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Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 02:01 PM
The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is ... Listen Here
Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 04:17 PM
While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. Babcock elaborated about ... Listen Here
Zapmoto Co-Founder & CEO Clint Curtis
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, 07:52 PM
We throw the keys to the valet on this episode. Clint Curtis is the co-founder and CEO of Zapmoto, which provides valet pickup and delivery of vehicles for servicing at car dealerships. He joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast for a ... Listen Here

Auto finance growth at 3.5% through first half of year

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Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
When Equifax looked at its most recent auto finance data, analysts considered the trend that finance companies might be tightening their underwriting a bit. Still based on the August Equifax National Consumer Credit Trends Report, analysts noticed what they called ... [Read More]

FTC charges 9 Los Angeles stores with yo-yo financing & payment packing

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Friday, Sep. 30, 2016, 03:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two noncompliant practices consumer advocates often cite to criticize how financing happens at dealerships — yo-yo financing and payment packing — appeared in the rundown of charges made by the Federal Trade Commission against nine Los Angeles-area dealerships and their ... [Read More]

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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

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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Dealer Guide: Selecting the Right Auto Logistics Partner

In retail automotive, your transport provider isn’t just moving cars — they’re moving your business forward. Every delayed delivery, damaged...
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XpressCredit’s BookOut tool now integrated with NADA UCG values

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Friday, Sep. 30, 2016, 03:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
XpressCredit — a provider of a web-based, indirect lending platform for independent dealerships —recently entered into an agreement with NADA Used Car Guide to accelerate the used vehicle sale and loan approval process. Executives explained the integration of NADA Used ... [Read More]

Wells Fargo to pay $24M over SCRA allegations by DOJ & OCC

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Thursday, Sep. 29, 2016, 08:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Another action involving regulators leveraging the power of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) surfaced on Thursday afternoon. The Justice Department announced that Wells Fargo Bank, doing business as Wells Fargo Dealer Services, has agreed to change its policies and ... [Read More]

CFPB complaint tally surges past 1M

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Thursday, Sep. 29, 2016, 02:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made it official this week. As of the reading stemming from its September update, the bureau now has handled more than 1 million consumer complaints. "Since opening our doors in 2011, we have handled over ... [Read More]

Yellen acknowledges how bank regulatory burdens can vary

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Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2016, 04:06 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The opening statements Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen gave to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee certainly appeared to give the sense policymakers recognize the significant difference in banks that might offer auto financing, especially ones with a nationwide footprint versus ... [Read More]

White Clarke Group adds Fried to US consultancy division

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Wednesday, Sep. 28, 2016, 04:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Wednesday, White Clarke Group announced the appointment of Allan Fried to its North American consultancy division as senior consultant. Fried joined the business in August. The company described Fried as a “finance technology heavyweight” who is well-known in the ... [Read More]

Fitch spots softer credit performance & slowing growth

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Tuesday, Sep. 27, 2016, 02:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The latest report from Fitch Ratings indicated U.S. auto loan and lease credit performance will likely continue to deteriorate in the second half of 2016 and into 2017. Analysts noted year-over-year credit performance deteriorated for auto finance companies in the ... [Read More]

Compliance diary post No. 1: That’s a lot of information

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Monday, Sep. 26, 2016, 04:31 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Patty Covington cautioned me beforehand that the opening module of the National Automotive Finance Association’s Consumer Credit Compliance Certification Program would be like drinking from a firehose. Well, she didn’t exaggerate. However, the way she and fellow instructor Eric Johnson ... [Read More]

TransUnion finds 9.3M consumers couldn’t handle rate rise

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Monday, Sep. 26, 2016, 04:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While the Federal Reserve chose again to pass on moving interest rates higher, research from TransUnion found that up to 92 million credit-active consumers would experience some type of monthly debt service payment increase if policymakers had raised interest rates ... [Read More]
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