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How agentic AI is impacting collections
Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, 02:21 PM
Agentic AI is among the slew of topics being bandied about this week at NADA Show 2026 in Las Vegas. The subject also was discussed during Used Car Week 2025 in the same city. Used Car Week Hall of Famer ... Listen Here
The real cost of inaction when it comes to transport fraud
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, 03:30 PM
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More dialogue about current complexities of fleet management with David Prusinski of Vehicle Management Systems (VMS)
Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, 03:30 PM
A limited number of qualified maintenance technicians. A robust mix of gasoline-, diesel- and electric-fueled vehicles. There’s no shortage of challenges for fleet managers nowadays. To help wade through the environment with valuable perspectives, David Prusinski, who is CEO of ... Listen Here

Westlake acquires Credit Union Leasing of America

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Thursday, Jun. 15, 2017, 07:05 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Westlake Financial Services now possesses a significantly larger investment footprint, as on Thursday the company announced the acquisition of Credit Union Leasing of America (CULA), headquartered in San Diego. The company highlighted the purchase of CULA raised Westlake’s total managed ... [Read More]

Fed raises rates while watching subprime auto financing

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Thursday, Jun. 15, 2017, 03:06 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
As was widely anticipated, members of the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve chose to raise the target range for the federal funds rate from 1 percent to 1.25 percent on Wednesday. While the vote to raise the ... [Read More]

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How debt collection industry scored rare ‘victory’

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Wednesday, Jun. 14, 2017, 03:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A debt collection expert explained the importance of the rule-making pivot the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau evidently is making when it comes to finance companies and other credit providers looking to collect from consumers who defaulted. CFPB director Richard Cordray ... [Read More]

Nicholas Financial president & CEO to retire as company modifies static pools & underwriting

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Wednesday, Jun. 14, 2017, 03:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coming off of a fiscal year where its net earnings dropped but still surpassed $5 million, Nicholas Financial this week announced the retirement of Ralph Finkenbrink as the subprime auto finance company’s president and chief executive officer for personal reasons. Nicholas ... [Read More]

7 findings in Treasury’s regulatory reform report

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Tuesday, Jun. 13, 2017, 02:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coming on the heels of the U.S. House of Representatives passing H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act, in an effort to modify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau among other objectives, the U.S. Department of the Treasury late on Monday issued its ... [Read More]

April ABS movements hint at possible future losses

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Tuesday, Jun. 13, 2017, 02:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings reported that collateral performance in the U.S. prime and subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sectors was mixed in April relative to March. Analysts indicated that while losses and recoveries continued to show seasonal improvement on a ... [Read More]

FactorTrust & GOLDPoint Systems partner to boost originations & more

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Monday, Jun. 12, 2017, 03:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
FactorTrust recently finalized an innovative partnership with GOLDPoint Systems to integrate alternative credit data and scores into the online finance company’s originating, servicing and reporting processes, thereby enabling GOLDPoint’s lending clients to get a complete overview of creditworthy borrowers. GOLDPoint ... [Read More]

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Friday, Jun. 9, 2017, 07:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Change seems to be always in the air in the auto finance space. Finance companies are adjusting underwriting to mitigate risk, maintain origination growth and watch for delinquency rises. Service providers are looking to improve their solutions while sustaining high ... [Read More]

Industry cheers as CFPB reform measure passes House

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Friday, Jun. 9, 2017, 01:24 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
While lawmakers from opposing parties either cheered or jeered the vote tally, industry advocates from the banking, financial services and dealership communities on Thursday all applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act.  The ... [Read More]

3 reasons why RouteOne hit 7.5M booked eContracts

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Friday, Jun. 9, 2017, 01:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, RouteOne highlighted that its eContracting platform reached a new milestone with 7.5 million booked eContracts. The threshold resulted in more than $200 billion in funded deals. RouteOne indicated the growth can be attributed to the rising adoption by: ... [Read More]

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