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Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here

Wise F&I’s products now accessible through Darwin Automotive

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Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2017, 03:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Wise F&I, which offers an array of voluntary protection products including guaranteed asset protection (GAP), appearance care service contracts, tire and wheel protection, vehicle service contracts, theft deterrent systems, key replacement and other ancillary products, recently announced its products are ... [Read More]

FTC and New York AG release annual auto-related complaint stats

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Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2017, 03:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coinciding with the start of National Consumer Protection Week, both the Federal Trade Commission and New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman — one of the most active individual regulatory enforcers in the auto finance space — both released annual consumer ... [Read More]

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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

The ART of AI: A Dealership Guide to Deploying AI With Confidence

AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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Turn Battery Risk Into Trust: Your Edge in the Used EV Market

Independent battery health certification is the new gold standard for used EV dealerships. The latest AVILOO detect Magazine reveals how...
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How GMs Start Their Day with Mastermind & Make More Deals

Successful General Managers know that how you start the day sets the tone for dealership performance. This checklist outlines the...
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Rising Repos, Shrinking Margins: A Guide to Reduce Collections and Servicing Costs with AI Agents

As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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Out-of-State Titling: 12 Steps Every Title Clerk Should Follow (The Easy Way)

Out-of-state titling isn’t easy. With every state having different DMV requirements, document packets, and deadlines, it’s easy for mistakes to...
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Free Guide: How Smart Dealers Can Profit from Customer Car Insurance

Turn Customer Auto Insurance into Dealership Profit If you're not profiting from auto insurance in your dealership, now’s the time...
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Go In-House With Your Photos

Your Photo Vendor Didn’t Show Up Again? Let’s Fix That. Stop relying on vendors and start owning your inventory. This...
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The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI

The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI highlights key questions dealership leaders should ask technology partners during the selection...
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What might ‘seal the deal’ for next interest rate hike

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Monday, Mar. 6, 2017, 04:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Stifel Nicolaus chief economist Lindsey Piegza and Comerica Bank chief economist Robert Dye each examined the comprehensive commentary offered by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen regarding the possibility of another interest rate move arriving next week. After taking in what ... [Read More]

Veros Credit makes 2 moves associated with ‘strategic realignment’

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Monday, Mar. 6, 2017, 04:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Subprime auto finance company Veros Credit is going through what leadership called a “strategic realignment,” which includes the closing of two facilities as well as the hiring of a new senior vice president of sales and marketing. First, Veros Credit, ... [Read More]

DRN set to open free skip-tracing webinar series

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Friday, Mar. 3, 2017, 03:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Alex Price, director of risk solutions at Digital Recognition Network and one of the leading experts on skip-tracing, will host the first segment of a free, four-part webinar series designed to give collection departments at finance companies “tactics and techniques ... [Read More]

Credit Acceptance to invest $33M, add more than 500 workers

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Friday, Mar. 3, 2017, 03:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Michigan Economic Development Corp. (MEDC) this week highlighted the investment and additional personnel Credit Acceptance plans to leverage going forward. Because, state officials said, the subprime auto finance company “is experiencing significant growth and needs to expand its facilities ... [Read More]

Average amount financed for new & used hits new record

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Thursday, Mar. 2, 2017, 03:04 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The amount of debt consumers are absorbing to acquire a new or used vehicle reached record highs during the fourth quarter, according to the latest State of the Automotive Finance Market report from Experian. With consumers turning to longer-term contracts ... [Read More]

Westlake leverages technology 2 ways to boost business

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Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2017, 04:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Westlake Financial Services is looking to use a pair of technology advancements in an effort to drum up more business for the finance company that specializes in subprime retail installment contracts. First this week, Westlake launched an online indirect auto ... [Read More]

OnlineBKmanager.com celebrating 20th year in lead business

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Wednesday, Mar. 1, 2017, 04:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Bankruptcy lead provider OnlineBKmanager.com is celebrating 20 years of servicing dealerships with marketing material to dealerships who want to do business with individuals who either filed or had their bankruptcies discharged. “It is hard to believe it has been 20 ... [Read More]

Why contracts with potential Uber drivers contain extra risk

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Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, 03:39 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Perhaps it’s not yet a significant risk threat to the overall health of auto finance company portfolios, but Experian Automotive’s Melinda Zabritski explained the possible problems if your customers are using the vehicle attached to the installment contract to drive ... [Read More]
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