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
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 11:27 AM
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
SNAAC named top workplace in Cincinnati again
Monday, Jun. 27, 2016, 03:44 PM
Lance Dagenhardt, Correspondent
Security National Automotive Acceptance Co. (SNAAC) was recently named a top workplace in the Cincinnati area, due to positive feedback from employees. SNAAC announced that it has been selected as one of Greater Cincinnati’s Top Workplaces for the third time ... [Read More]
Subprime population drops to lowest point in a decade
Friday, Jun. 24, 2016, 03:42 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
While Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen made her semiannual visit to Capitol Hill this week and shared her thoughts on how much interest rates might rise, FICO highlighted how the auto finance customer population that often is charged the highest ... [Read More]
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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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EFG Companies taps Roennau as vice president of compliance
Friday, Jun. 24, 2016, 03:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Reflecting the company’s ongoing mission of driving operational compliance for its dealership clients, EFG Companies appointed Steve Roennau as vice president of compliance this week. EFG highlighted that Roennau brings a 30-year history of driving bottom-line results in automotive F&I, ... [Read More]
Dealer Funding to stop originating as of June 29
Thursday, Jun. 23, 2016, 01:49 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
SubPrime Auto Finance News has learned Dealer Funding — a finance company specializing in subprime auto financing for both franchised and independent dealerships — “has paused all new business activities as part of an evaluation of its ongoing business operations.” ... [Read More]
Fitch cautious about summertime subprime ABS movement
Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2016, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings shared its latest update on the topic becoming more of a pressing issue for finance company executives this year — the performance of subprime auto loan ABS. While analysts noticed overall losses and delinquencies improved again in May, ... [Read More]
RouteOne eContracting now available to all Southeast Toyota Finance dealers
Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2016, 03:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The stream of developments from RouteOne continued on Tuesday as the company expanded its partnership with Southeast Toyota Finance, the provider of automotive financing for 176 Toyota dealers in the southeastern United States. The expansion includes eContracting on RouteOne’s automotive ... [Read More]
Auto defaults dip again as composite rate sets 10-year low
Tuesday, Jun. 21, 2016, 03:39 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
As the overall default reading recorded its lowest point dating back a decade, the auto loan segment of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices made another move away from the 1-percent level in May, dipping 5 basis points below the ... [Read More]
GWC Warranty expands F&I product offerings
Monday, Jun. 20, 2016, 02:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty, the used vehicle service contract and related finance and insurance products provider for dealers, recently announced an expansion of its product set. Highlighting the changes to GWC’s product set are upgraded terms for exclusionary coverage levels. GWC is now ... [Read More]
defi SOLUTIONS promotes Dufalo to be CTO
Monday, Jun. 20, 2016, 02:18 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Robert Dufalo has a new title with defi SOLUTIONS as the company recently elevated the tech industry veteran to be its new chief technology officer. Dufalo previously was director of quality for the browser-based loan origination system. In addition to ... [Read More]
GAO gives CFPB 5 more recommendations
Thursday, Jun. 16, 2016, 07:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray has five more chores on his to-do list courtesy of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Within the week of its contract spending strategy being revealed through the federally mandated website USASpending.gov, the ... [Read More]
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