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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

2 Cox Automotive economists dissect implications of third interest-rate rise of 2017

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Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, 09:08 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
For the third time this year, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at the Federal Reserve opted to push the target range for the federal funds rate higher by another 25 basis points to leave the reading at 1.25 percent ... [Read More]

4 new enhancements to Spireon’s GPS solution

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Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, 04:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Spireon rolled out four enhancements to its GoldStar GPS solution on Wednesday designed to help mitigate risk and enhance repossession and recovery activities of large buy-here, pay-here dealerships and finance companies that originate contracts with subprime customers. The company also ... [Read More]

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ActivEngage enhances chat capability with 700Credit integration

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Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, 03:50 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Now dealers can converse online with potential buyers more robustly about how their financial standing might translate into a vehicle delivery. ActivEngage recently integrated with 700Credit to offer the ability to pull credit inside chat conversations. The feature will be ... [Read More]

Akerman adds third former CFPB official to legal team

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Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, 03:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Akerman recently bolstered its stable of legal talent by adding another former high-ranking official from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The law firm’s consumer financial services practice Group welcomed Kathleen “Kitty” Ryan from Buckley Sandler as a partner in the ... [Read More]

Ally chooses PNC exec to be next chief financial officer

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Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, 03:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Ally Financial made a move on Tuesday to ensure a smooth transition involving one of the highest positions at the company. Ally announced that Jenn LaClair will be joining the company as chief financial officer designate, effective Monday, with the ... [Read More]

Fiserv and TransUnion partner to integrate alternative data into origination platform

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Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, 03:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Tuesday, Fiserv finalized a partnership with TransUnion to improve price, decision accuracy and expand the customer base within the automotive finance space. Officials highlighted integrating the automotive loan origination system from Fiserv with CreditVision Link from TransUnion will help ... [Read More]

New roles for 2 executives at Toyota’s captive

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Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, 03:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Among seven executive changes made by Toyota across its North American operations, two involve top leaders at the automaker’s captive finance company. Effective Jan. 1, the company said in a recent announcement that Scott Cooke will be group vice president ... [Read More]

Though CFPB is in flux, compliance efforts still benefit auto finance providers

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Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, 05:11 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Even before the wrangling over who will lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau intensified earlier this week, Craig Nazzaro emphasized that the heavy compliance lifting done by auto finance companies still has plenty of value. Nazzaro, who is of counsel ... [Read More]

Free FICO webinar to share strategy to handle accounting changes for credit losses

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Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, 05:09 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
FICO is hosting a free webinar to sort through the details of an important accounting change that might be giving auto finance companies grief in meeting new standards that change how institutions account for expected credit losses. FICO experts plan ... [Read More]

Q3 deep subprime originations sink to lowest level ever

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Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, 04:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The evidence continues to mount showing how much auto finance companies are tightening their underwriting and slowing the volume of subprime paper they're adding to their portfolios. Experian Automotive reported on Thursday that the number of consumers outside prime (with ... [Read More]

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