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Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Satyan Merchant of TransUnion
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 07:01 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners wrap up with Satyan Merchant, who is senior vice president, automotive and mortgage business leader at TransUnion. Merchant recollected how his interest in data started when studying statistics on the back ... Listen Here
Top Reasons Dealers can benefit by attending the Used Car Summit
Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, 03:27 PM
On this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits has a conversation with Vanessa Rocha, VP, All-American Bonds and Insurance and a Board member with the Florida Independent Auto Dealers Association. Vanessa speaks to some of the big issues ... Listen Here
Industry Elite: Tony Rimas of XPEL
Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2026, 07:40 PM
Concluding our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Tony Rimas, who is vice president of global revenue at XPEL Inc. Rimas — an avid biker who swam and ran track & field and cross country ... Listen Here

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]

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Turn Service Visits Into Sales Growth: A GM’s Checklist

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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist

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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]

Some managers struggling to adapt to changing data world

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Thursday, Sep. 15, 2016, 02:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Research recently released by TransUnion found that two in three lenders feel that data and analytics are evolving faster than their own internal capabilities. TransUnion surveyed 309 banks, credit unions and consumer finance companies to learn more about their use ... [Read More]

House committee passes Dodd-Frank replacement

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Wednesday, Sep. 14, 2016, 03:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In a moved cheered by a wide array of organizations including the Consumer Bankers Association and the Independent Community Bankers of America, the U.S. House Financial Services Committee passed what Republican lawmakers are touting as an alternative to the Dodd-Frank ... [Read More]

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