Stop letting messy data hold your dealership back from its true earning potential. While many multi-roof dealer groups struggle to...
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United Car Dealers Association Leaders Join CUCW Live Stage
Next up on our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from Live Stage at Canada’s Used Car Week is a conversation with United Car Dealers Association leaders Jim Hamilton, Christy Fines and John Tangreda. They talk with Cherokee Media Group ... Listen Here
Thursday, Jun. 25, 2026, 07:09 PM
Blair Earle of IAA Canada
Kicking off our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from the Live Stage at Canada’s Used Car Week is a conversation with Blair Earle, who is managing director at IAA Canada. Earle and Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby ... Listen Here
Thursday, Jun. 25, 2026, 06:59 PM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Bracing for more than ‘portfolio stress’ with John Elias of Allied Solutions
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development with Allied Solutions, acknowledged lenders might be experiencing more than just “portfolio stress” since delinquencies, insurance costs, negative equity, and repossessions are all intensifying at the same time. Elias, who was ... Listen Here
Monday, Jun. 22, 2026, 07:11 PM
3 suggestions for spotting & preventing fraud
Thursday, Mar. 30, 2017, 03:49 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Equifax auto finance leader Lou Loquasto insisted every credit provider and buyer of vehicle installment contracts has a story about how deliveries might have been completed because of some kind of fraud. Loquasto pointed out that sometimes it’s a “rogue” ... [Read More]
SCUSA settlements with Delaware and Massachusetts total $25.9M
Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2017, 08:10 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
For the second time in roughly a week, details became public involving Santander Consumer USA and regulatory enforcers. On Wednesday, SCUSA reached settlements totaling $25.9 million with the attorneys general of Delaware and Massachusetts for what state officials said was ... [Read More]
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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
Evaluating VPP Cancellation Systems: 7 Questions Every Lender Should Ask
Selecting the right VPP cancellation system is critical to maintaining compliance, maximizing recoveries, and improving operational efficiency. As regulatory requirements...
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Auto lenders spent on AI. Here’s what paid off.
A panel of auto-lending leaders — CEOs of subprime auto finance companies, VPs of Collections, CROs, indirect-lending executives at two...
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Experian Automotive Dealer Fraud Threat Report
Fraud is Hitting Dealerships Hard When one bad deal can erase tens of thousands in profit, fraud becomes impossible to...
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AI-Financing Spotlight: How Tracy Honda Sells 12-15 More Deals Monthly
Discover how Tracy Honda is outperforming its market by leveraging AI-powered auto financing to drive faster approvals and close more...
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The AI Dealer Playbook: 5 Questions to Ask Before You Buy AI
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping dealership operations by automating communication, improving workflows, and supporting staff with tools like copilots and...
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Speaking the Same Language: How Dealers Structure Capital for Real Estate and Growth
Why Capital Structures Matters in Today’s Market Dealers actively expanding or acquiring real estate are often constrained not by opportunity—but...
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Dealer Playbook: 5 Takeaways for Auto Retailers Using AI
The May issue of Auto Remarketing — “Shifting Gears: AI’s Role in Retail Automotive” — explores how top auto retailers...
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Executive personnel moves by NextGear, Westlake & Spireon
Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2017, 03:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, NextGear Capital, Westlake Financial Services and Spireon all bolstered their executive teams to enhance their respective finance-oriented operations. To support future growth in the inventory-financing sector, NextGear Capital announced Lisa Mackie will fill its newly created vice president ... [Read More]
Industry notes: MUSA Auto Finance gains $175M in funding
Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2017, 03:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
MUSA Auto Finance recently entered into a $125 million warehouse facility with Goldman Sachs and, additionally, secured a capital investment of up to $50 million from Crestline Investors. Company management highlighted the capital investment, along with the warehouse facility, will ... [Read More]
Moody’s sees consumers on ‘trade-in treadmill’
Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2017, 07:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In a new report released on Monday, Moody’s Investors Service explained what likely might be happening in the war rooms at auto finance companies nowadays. Financing providers are increasingly faced with the choice of taking on greater risk by rolling ... [Read More]
Top 20 finance companies by market share in Q4
Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2017, 02:10 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Shared exclusively for SubPrime Auto Finance News, Experian Automotive determined the top 20 market holders of what analysts classify as finance companies — operations that do not hold consumer deposits and often specialize in originating subprime paper. Experian Automotive compiled ... [Read More]
Former Ally exec joins RoadVantage as regional VP
Monday, Mar. 27, 2017, 01:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I program provider RoadVantage recently announced industry veteran Aaron Riddle joined its sales team as a regional vice president. Riddle comes to RoadVantage with more than 25 years of experience in F&I, most recently with Ally Financial where he served ... [Read More]
Impact of CFPB’s suit against processor being dismissed
Monday, Mar. 27, 2017, 01:10 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Perhaps it wasn’t an upset to the level that might have impacted your bracket predicting winners of this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament. But the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota dismissing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ... [Read More]
Fed tells SCUSA to shore up compliance management
Friday, Mar. 24, 2017, 03:43 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
According to documents filed on Thursday with the Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission, Santander Consumer USA and its parent's subsidiaries entered into a written agreement on Tuesday with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Under the terms of ... [Read More]
CFPB hands $3M fine to Experian over credit scores
Friday, Mar. 24, 2017, 03:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against Experian and its subsidiaries for what regulators said was “deceiving” consumers about the use of credit scores it sold to consumers. The CFPB said Experian claimed the credit scores ... [Read More]
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