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
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
NAF Association pledges to maintain conference quality
Tuesday, Apr. 25, 2017, 02:57 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The National Automotive Finance Association is organizing the 21st annual Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference with the same mandate organization leadership has held for more than two decades. “This is the industry event where all the non-prime auto financing company executives ... [Read More]
CPS’ positive-earnings streak reaches 23 straight quarters
Monday, Apr. 24, 2017, 03:00 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Consumer Portfolio Services chairman and chief executive officer Brad Bradley likes the position where the subprime auto finance company sits after the first quarter. And it’s not just because CPS posted its 23rd consecutive quarter of positive earnings. Bradley pointed ... [Read More]
Space Coast Credit Union honors 6 dealers with Watchdog Award
Monday, Apr. 24, 2017, 02:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Space Coast Credit Union recently honored six local dealers with its Watchdog Dealer of the Year Award, recognizing the superior service they provided to SCCU members in 2016. Officials highlighted the award — which has been presented annually to local ... [Read More]
2 new relationships designed to boost originations and payments
Friday, Apr. 21, 2017, 02:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A quartet of auto finance technology firms collaborated this week on a pair of relationships aimed at enhancing both originations and payments. First, Payix and Nortridge Software announced they formed a strategic alliance to help finance companies connect with their ... [Read More]
Considering if subprime is the ‘canary in the coalmine’
Thursday, Apr. 20, 2017, 02:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Financial advising firm UBS used the grim illustration of the “canary in the coalmine” at the beginning of a report it released this week involving the subprime auto finance space. To recap, that illustration stems from miners using caged canaries ... [Read More]
Efforts by Equifax & GM Financial to improve finance knowledge
Tuesday, Apr. 18, 2017, 02:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A recent Equifax survey indicated most consumers who participated do not place themselves at the head of the class when it comes to financial literacy. Auto finance companies such as General Motors Financial are putting initiatives in motion to coincide ... [Read More]
PointPredictive enhances DealerTrace to combat fraud
Tuesday, Apr. 18, 2017, 02:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
PointPredictive recently announced the general availability of an enhanced version of DealerTrace, a comprehensive consortium-based analytic solution designed to provide auto finance companies with a dealer-level, holistic view of fraud and early payment default risk. The firm explained this solution ... [Read More]
6 FTC initiatives meant to eliminate wasteful regulations
Tuesday, Apr. 18, 2017, 02:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with planning a workshop to examine financial issues and scams that can affect military consumers, the Federal Trade Commission said this week it is moving “aggressively” to implement presidential directives aimed at eliminating wasteful, unnecessary regulations and processes. Acting ... [Read More]
5 changes toward the Consumer Financial Opportunity Agency
Monday, Apr. 17, 2017, 02:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Last summer, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, the Texas Republican who also is the U.S. House Financial Services Committee chairman, introduced a plan he described as a way to replace the Dodd-Frank Act and promote economic growth. This spring, the outspoken critic ... [Read More]
Another view of vehicle values & recovery rates
Thursday, Apr. 13, 2017, 02:32 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Cox Automotive chief economist Tom Webb cautioned watchers of the auto ABS market as well as managers who compute severity of loss at finance companies. Webb insisted that softening wholesale values and what vehicles might be fetching at the auction ... [Read More]
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