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Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial

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Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars

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How ‘fairly stable consumers’ could impact subprime

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Monday, Mar. 13, 2017, 03:37 PM

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor

Certain macroeconomic trends — especially employment and consumer confidence — prompted Santander Consumer USA president and chief executive officer Jason Kulas to say that he sees a “fairly stable consumer” after he examined the finance company’s portfolio as well as ... [Read More]

GWC Warranty rolls out free compliance training for top dealer clients

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Monday, Mar. 13, 2017, 03:35 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Used-vehicle service contract and related finance and insurance products provider GWC Warranty introduced a new exclusive benefit for its top dealers. Members of the WealthBuilder and Elite Dealer Programs now have access to free, online, on-demand compliance training. Through GWC ... [Read More]

Del Mar Recovery Solutions & MBSi broaden partnership

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Friday, Mar. 10, 2017, 04:20 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

This week, repossession services provider Del Mar Recovery Solutions announced that the company expanded its partnership with MBSi Corp. to encompass MBSi’s new suite of products. For the past several years, Del Mar Recovery Solutions has utilized MBSi’s iRepo platform ... [Read More]

Negative auto ABS trends continue in January

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Friday, Mar. 10, 2017, 04:18 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

S&P Global Ratings reported on Thursday that collateral performance in the U.S. prime and subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sectors continued to weaken in January. “Surprisingly, delinquencies did not decline from December to January as they usually do,” the ... [Read More]

Equifax rolls out suite of 3 advanced analytics tools

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Thursday, Mar. 9, 2017, 02:15 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

On Thursday, Equifax announced the global launch of a portfolio of analytics tools dubbed Equifax Ignite that’s available now in the U.S., Canada and the U.K., and coming to Australia in the fall. The company explained that Equifax Ignite challenges ... [Read More]

CFPB’s supervisory highlights focus on credit reporting

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Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2017, 03:23 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released a report detailing the problems in the credit reporting industry that the bureau said it has uncovered and corrected through its oversight work. Since launching its supervision of the credit reporting market, ... [Read More]

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]

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]

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