AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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2025 Loss Mitigation Executive of the Year: Craig Paterson of GM Financial
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, 02:23 PM
PODCAST: Used Car Week Hall of Famer Becky Igo of Allied Solutions
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 10:48 AM
2025 Repossession Agent of the Year: Phil Hanks of Connect 1 Recovery
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, 10:34 AM
Dissecting evolving credit scores with Shams Blanc of FICO
As much as auto-finance underwriting has become sophisticated, a potential starting point to determine if the applicant will be offered an installment contract is the credit score. Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, described the ... Listen Here
Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, 03:34 PM
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Jerry Kroshus of Location Services
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees is a conversation with Jerry Kroshus, who is CEO of Location Services. Cherokee Media President Bill Zadeits talks with Kroshus about his career journey in ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Used Car Week Hall of Famer Kathy Ruble of Ally
Next up on our podcast series with 2025 Used Car Week Hall of Fame inductees, we catch up with Kathy Ruble, who is executive director of marketing, dealer financial services and communications at Ally. Ruble has been the longtime moderator ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025, 07:52 PM
Trump’s signature nullifies CFPB arbitration rule
Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, 03:29 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
President Trump followed through this week by signing H.J. Res. 111, which nullifies the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule prohibiting the use of a pre-dispute arbitration agreement to prevent a consumer from filing or participating in certain class action suits. ... [Read More]
Black Book releases economic scenario-based residuals data tool
Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, 02:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Black Book rolled out a new solution on Wednesday meant to mitigate the stress — perceived and actual — that lease providers might have about residual values. Black Book release its new economic scenario-based residuals that’s now available to finance ... [Read More]
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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
Turn Battery Risk Into Trust: Your Edge in the Used EV Market
Independent battery health certification is the new gold standard for used EV dealerships. The latest AVILOO detect Magazine reveals how...
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How GMs Start Their Day with Mastermind & Make More Deals
Successful General Managers know that how you start the day sets the tone for dealership performance. This checklist outlines the...
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Rising Repos, Shrinking Margins: A Guide to Reduce Collections and Servicing Costs with AI Agents
As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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Out-of-State Titling: 12 Steps Every Title Clerk Should Follow (The Easy Way)
Out-of-state titling isn’t easy. With every state having different DMV requirements, document packets, and deadlines, it’s easy for mistakes to...
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Free Guide: How Smart Dealers Can Profit from Customer Car Insurance
Turn Customer Auto Insurance into Dealership Profit If you're not profiting from auto insurance in your dealership, now’s the time...
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Go In-House With Your Photos
Your Photo Vendor Didn’t Show Up Again? Let’s Fix That. Stop relying on vendors and start owning your inventory. This...
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The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI
The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI highlights key questions dealership leaders should ask technology partners during the selection...
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CFPB’s 7 principles for consumer-authorized financial data sharing and aggregation
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, 02:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently offered its assessment regarding a potential information path auto finance company collectors and recovery professionals might use during the skip-tracing process to mitigate delinquencies and potential charge-offs. The CFPB outlined seven principles for when ... [Read More]
GWC Warranty promotes manager to VP post
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, 02:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty, a provider of used-vehicle service contracts and related F&I products sold through dealers, recently promoted Cynthia Bodden to the position of area vice president of sales for the company’s Mid-Atlantic region. In her role, the company highlighted that ... [Read More]
Sword Apak elevates exec to global sales manager
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, 02:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Sword Apak, which provides financial systems to the global asset finance and banking sectors, recently appointed Kris Turner to head up its expanding global sales efforts, where momentum has seen the company’s interest expand across the United States, Europe and ... [Read More]
Nearly 60 percent of GM Financial’s Q3 originations fell within prime
Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, 02:35 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
In the words of General Motors Financial president and chief executive officer Dan Berce, the paper the captive is adding “continues to skew to more prime originations.” Berce made his latest proclamation when GM Financial shared its third-quarter results, which ... [Read More]
CPS on originations pace to run ‘very stable company’
Monday, Oct. 30, 2017, 03:03 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Some finance companies might see success as the more originations, the better. That’s not quite the case at Consumer Portfolio Services as a strategy chairman and chief executive officer Brad Bradley thought would be successful during the worst part of ... [Read More]
Latest securitizations by Credit Acceptance and CPS approach $550 million
Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, 02:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Credit Acceptance and Consumer Portfolio Services each pushed out securitizations recently, and the combined total offered by the auto finance companies that specialize in subprime paper reached nearly $550 million. The larger of the two developments was from Credit Acceptance, ... [Read More]
GrooveCar brings on 25 new credit union partners in Q3
Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, 02:07 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More than 300,000 additional credit union members might be using GrooveCar’s platform to make a vehicle purchase. The buying resource enjoyed another busy quarter and signed up 25 new partners in Q3. “GrooveCar puts the platform in the hands of ... [Read More]
PwC to present picture of how robotic technology could impact auto finance
Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, 03:34 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Craig Schleicher of PwC sees robotic features having a much greater presence in auto finance in the not-so-distant future. No, C-3PO and R2-D2 from Star Wars likely aren’t taking over underwriting and servicing vehicle installment contracts, but the manager of consumer ... [Read More]
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