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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
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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
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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
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Westlake sets new mark with $700M securitization
Wednesday, Mar. 22, 2017, 02:23 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Within a week of leveraging additional vehicle location data and analytics to mitigate its risk, Westlake Financial Services announced on Tuesday that the finance company issued a $700 million asset-backed securitization backed by approximately $748.7 million of automotive loans and ... [Read More]
House hearing gathers experts to debate CFPB structure & more
Wednesday, Mar. 22, 2017, 02:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Does Richard Cordray possess more power than President Trump? No matter what Trump’s possible tweets might be to the contrary, one of the Constitution experts who testified during a U.S. House hearing on Tuesday declared that, in fact, the director ... [Read More]
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Annual subprime ABS performance dips for 4th straight year
Tuesday, Mar. 21, 2017, 02:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with taking a longer-term look and investigating how all pools would perform through a credit cycle, S&P Global Ratings reported that collateral performance in the U.S. subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sector weakened in 2016 for the fourth ... [Read More]
TrainAndCertify.org offers new certification program for VSC professionals
Monday, Mar. 20, 2017, 03:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
TrainAndCertify.org, a national provider of training and certification programs for sales and customer service reps in various consumer-centric industries, recently announced its Certified Vehicle Protection Professional (CVPP) certification program. TrainAndCertify.org established the CVPP program via the Academy of Certified Vehicle ... [Read More]
13 industry groups & DOJ file briefs in CFPB constitutionality case
Monday, Mar. 20, 2017, 03:23 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The parade of legal developments leading toward the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rehearing an important case involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has started in earnest. First, the American Financial Services Association, along with ... [Read More]
AUL outlines 3 components F&I training offering
Friday, Mar. 17, 2017, 02:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Warranty and vehicle service contract administrator AUL Corp. released its 2017 F&I training schedule on Thursday, marking the second year in a row the company is offering F&I training. AUL highlighted its training is designed to provide a tailored education ... [Read More]
Reynolds releases F&I libraries for Maine & Vermont
Friday, Mar. 17, 2017, 02:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Earlier this week, Reynolds and Reynolds announced the release of the Reynolds LAW Maine F&I Library, just a short while after the firm unveiled a similar product for a neighboring state with the rollout of the Reynolds LAW Vermont F&I ... [Read More]
Where interest rates could be by end of 2019
Thursday, Mar. 16, 2017, 01:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With the federal funds rate ticking up by 0.25 percent to 1 percent as widely expected on Wednesday, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen also described the expected median path for the federal funds rate through the close of 2019, which ... [Read More]
Westlake describes benefits of leveraging DRN’s vehicle location data and analytics
Wednesday, Mar. 15, 2017, 02:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Digital Recognition Network (DRN) recently embedded DRNsights, powered by vehicle location data plus analytics, into Westlake Financial’s servicing platform to manage risk and reduce losses. The companies shared that Westlake’s recent monthly performance report showed DRN’s data assisted Westlake with ... [Read More]
UPDATED: Sage Automotive Group, FTC settle for $3.6M
Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2017, 07:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that the Sage Automotive Group — which includes nine Los Angeles-based dealerships, its holding and management companies and two individuals — has agreed to pay more than $3.6 million in order to settle ... [Read More]
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