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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

TransUnion finds 9.3M consumers couldn’t handle rate rise

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

AFG recent growth includes 6 more credit unions using balloon program

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Friday, Sep. 16, 2016, 02:59 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Auto Financial Group — an online provider of innovative financing products including CarMark Auto Finance for credit unions and banks — highlighted its summer growth figures this week, revealing increasing momentum in new customer signings with AFG's Balloon Lending program. ... [Read More]

Spartan Financial grants $10M credit line to private equity firm

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Friday, Sep. 16, 2016, 02:55 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

DPG Investments — a company that currently has 26 private equity holdings while overseeing $1.5 billion in capital commitments since 2004 — closed on a line of credit on Friday so it can dive deeper into the non-prime auto finance ... [Read More]

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