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FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
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Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
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Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here
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GWC Warranty top dealer reward programs hit record numbers
Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, 03:35 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 set a new record for the number of dealers who have qualified for its top dealer reward programs — The Elite Dealer ... [Read More]
Avoiding subprime completely can make credit unions ‘elitist’
Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, 03:34 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Indiana Members Credit Union chief executive officer Ron Collier explained how this segment of auto financing providers can become “elitist” if all they do is book vehicle installment contracts with consumers whose FICO scores are 800 or higher. Perhaps credit ... [Read More]
More than 100 lawmakers want CFPB arbitration plan enacted
Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016, 04:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Congressional summer recess might just be rampimg up in earnest this week, but 38 Senate members and another 65 House lawmakers delivered a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray to push through the agency’s plan to limit ... [Read More]
Tough decision: Manage the book or grow the book?
Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, 03:55 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
In the executive boardrooms at automakers and finance companies, challenging conversations are being conducted. With sentiment intensifying about “plateauing” new-vehicle sales and institutions consistently looking for yield in light of where the Federal Reserve has kept interest rates, deciding whether ... [Read More]
CFPB incorporating more comments into complaint database
Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, 03:11 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
At last check (including June activity), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said the agency has handled approximately 930,700 total complaints across all products since opening its complaint database in June 2012. While only a small fraction of that complaint figure stems ... [Read More]
Collection experts dissect CFPB’s latest proposal
Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, 03:54 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
While BillingTree offered some first-hand assessments from attendees who were in Sacramento, Calif., for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s field hearing after the agency released its debt collection regulatory proposal, SubPrime Auto Finance News also connected with a current member ... [Read More]
Utah now part of Reynolds F&I library
Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, 03:45 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Reynolds and Reynolds continued to build its resources for dealerships by recently releasing the Reynolds LAW Utah F&I Library, which is a comprehensive catalog of standardized, legally reviewed finance and insurance (F&I) documents for franchised dealers throughout the state of ... [Read More]
Initial industry reaction to CFPB debt collection proposal
Friday, Jul. 29, 2016, 03:47 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
In what might be a positive development for auto finance companies, both the American Financial Services Association and the Consumer Bankers Association picked up on the same segment of the debt collection regulatory proposal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unveiled ... [Read More]
6 components of CFPB’s debt collection proposal
Thursday, Jul. 28, 2016, 01:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
How finance companies and buy-here, pay-here dealerships execute one of their most important functions — collections — now potentially has six additional layers of compliance requirements stemming from the regulatory proposal rolled out by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on ... [Read More]
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]
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