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Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, 10:21 AM
Cox Automotive on guiding the modern car buyer
One of the keynote presentations from Used Car Week 2025 featured Micah Tindor and Elizabeth Stegall of Cox Automotive for a session titled, “Guiding the Modern Buyer with Trust, Tech & Smarter Trade-Ins.” Valuable study findings and dealership recommendations now ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, 05:17 PM
Kevin Roberts of CarGurus on 2026 Used-Car Market
Kevin Roberts, who is director of economic and market intelligence at CarGurus, is back on the show to talk about the hot start to 2026 for the retail used-car market. Roberts and Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby discuss ... Listen Here
Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, 07:18 PM
Cox Automotive on the vanishing divide between wholesale & retail
Used Car Week 2025 extended the ongoing conversation about how the wholesale and retail portions of the used-car market aren’t quite as distinct as they used to be. Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat about the subject ... Listen Here
Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, 09:43 AM
Upcoming issue to spotlight Trailblazers, Innovators, Disruptors
Tuesday, May. 31, 2016, 01:56 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Successful chief executive officers often emphasize that their companies are only as successful as the quality and dedication of their managers and other crucial personnel. In an effort to highlight the critical team members who are helping finance companies, dealerships ... [Read More]
CFPB roundup: Complaint update & new House bill
Friday, May. 27, 2016, 02:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two developments on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau front arose this week. First, the CFPB shared its monthly complaint database update. Then, another U.S. House committee took a swing a changing how the bureau operates. For its May update, the ... [Read More]
Fitch spots sequential improvement in subprime auto ABS
Friday, May. 27, 2016, 02:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The latest monthly index from Fitch Ratings indicated delinquencies and losses fell again for both U.S. prime and subprime auto ABS last month, though analysts noted losses are still higher year-over-year. Fitch reported that subprime 60-day delinquencies declined 11 percent ... [Read More]
Auto originations jump 84% after mortgage payoff
Thursday, May. 26, 2016, 04:12 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Charlie Wise, vice president of TransUnion’s innovative solutions group, acknowledged that if auto finance executives examine industry-wide data, it’s likely they will focus their attention on vehicle financing, watching metrics such as originations and delinquencies. But Wise suggested that auto ... [Read More]
Top 10 cities where millennials want auto financing
Wednesday, May. 25, 2016, 02:51 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A new study by LendingTree showed millennials in three Midwestern areas are seeking auto loans more often than their counterparts in any of the nation’s top 50 cities. Dealerships and their finance companies might be seeing more activity from consumers ... [Read More]
S&P, Fitch discuss investors’ ongoing ABS concerns
Wednesday, May. 25, 2016, 02:47 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
What’s happening with subprime auto ABS continues to be on the minds of investors, according to recent analysis from both Standard & Poor’s as well as Fitch Ratings. In fact, S&P Global Ratings released another report this week with what ... [Read More]
MaximTrak white paper explains benefits of digital F&I platforms
Tuesday, May. 24, 2016, 03:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A new white paper from MaximTrak Technologies is geared to lead dealers into the present and future potential of digital F&I platforms for improving F&I profitability and customer satisfaction. This new report highlighted recent results of dealers using digital technologies ... [Read More]
Turning bad-debt losses into 6-figure state tax refunds
Monday, May. 23, 2016, 02:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Slater Moffat Associates, an accounting firm with more than 30 years of experience helping businesses reduce their tax liability, recently found a state tax policy that might help auto finance companies. The firm indicated finance companies that have experienced bad ... [Read More]
AutoFi gains $17M in investor financing
Monday, May. 23, 2016, 02:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
AutoFi, an online point-of-sale financing solution meant to leverage potential buyers’ interest when they’re on the dealership website, recently announced that it raised $17 million in new financing and is live in the market. Crosslink Capital led the investment and ... [Read More]
Arbitration debate returns to Capitol Hill
Friday, May. 20, 2016, 02:11 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
One U.S. House Financial Services Committee member who possesses four decades of experience in the automotive space this week tried to pin down an outspoken advocate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposal that would prohibit mandatory arbitration clauses, alluding ... [Read More]
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