Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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AFSA offers 8 recommendations to smooth CFPB complaint database issues
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Experian: Subprime financing originated during a Q4 climbs to highest level in four years
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Used Car Summit’s auto finance roundtable to foster conversations about collections, risk management & more
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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
Automotive Intelligence Award Honoree: Patrick Manzi of NADA
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Patrick Manzi, who is the chief economist at the National Automobile Dealers Association. Manzi , who got his first subscription to Car and Driver in his early teens, talks ... Listen Here
Friday, Mar. 6, 2026, 07:55 PM
July auto defaults mirror year-ago trends
Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016, 02:44 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
While also visiting the popular topic of the presidential election, analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian noticed auto loan defaults edged up slightly according to data through July. But defaults remained below the 1-percent level for the fourth ... [Read More]
3 attributes dealers want from finance companies
Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, 03:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With technology leveling the playing field to a degree, relationships nowadays really matter, especially when they involve how a dealer is going to get a delivery bought for their customers or how they’re going to have the floor planning for ... [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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Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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GWC Warranty tops $400M in claims paid
Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, 03:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty, a provider of used-vehicle service contracts and related finance and insurance products sold through dealers, has successfully topped $400 million in claims paid to date. GWC Warranty’s $400 million in claims paid, combined with sister-company EasyCare’s $3.1 billion, ... [Read More]
Former TD Auto Finance exec joins J.D. Power
Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, 02:20 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Earlier this week, J.D. Power appointed Jim Houston as senior director of its auto finance practice. In this role, Houston will deploy his significant auto finance business experience to help guide the industry through what J.D. Power contends could potentially ... [Read More]
Geitner among 3 new AFSA board members
Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, 02:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Within the week that Brian Geitner was picked as the incoming president of Cox Automotive’s Media Solutions Group, the current president of NextGear Capital also gained a leadership role for the American Financial Services Association. AFSA announced the election of ... [Read More]
DOJ’s latest settlement over repos involving SCRA infractions
Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, 02:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Justice Department reached a settlement this week with a finance company that repossessed vehicles in violation of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) — a discovery the DOJ made during an investigation of Santander Consumer USA for similar infractions that ... [Read More]
3 ways Credit Acceptance examined Q2 competition
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, 03:12 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Credit Acceptance chief executive officer Brett Roberts approached the topic of competition from three different angles when the subprime auto finance company took questions from investment analysts who wanted more details about its second-quarter performance, which included a year-over-year rise ... [Read More]
Metrolina Credit chooses Brister to oversee branch operations
Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, 03:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Metrolina Credit Co. recently made a significant addition to its senior management team by naming Todd Brister as director of branch operations. For the past two years, Brister served as senior executive manager and portfolio director at Michael Wayne Investment ... [Read More]
Subprime ABS improvement stalls in June
Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, 01:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Reversing an improvement that spanned four consecutive months, S&P Global Ratings determined collateral performance for subprime auto loan asset-backed securities (ABS) deteriorated month-over-month in June with net losses, recoveries and delinquencies all weakening. On a year-over-year basis, analysts found that ... [Read More]
How blockchain technology might impact auto finance
Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, 03:28 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
If you ask White Clarke Group’s technology innovators what blockchain is, their eyes will light up, and they will spend the next hour telling you about all the possible legitimate uses of this new technology that they contend “is set ... [Read More]
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