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
June auto default rate sets 10-year low
Tuesday, Jul. 18, 2017, 03:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps the auto loan component of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices is becoming a game of “how low can you go?” A month after the rate tied a 10-year low, S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian released data through ... [Read More]
5 reforms when FTC issues civil investigative demands
Monday, Jul. 17, 2017, 08:12 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
If a federal investigation into your dealership or finance company ever happens, perhaps here is some good news regarding how it might unfold. Federal Trade Commission acting chairman Maureen Ohlhausen on Monday announced several internal process reforms in the agency’s ... [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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Former Exeter, Capital One exec joins defi SOLUTIONS
Friday, Jul. 14, 2017, 06:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
An experienced technology expert whose previous career stops included stints with Exeter Finance and Capital One is now bringing his talents to defi SOLUTIONS. The loan origination software and lending technology platform provider announced Keven Sticher has joined the team ... [Read More]
Revamped FNI platform can handle 100K applications per hour
Friday, Jul. 14, 2017, 06:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Financial Network Inc. (FNI) said it is launching a new loan origination system platform in August. Among the new features, FNI highlighted the solution boasts additional data services, workbench screens and overall functionality. The company also pointed out the platform ... [Read More]
F&I Express unveils month-long agent appreciation campaign
Thursday, Jul. 13, 2017, 06:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Express wants to celebrate more than the Fourth of July this month. The company declared July to be Love Our Agents Month, an endeavor created to honor what the agents and agencies have done for F&I Express. Management insisted ... [Read More]
Subprime auto loan ABS performance worsens in May
Thursday, Jul. 13, 2017, 06:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
S&P Global Ratings noticed a stark difference between the prime and subprime segments when examining collateral performance in May within U.S. auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS). Analysts reviewed the May data and found that in prime segment, relative to April, ... [Read More]
Gauging the future of CFPB’s arbitration decision
Thursday, Jul. 13, 2017, 03:29 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
A broad collection of industry representatives already is gearing up to generate a significant pushback against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which earlier this week spelled out a new rule prohibiting the use of class action waivers in arbitration clauses. ... [Read More]
GWC Warranty promotes Pratt to AVP of strategic alliances
Wednesday, Jul. 12, 2017, 03:55 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty, a provider of used-vehicle service contracts and related finance and insurance products sold through dealers, has appointed Wendy Pratt as the new associate vice president of strategic alliances. Pratt joined GWC Warranty in 2010 and shortly thereafter was ... [Read More]
Free FICO webinar to focus on integrating collections & recovery
Wednesday, Jul. 12, 2017, 03:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
FICO is hosting a complimentary webinar in hopes of giving finance companies guidance on streamlining their collections and recovery processes. During the hour-long session, titled “Integrating Collections and Recovery — From Theory to Practice” that’s set for 1 p.m. ET on ... [Read More]
Why industry is ‘disappointed’ with CFPB’s arbitration rule
Wednesday, Jul. 12, 2017, 03:47 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Clearly the industry is “disappointed” that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau earlier this week issued a final rule prohibiting the use of class action waivers in arbitration clauses. The American Financial Services Association, the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association and ... [Read More]
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