A Look Back at Last Two Decades of the Used-Car Industry in Canada
In the grand finale of our podcast episodes from Canada’s Used Car Week in June, conference chair and Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits is joined by Brad Hart and Peter Snoyer on a panel celebrating 20th anniversary of the ... Listen Here
Thursday, Sep. 18, 2025, 02:32 PM
SPONSORED EPISODE: AI & Big Data Deliver Significant Improvements to Inventory Management
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Merritt Critcher, Director of Product Management with CDK speaks with Bill Zadeits about the newest trends and potential for AI and big data to meet and exceed the inventory management needs ... Listen Here
Thursday, Sep. 11, 2025, 04:33 PM
Matt Rice
Experian on how much auto refinancing is gaining traction
Melinda Zabritski, Experian’s head of automotive financial insights, said consumers are looking for ways to secure more favorable vehicle financing terms, especially with interest rates leveling out and perhaps a cut coming next week from the Federal Reserve. The base ... Listen Here
Thursday, Sep. 11, 2025, 01:53 PM
FTC reinforces auto industry enforcement priorities
Wednesday, Sep. 27, 2017, 03:04 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Coinciding with the regulator offering a deeper explanation of its revamped Used Car Rule, Tom Pahl of the Federal Trade Commission made the opening presentation during the National Policy Conference, hosted this week by the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association. ... [Read More]
20 percent compound monthly growth rate pushes SpringboardAuto into 22 states
Wednesday, Sep. 27, 2017, 03:01 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
SpringboardAuto highlighted this week that the company has produced an upward trajectory of completed auto financing equal to a compound monthly growth rate of 20 percent. As a result, the company announced it has expanded operations to 22 states, now ... [Read More]
Smith out as Equifax CEO
Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2017, 04:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Less than three weeks after revealing a massive cybersecurity data breach, Equifax said that chairman and chief executive officer Richard Smith is retiring from those posts effective today. Current board member Mark Feidler has been appointed non-executive chairman by the ... [Read More]
RoadVantage enhances benefits for lease customers
Monday, Sep. 25, 2017, 02:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
RoadVantage recently introduced what the F&I program provider called a “powerful and innovative” program for lease customers called Preferred LeaseCare. The company explained this new concept combines the “as you drive” benefits of RoadVantage ancillary products with a lease-end benefit, ... [Read More]
3 more reports question CFPB’s actions and structure
Monday, Sep. 25, 2017, 02:50 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Recent projects completed by the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Cato Institute again delved into unsatisfactory assessments of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Coinciding with House Republicans chastising the CFPB over its investigation of Wells Fargo, a wide-sweeping survey conducted ... [Read More]
GWC Warranty appoints new chief revenue officer
Friday, Sep. 22, 2017, 03:51 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, GWC Warranty, a provider of used-vehicle service contracts sold through dealers, appointed Brian Stach as the company’s new chief revenue officer. In his role, Stach will oversee all of GWC Warranty’s field sales operations, including a nationwide team ... [Read More]
Fed maintains course during latest monetary policy action
Thursday, Sep. 21, 2017, 02:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Because of the Federal Reserve’s view of realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation, a unanimous vote of the Federal Open Market Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 1 percent to 1.25 ... [Read More]
How repossession practices could improve based on latest CFPB report
Wednesday, Sep. 20, 2017, 02:46 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Hudson Cook partner Allen Denson read through the auto-finance portion of the latest Supervisory Highlights shared by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and immediately thought of another credit segment. The CFPB’s report described problems bureau representatives found with vehicles being ... [Read More]
Credit Bureau Connection partners with Clarity Services to enhance consumer history analysis
Wednesday, Sep. 20, 2017, 02:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Credit Bureau Connection (CBC) and Clarity Services have partnered to provide dealers and finance companies what the service providers say is a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive view of a consumer’s credit history. The companies explained exclusive subprime credit data combined with existing ... [Read More]
New York governor and AG take aggressive actions over Equifax breach
Tuesday, Sep. 19, 2017, 03:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two of the highest ranking officials in New York are using the Equifax security breach to intensify actions within the Empire State, bringing Experian and TransUnion into the matter, too. On Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed the New York Department ... [Read More]
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