Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Experts see Middle East conflict making current car & credit markets even more challenging
Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2026, 10:27 AM
With additional insight about affordability, FICO watches averages credit scores tick lower again
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PODCAST: Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 01:05 PM
Industry Elite honoree Kelly Wyatt on 25-year career with GM Financial
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Kelly Wyatt, who is chief digital officer with GM Financial. Wyatt shares a conversation with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about being ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 04:43 PM
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
Fed reiterates 3 implications of low interest rates
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, 04:49 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
With the Federal Reserve’s final gathering of the year set for next week, an interest rate move certainly appears to be in the works since at least one observer said the market has been behaving that an uptick is coming ... [Read More]
Veros Credit promotes Singh to COO
Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, 04:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Veros Credit recently announced the promotion of Harvey Singh to chief operating officer. The finance company that originates paper with both franchised and independent dealerships highlighted Harvey will continue to oversee the loan servicing department and will also be responsible ... [Read More]
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Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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How stretching to 84 months is overcoming $4K in negative equity
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, 04:11 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Imagine you’re trying to complete a “first pencil” with a customer who is either in the showroom or communicating through the chat function on your website. The customer has a trade, and better yet, it’s a model you know will ... [Read More]
Deep subprime used financing sinks to 9-year low
Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, 04:01 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Part of the dialogue happening at the recent SubPrime Forum during Used Car Week stemmed from whether or not finance companies — especially ones that specialize in subprime paper — were tightening their underwriting. Furthermore, companies such as Consumer Portfolio ... [Read More]
What does the election result mean for the CFPB?
Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, 03:41 PM
David Silverman, Silverman Law
The Republicans control both the legislative and executive branches of government for only the third time since 1929, the previous times being 2001 and 2003 with President George W. Bush. It would seem to be an opportunity for an end ... [Read More]
New York Fed & Fitch tackle 2 subprime trends
Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, 03:40 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
As Fitch Ratings shared its latest update on the auto ABS market, analysts at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York indicated 3.6 percent of auto financing contracts stood at 90 or more days delinquent at the end of September. ... [Read More]
White Clarke Group examines global market uncertainty
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, 04:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
So far in 2016, analysts at White Clarke Group contend that the auto and asset finance industry has coped well with uncertainty. “While forecasts have been trimmed during the year, they have not been cut so savagely as to threaten the ... [Read More]
21 staunch CFPB defenders ask for appeals court review
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, 04:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A collection of 21 current and former federal lawmakers who might be considered the staunchest supporters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed an amicus brief on Tuesday asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ... [Read More]
GM Financial completes $35M addition to Texas facility
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, 03:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Tuesday, General Motors Financial announced the completion of a new addition to its Arlington Operations Center campus in Arlington, Texas, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony that featured remarks from state Sen. Brian Birdwell, state Rep. Chris Turner, city of Arlington ... [Read More]
Credit Acceptance & Prestige Financial Services claim workplace accolades
Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, 04:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Both Credit Acceptance Corp. and Prestige Financial Services each recently received honors for how great their workplaces are. Credit Acceptance was among the 2016 Top Workplaces honored by The Detroit Free Press, having been named the No. 2 workplace in ... [Read More]
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