Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Edmunds on why appeal of used EVs could surge as gas prices keep rising & affordability remains challenging
Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2026, 10:30 AM
PODCAST: Carleton’s Tim Yalich on how critical accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers
Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2026, 10:57 AM
Already the top factor holding back dealership business, potential economic headwinds build
Monday, Mar. 9, 2026, 10:53 AM
Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
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
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
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
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars
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
Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM
DRN’s LPR data now included in masterQueue’s dashboard
Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, 05:09 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
One of the benefits of Used Car Week is the networking that happens among auto finance service providers. Some of the fruit of that ongoing networking between two of Used Car Week’s staunchest supporters ripened on Monday. Digital Recognition Network ... [Read More]
Traffic Control CRM upgrades tool to handle ‘We Owe’ and other F&I fulfillments
Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, 03:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Traffic Control, a solution for dealers retailing 50 to 150 vehicles a month, this week announced new features for improving multiple F&I-related steps to enhance deal cash flow, employee efficiency and customer satisfaction. Traffic Control CRM now features e-document technology ... [Read More]
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The Dealer’s Guide to Smarter GPS Tracking
A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist
Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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Credit Acceptance responds to accounting and salesforce questions
Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, 03:38 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Beyond its originations and collections activities, Wall Street observers questioned Credit Acceptance Corp. leadership about two specific operational areas when executives discussed their third-quarter results. Investment analysts wanted to know about Credit Acceptance’s strategy for adding to its sales force ... [Read More]
Balancing the risk versus rewards of financing to millennials
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, 08:24 PM
Brien Joyce, EFG Companies
Millennials — those individuals born between 1980 and 1994 — currently represent 25 percent of the total buying power in the U.S., according to a recent study by TransUnion. They also control a large chunk of liquid assets, an amount that ... [Read More]
Emre Ucer: 2017 Repossession Executive of the Year
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, 05:16 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Some individuals find riding motorcycles exhilarating, especially as they gain more experience with the machines. But just like with vehicles, sometimes these individuals do not keep up with their financial responsibilities mandated in a contract, triggering a repossession. As an ... [Read More]
Ally chooses former Citigroup exec to be chief strategy officer
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, 04:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coinciding with the finance company’s enhanced relationship with Carvana, Ally Financial on Wednesday announced that Dinesh Chopra has joined the company as its new chief strategy officer. In his newly created role Chopra will lead Ally’s corporate strategy team, helping ... [Read More]
Southern California dealer group to pay FTC $1.4 million over advertising issues
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017, 04:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission flexed its regulatory muscle again this week. Officials said a southern California-based dealership group will pay $1.4 million to settle FTC charges that it violated a 2014 administrative order prohibiting the company from misrepresenting how much ... [Read More]
Interest rate rise in December appears likely
Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, 04:21 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
With the Federal Reserve again passing on the chance to move interest rates higher this month, S&P Global Ratings is expecting the Federal Open Market Committee to tick the target range for the federal funds rate up by 25 basis ... [Read More]
TD Auto Finance’s top exec among AFSA award winners
Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, 04:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Andrew Stuart, president and chief executive officer of TD Auto Finance, was among three recipients of a 2017 American Financial Services Association Distinguished Service Award (DSA) during AFSA’s 101st annual meeting. The other two executives given the association’s highest honor ... [Read More]
PointPredictive hosts roundtable to curtail auto-finance fraud
Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The fight against fraud in auto finance continued last week. PointPredictive held its second Auto Lending Fraud Roundtable last week in Dallas with finance companies representing 48 percent of total automotive originations in the U.S. They met to further collaborate ... [Read More]
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