Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Edmunds on why appeal of used EVs could surge as gas prices keep rising & affordability remains challenging
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PODCAST: Carleton’s Tim Yalich on how critical accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers
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Already the top factor holding back dealership business, potential economic headwinds build
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Jessica Gonzalez of InformedIQ on growing ‘AI and fraud fatigue’
Jessica Gonzalez, vice president of customer success and general manager of automotive at InformedIQ, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to describe growing “AI and fraud fatigue” and other topics connected with auto finance. Listen Here
Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2026, 04:17 PM
Carleton’s Tim Yalich on how critical accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers
Tim Yalich, who now is vice president of business development for Carleton, returned for an appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Yalich explained how much more crucial accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers in an environment with some ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2026, 02:48 PM
Widewail CEO Cuyler Owens
Cuyler Owens is CEO of Widewail, a reputation and customer experience platform for the auto industry Cuyler joined Widewail as CEO in December, following nearly three years as chief revenue officer of TrustRadius, and time with Dell, Vmware and Dealerware. ... Listen Here
Monday, Mar. 9, 2026, 08:09 PM
Fitch spots softer credit performance & slowing growth
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
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]
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The Dealer’s Guide to Smarter GPS Tracking
A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist
Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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TransUnion finds 9.3M consumers couldn’t handle rate rise
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]
Intellaegis gains new chairman
Friday, Sep. 23, 2016, 01:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Intellaegis is getting new board chairman: former Exeter Finance Corp. chief executive officer and board member Mark Floyd. This news came as part of an announcement from Exeter on Thursday. The specialty auto finance company said that former GE Capital executive ... [Read More]
6 dealer groups represented in EFG/Northwood F&I competition
Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2016, 01:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, EFG Companies and Northwood University announced the student competitors and F&I mentors participating in the second annual F&I Innovator of the Year competition. Vying for $25,000 in prize money, this year’s 18 contestants hail from Arizona, California, Illinois, ... [Read More]
FactorTrust explains who CreditClimbers are
Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2016, 01:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
FactorTrust is looking for finance companies to add another consumer definition to their lexicon, encouraging lenders to examine the underbanked population with a new lens. FactorTrust is advocating that the 113 million U.S. consumers with FICO credit scores currently below 700 ... [Read More]
Tile & Axiom partner for lost key product F&I managers can upsell
Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2016, 01:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Tile, a Silicon Valley-based smart location company, and Axiom Product Administration, a finance and insurance (F&I) product company, recently signed an exclusive distribution partnership to help protect individuals from the stress and expense of losing their vehicle keys. The Revolution ... [Read More]
5 elements GSFSGroup Dealer Executive Dashboard can generate
Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2016, 01:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GSFSGroup, a nationwide provider and administrator of F&I products and hiring solutions for the automotive industry, recently launched what the company is calling the Dealer Executive Dashboard. It’s a flexible online data solution that can offer GSFSGroup dealers and agents ... [Read More]
August auto defaults rise 8 basis points
Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2016, 03:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While noting that outstanding balances are at an all-time high, auto defaults moved higher again in August, but not to a degree to trigger an alarm from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian. The auto segment of the S&P/Experian Consumer ... [Read More]
FTC still seeking public comment about proposed financing survey
Monday, Sep. 19, 2016, 03:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a second Federal Register Notice (FRN) on a proposed qualitative survey of consumers to learn about their experiences in buying and financing vehicles at dealerships, and is seeking clearance from the Office of Management ... [Read More]
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