 10:00 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Along with giving its annual awards, the National Automotive Finance Association elected five new members to its board of directors during last week’s Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference in Plano, Texas. Beginning a two-year term following a vote held during the ... [Read More]

GM’s former top marketing executive joins Safe-Guard board

Friday, Jun. 6, 2025, 10:12 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The former global chief marketing officer of General Motors is now helping Safe-Guard Products International. This week, the platform provider of private label protection products for the automotive, RV, marine, and powersports industries announced the appointment of Deborah Wahl to ... [Read More]

F&I Sentinel adds Ewing to board ‘at a pivotal moment’

Friday, Jun. 6, 2025, 10:07 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

In a move happening “at a pivotal moment” for the company, F&I Sentinel appointed fintech leader and compliance expert Frank Ewing to its board of directors this week. The provider of tech-enabled solutions for F&I products highlighted that Ewing has ... [Read More]

Experian: Banks post auto-finance market rebound in Q1

Thursday, Jun. 5, 2025, 10:13 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

There’s a new way to revisit that old phrase, “You can take it to the bank.” That’s because dealership finance managers might have been saying those words since Experian highlighted banks reclaimed ground across the automotive finance industry market during ... [Read More]

3 repo organizations reiterate definitions of 8 key industry terms

Wednesday, Jun. 4, 2025, 02:26 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Earlier this year, a joint announcement from three of the largest repossession organizations — Allied Finance Adjusters, American Recovery Association and Eagle Group XX — reiterated their definitions of eight key terms associated with vehicle repossessions and recoveries. Especially considering ... [Read More]

Report shows 165% increase in complaints to CFPB by servicemembers during a 4-year span

Tuesday, Jun. 3, 2025, 09:50 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Advocates are encouraged and concerned following the release of a new report on Tuesday from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group that analyzed a portion of complaints published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). While not specifically ... [Read More]

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