Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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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
RouteOne finalizes executive team with new CTO
Thursday, Jun. 16, 2016, 07:50 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Rounding out the newest member of its leadership contingent, RouteOne’s board of directors on Thursday appointed Chris Irving as its chief technology officer in the latest move with new chief executive officer Justin Oesterle at the controls of the platform ... [Read More]
SCUSA’s Kulas sees benefits of added compliance burden
Thursday, Jun. 16, 2016, 02:26 PM
Jim Henry, Correspondent
Rising compliance costs could be a blessing in disguise for big, established subprime auto finance companies, said Jason Kulas, chief executive officer of Dallas-based Santander Consumer USA. That’s because in the long run the cost of meeting tougher regulations could ... [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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SouthWest Dealer Services appoints new CEO
Wednesday, Jun. 15, 2016, 03:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Tuesday, SouthWest Dealer Services — an independent full-service provider of F&I products and services to dealers — announced that SWDS Holdings’ board of directors appointed Vernon Leake as chief executive officer. Leake succeeds Eric Hamann, who will now serve ... [Read More]
How captives & tech entrepreneurs can solve digital challenges
Wednesday, Jun. 15, 2016, 03:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
White Clarke Group acknowledged that it seemed like just a few months ago that experts thought auto finance companies would inevitably lose their businesses to technology-savvy new players entering the market as disruptors. The company predicted these new entrants would ... [Read More]
CFPB roundup: Bureau’s spending recap & more proposed changes
Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2016, 03:46 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Coinciding with the federally mandated website disclosing how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau spends its budget on government contractors, more U.S. House members — including Speaker of the House Paul Ryan — continued the parade of bill proposals and other ... [Read More]
CRIF Lending Solutions and Dealertrack form partnership
Monday, Jun. 13, 2016, 02:32 PM
Lance Dagenhardt, Correspondent
In order to make indirect auto financing seamless, CRIF Lending Solutions and Dealertrack are joining forces. CRIF Lending Solutions recently announced a partnership with Dealertrack, a Cox Automotive brand, to integrate its CRIF ACTion loan origination system with Dealertrack’s e-contracting software. ... [Read More]
Bill to change CFPB to 5-person board passes House Appropriations Committee
Friday, Jun. 10, 2016, 03:50 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Momentum to modify how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is structured and operates gained more steam this week. Soon after the U.S. House Financial Services Committee chairman outlined his plan to revamp the Dodd-Frank Act and more, the House Appropriations ... [Read More]
AUTOMAP aims to streamline floor plan auditing
Friday, Jun. 10, 2016, 03:47 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Mark Sargeant insisted banks and other capital providers are interested in the tool AUTOMAP Tracking Solutions offers: a product that can reduce the time it takes to complete an audit to minutes instead of days while mitigating risk. Here’s boiler plate ... [Read More]
3 securitizations impact S&P’s latest subprime ABS review
Wednesday, Jun. 8, 2016, 07:07 PM
Auto Remarketing Staff
While pinpointing a trio of subprime securitizations demonstrating some higher loss trends, S&P Global Ratings determined collateral performance in the U.S. auto loan asset-backed securities sector improved month over month in April for the subprime sector, but continued to remain ... [Read More]
Why latest jobs report likely delayed interest rate rise
Wednesday, Jun. 8, 2016, 02:17 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
With the May employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics landing with “a thud,” according to the reaction by Comerica Bank chief economist Robert Dye, the auto finance industry likely will have to wait until later this summer at ... [Read More]
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