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CARS Protection Plus taps Circuitry.ai Warranty Decision Intelligence to help adjusters resolve claims faster
Wednesday, May. 6, 2026, 10:38 AM
Here’s an example from the car-warranty industry where companies are leveraging artificial intelligence to help people, not replace them. On Tuesday, CARS Protection Plus, a provider of vehicle service contracts, announced it has gone live with Circuitry.ai’s Warranty Decision Intelligence ... Read More
DealerOn’s dual launch includes AI search visibility platform, ‘intelligent layer’ touching full dealership
Tuesday, May. 5, 2026, 03:28 PM
DealerOn has done NASA one better. While the space agency recently launched the first astronauts to visit the moon in more than 50 years, the provider of auto dealership websites and digital sales and marketing technology boasted two launches on ... Read More
Newest Experian tool designed to reduce risk within AI-driven commerce
Monday, May. 4, 2026, 11:19 AM
Experian found another way to connect people and technology. And the newest tool emphasizes the component of a transaction including a real person. Last week, the company launched Experian Agent Trust, a framework that designed to establish a secure, verifiable ... Read More
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here

CPS finalizes first securitization of 2018, totaling $190M

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Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, 03:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Last week, Consumer Portfolio Services announced the closing of its first term securitization of 2018.  Officials highlighted the transaction is CPS’ 27th senior subordinate securitization since the beginning of 2011 and the 10th consecutive securitization to receive a triple “A” ... [Read More]

defi SOLUTIONS lands $55M investment from Bain Capital Ventures

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Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, 04:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The management team at defi SOLUTIONS now has a sizeable amount of resources to deploy an aggressive growth plan. On Friday, defi SOLUTIONS announced it has raised $55 million in a Series C investment from Bain Capital Ventures. Executives highlighted the ... [Read More]

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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

Speaking the Same Language: How Dealers Structure Capital for Real Estate and Growth

Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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Dealer Playbook: 5 Takeaways for Auto Retailers Using AI

The May issue of Auto Remarketing — “Shifting Gears: AI’s Role in Retail Automotive” — explores how top auto retailers...
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How TO Maximize Your Digital Sales!

How much revenue is slipping through the cracks in your digital sales process? Our latest guide reveals the most common...
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Loan Origination Automation Guidelines for Modern Lenders

Lenders are under pressure to move faster, handle higher volumes, and reduce manual tasks. Automation can help, but only if...
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Turn Service Visits Into Sales Growth: A GM’s Checklist

Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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NAF Association, Hudson Cook and Compli to offer free webinar projecting Trump impact

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Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, 07:53 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The National Automotive Finance Association is teaming with Hudson Cook and Compli for a free webinar in an effort to answer some questions likely on the minds of leaders at dealerships and finance companies. A trio of experts is looking ... [Read More]

CFPB now seeking industry feedback on operational effectiveness

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Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, 03:37 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
While a consumer advocate in a note to SubPrime Auto Finance News called the action “an insane development,” industry representatives cheered the request by the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for evidence of the regulator’s effectiveness. On ... [Read More]

MBSi welcomes Fountaine as director of business development

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Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, 04:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
MBSi Corp. welcomed a top executive from another firm in the recovery industry to its company team this week. MBSi, one of the loyal sponsors of Used Car Week and a leading provider of repossession assignment software and vendor compliance ... [Read More]

White Clarke Group adds Slyman to bolster North American team

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Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, 04:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
White Clarke Group recently bolstered its North American workforce. The global provider of full lifecycle loan origination, servicing, collections and floorplan finance technology announced Heather Slyman has joined the firm as vice president of business development for North America. Executives ... [Read More]

LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS integrates with Equifax Workforce Solutions

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Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, 04:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
An important component in subprime auto finance underwriting is gauging the potential contract holder’s ability to make installment payments. LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS and Equifax are teaming up to help finance companies with that stipulation. This week Equifax and LAUNCHER.SOLUTIONS, a technology provider ... [Read More]

Auto defaults close 2017 on stable track

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Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, 04:55 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For the fourth time in the past seven years, the auto portion of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices closed the calendar with the default rate holding steady or ticking a bit lower on a sequential basis. S&P Dow Jones ... [Read More]

FICO hosting free webinar to share best practices in using automated communications

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Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, 03:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
It’s a new year, and FICO is hopeful 2018 will be filled with new customers coming into company portfolios. In an effort to help institutions communicate with this new batch of contract holders, FICO is hosting a free educational webinar ... [Read More]

3 suggestions for companies with underperforming employees

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Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, 03:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Automotive Personnel chief executive officer Don Jasensky offered three options when dealership and auto finance company management teams are faced with the decision of making manpower changes based on performance. Jasensky leveraged his nearly 30 years of experience, acknowledging that, ... [Read More]

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