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
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PODCAST: Carleton’s Tim Yalich on how critical accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers
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Already the top factor holding back dealership business, potential economic headwinds build
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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
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
2 more developments involving possible CFPB reform
Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, 04:14 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Compliance experts and industry advocates have been trying to project what might happen to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since President Trump was elected back in November. Two developments arrived this week that perhaps might give auto finance companies and ... [Read More]
Loss Prevention Services picks MBSi as technology & compliance partner
Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, 04:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Repossession and skip-tracing services provider Loss Prevention Services (LPS) announced on Thursday that the company has chosen MBSi Corp. as its assignment and compliance management solution. Throughout the year, LPS said it will transition its assignment management platform to Recovery ... [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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Experts not surprised Fed passes on rate rise
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, 03:09 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
When the Federal Open Market Committee’s first opportunity to make another interest rate adjustment arrived this week, the Federal Reserve unanimously passed on making another increase, maintaining the target range for the federal funds rate at 0.50 percent to 0.75 ... [Read More]
GWC Warranty adds 3 VPs to sales & operations teams
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, 03:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty, a provider of used-vehicle service contracts and related finance and insurance products sold through dealers, recently announced the addition of three executives to bolster its sales and operations teams. Joining the sales force are Sarah Messmann, who has ... [Read More]
Dealers still see good credit availability
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, 03:41 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
The latest dealer survey orchestrated by KeyBanc Capital Markets showed participants ended up being evenly split when describing credit availability to their customers. According to the survey conducted in December, KeyBanc found that 50 percent said credit availability remained intact ... [Read More]
4 parts of EFG Companies’ ‘murky’ F&I forecast
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, 04:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Formed through thousands of conversations with the nation’s leading dealership principals and finance companies, EFG Companies finalized four predictions and recommendations for 2017. President and chief executive officer John Pappanastos summarized the results on Tuesday, saying these insights reflect an ... [Read More]
Trump orders 2 regulations removed for every new 1 added
Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, 07:39 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Advocates for more regulation by federal agencies over the auto finance industry and other financial services providers might describe the latest executive order by President Trump as “one step forward and two steps back.” The White House released the latest ... [Read More]
Equifax unveils 3 product integrations with 3 other solution providers
Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, 04:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
During last week’s industry festivities in the Big Easy, Equifax rolled out solution enhancements with a trio of other service providers — Fiserv, Digital Matrix Systems and Dominion Dealer Solutions. First, Equifax and financial services technology solutions Fiserv collaborated on ... [Read More]
RouteOne advances 2 platforms to boost mobile capabilities
Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, 03:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
RouteOne unveiled a pair of solutions aimed at helping dealerships and finance companies complete vehicle deliveries and documents in the showroom or wherever the purchaser might be. On Monday, RouteOne launched remote document delivery; what the company explained is a ... [Read More]
6 features of Black Book’s new Visual Analytics
Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, 04:39 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Whether it’s during an industry-wide conference or in one-on-one client sessions, finance companies often pepper Anil Goyal with questions. The senior vice president of automotive valuation and analytics for Black Book mentioned some common ones such as, “Can you tell ... [Read More]
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