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Monday, Mar. 9, 2026, 10:53 AM
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
Republicans find more potential problems with CFPB’s auto finance regulations
Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, 05:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As a group of Senate Banking Committee Democrats praised Richard Cordray’s work as of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee think the CFPB director may have violated federal law that governs agency rulemaking ... [Read More]
White Clarke Group appoints Weems as new marketing VP
Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, 04:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, technology provider White Clarke Group announced the addition of Julie Weems to its North American team as vice president of marketing for the Americas. The company highlighted Weems, a marketing veteran in the auto finance industry, joins White ... [Read More]
Year-end auto defaults stay near usual level
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, 04:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The auto finance default rate reported by S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian for December fell in line at nearly the same reading as what analysts reported at the close of each of the previous two years. Data through December ... [Read More]
Experts urge compliance vigilance as Trump takes office
Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, 04:04 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States on Friday. But industry experts have warned dealerships and finance companies not to reduce their compliance efforts despite some deregulatory rhetoric that might have been shared during ... [Read More]
Roadster buying & leasing solution now integrated with F&I Express
Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, 03:59 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Express recently announced that its finance and insurance platform is now integrated with Roadster, an eCommerce solutions provider for vehicle buying and leasing. Roadster’s dealerships now can provide buyers with accurate aftermarket product quotes and educational material using F&I ... [Read More]
S&P Global Ratings explains importance of alternative data in subprime auto ABS
Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, 04:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with their latest assessment of the U.S. prime and subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) sectors, S&P Global Ratings analysts this week discussed how much alternative data has become a crucial component of their examination of subprime auto finance ... [Read More]
First Investors Financial Services leverages AutoGravity mobile technology
Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, 04:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AutoGravity, a FinTech developer on a mission to transform auto financing by harnessing the power of the smartphone, this week announced a partnership with First Investors Financial Services, bringing the finance company’s indirect financing business onto the AutoGravity platform. The ... [Read More]
Equifax sees 1.5M consumers gaining more credit access
Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, 04:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In what the credit bureau thinks can be positive for the auto finance space, Equifax highlighted that its December 2016 Consumer Credit Impact analysis found that trended credit data used alongside a consumer’s traditional credit report could improve access to ... [Read More]
From the editor: Hudson’s latest book is a must read
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, 04:08 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
When reading through an email message or some other kind of material, the voice of the person who compiled it will stream through my mind if I know the individual’s tone and delivery. Not sure if this phenomena happens to ... [Read More]
Industry notes: PassTime to aid credit unions; Heritage Acceptance’s new VSC offering
Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, 04:06 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Announcements recently arrived involving PassTime GPS, Heritage Acceptance and Sword Apak. LEVERAGE, the service corporation of the League of Southeastern Credit Unions & Affiliates (LSCU) that equips credit union partners with products and services to fulfill day-to-day needs, named PassTime ... [Read More]
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