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Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business

Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 05:01 PM

Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Jennifer Turnage, who is chief executive officer of Primeritus Financial Services. Turnage talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about the importance ... Listen Here

Industry Elite honoree Kelly Wyatt on 25-year career with GM Financial

Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 04:43 PM

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

Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial

Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM

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

GM Financial’s North American originations hit new high

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Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, 02:32 PM

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor

General Motors Financial generated the most North American originations in a single quarter ever while continuing to compile more prime paper than subprime contracts in the process. President and chief executive officer Dan Berce highlighted that the captive’s North American ... [Read More]

Securitization roundup: $550M closed by CPS & Credit Acceptance

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Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, 03:22 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

With S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings keeping close watch of how the auto ABS market is behaving, two finance companies that have conducted several rounds of securitizations — Consumer Portfolio Services and Credit Acceptance — recently added more offerings. ... [Read More]

Former Equifax exec joins FactorTrust as chief information officer

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Friday, Oct. 28, 2016, 03:21 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

This week, FactorTrust announced the hiring of Paul Bunting as chief information officer as the company accelerates its efforts around analytics and product development. The company indicated Bunting will oversee all IT and infrastructure, security, analytics and product development efforts ... [Read More]

Debt collection continues to top CFPB complaint charts

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Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, 02:35 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s monthly complaint snapshot released this week, the CFPB has handled approximately 1,008,500 complaints across all products as of Oct. 1. Bureau officials indicated debt collection remained the most-complained-about financial product or service. Of ... [Read More]

Lending Club unveils refinancing product

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Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, 03:59 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Lending Club, which claims to be the world's largest online marketplace connecting borrowers and investors, this week announced the launch of an auto refinance product that is designed to give vehicle owners a simple solution to save money on their ... [Read More]

September default rate ties year-high

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Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016, 03:57 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The auto default reading S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian reported for September tied the highest mark of the year, coming in at 1.05 percent. Ticking up 4 basis points on a sequential basis left the September reading at the ... [Read More]

What CFPB is doing through Project Catalyst

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Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, 03:22 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray generated attention on Monday, and this time it wasn’t connected with an enforcement action and millions of dollars in restitution and fines. Rather, Cordray shared some insight about an endeavor called Project Catalyst, a ... [Read More]

19 institutions join launch of mobile payment tool

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Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, 03:49 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The potential for more vehicle installment contract holders in your portfolio to use their smartphone to make regular payments to keep their auto financing current took another step forward on Monday. Early Warning announced preliminary details of a tool named ... [Read More]

Latest S&P analysis reflects back on 2007-09 ABS performance

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Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, 03:48 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

With outstanding auto loan balances reaching a record $1.1 trillion as of June 30 and concern growing about the sector’s health, S&P Global Ratings recently analyzed the resiliency of auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) ratings through the Great Recession of ... [Read More]

Next winner of Subprime Auto Finance Executive of the Year Award

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Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, 07:45 PM

Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor

SubPrime Auto Finance News has announced the winner of the fourth annual Subprime Auto Finance Executive of the Year Award, which is again sponsored by Black Book Lender Solutions. The honoree — who will receive the award during the SubPrime Forum at ... [Read More]

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