Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Experts see Middle East conflict making current car & credit markets even more challenging
Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2026, 10:27 AM
With additional insight about affordability, FICO watches averages credit scores tick lower again
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PODCAST: Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 01:05 PM
Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
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
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 05:01 PM
Industry Elite honoree Kelly Wyatt on 25-year career with GM Financial
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
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 04:43 PM
Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
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
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
NextGear Capital coming to 68 CarMax auction locations
Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2016, 02:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
NextGear Capital announced an agreement with CarMax on Wednesday that will allow dealers to use their NextGear Capital lines of credit at all 68 CarMax auction locations. NextGear Capital floor plans are currently accepted at more than 1,000 live and ... [Read More]
How securing a vehicle in subprime is changing lives
Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2016, 02:45 PM
Phil Getz, Navicore Solutions
As a non-profit financial counseling organization, our counselors see first-hand the impact a car and a car loan have on the financial security of individuals and their families. The value of a reliable car is pretty clear. It expands employment ... [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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defi SOLUTIONS expands digital capabilities with eOriginal partnership
Tuesday, Jul. 26, 2016, 02:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The fourth significant development coming from defi SOLUTIONS in the past month arrived on Tuesday morning. This time, defi SOLUTIONS finalized a partnership with eOriginal in an effort to bring secure eContracting and eVaulting capabilities to its growing finance company ... [Read More]
GM Financial’s subprime exposure falls again in Q2
Monday, Jul. 25, 2016, 03:47 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
General Motors Financial previously discussed how its subprime exposure would be declining as the finance company continues its strategy pivot to prime paper as the parent automaker’s captive provider. The company’s second-quarter financial statement reinforced the approach as GM Financial ... [Read More]
3 personnel changes at the CFPB
Monday, Jul. 25, 2016, 03:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Just ahead of when it rolled past five years of operation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made three leadership changes involving the associate director for supervision, enforcement, and fair lending; the principal deputy general counsel; and the deputy chief operating ... [Read More]
9 groups urge Senate to pass bill rescinding CFPB auto finance guidance
Friday, Jul. 22, 2016, 03:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, a broad coalition of business groups involved in the making, selling, servicing, financing and auctioning of vehicles urged Congress to support Senate legislation to preserve a consumer's ability to get discounted auto financing at the dealership. In a ... [Read More]
CFPB’s impact after 5 years
Thursday, Jul. 21, 2016, 02:36 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Five years ago today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau “opened our doors,” a milestone the regulator highlighted on its website. The Dodd-Frank Act that created the CFPB receives its operational funding the Federal Reserve, which literally can print money. As ... [Read More]
Dealertrack eContracting now available to Volvo dealers nationwide
Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2016, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In an effort to help dealers and finance companies benefit from the use of digital technologies, Dealertrack announced this week that Volvo Car Financial Services is now available for eContracting with Volvo dealers nationwide on the Dealertrack platform. The company ... [Read More]
2 factors that could push defaults higher
Wednesday, Jul. 20, 2016, 03:29 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
David Blitzer, managing director and chairman of the index committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices, suspects that two factors could “hint of future default rate increases.” However, auto financing wasn’t one of the ones Blitzer mentioned on Tuesday when the ... [Read More]
NextGear Capital closes $1.95B financing securitization
Tuesday, Jul. 19, 2016, 01:51 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
NextGear Capital on Tuesday announced the recent closing of its $1.95 billion securitized bank facility. Led by The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, the company highlighted the two-year securitized facility is designed to provide “flexibility and tremendous lending capacity” through a large, ... [Read More]
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