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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
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Kevin Roberts of CarGurus on 2026 Used-Car Market
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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
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CFPB finalizes proposal for arbitration changes
Thursday, May. 5, 2016, 01:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The auto finance industry has new terminology for what the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau refers to as arbitration — "contract gotchas." Ahead of a field hearing scheduled for later today in Albuquerque, N.M., the CFPB early on Thursday released its ... [Read More]
5 findings from Black Book’s finance company survey
Wednesday, May. 4, 2016, 03:19 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Released a day after AutoData Corp. indicated April new-vehicle sales rose both sequentially and year-over-year, Black Book released results of its recent survey taking the pulse of the finance company community. And that community is pretty upbeat about its prospects ... [Read More]
SNAAC outlines aggressive growth plan
Wednesday, May. 4, 2016, 03:16 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Top executives at Security National Automotive Acceptance Co. (SNAAC) highlighted how they are executing an aggressive growth plan based on a strategy to add a significant number of dealership customers throughout the United States. To accomplish these goals, SNAAC recently ... [Read More]
Ally sticks to strategy as Q1 originations soften
Tuesday, May. 3, 2016, 02:45 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Ally Financial chief executive officer Jeffrey Brown articulated a host of reasons why the finance company’s $800 million decline in originations year-over-year is not a cause for concern, as it set records in other metrics associated with first-quarter originations. Brown ... [Read More]
DriveItNow surpasses 4 billion online payment quotes
Sunday, May. 1, 2016, 11:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Online pre-qualified monthly payment marketing provider DriveItNow recently reached the milestone of more than 4 billion monthly payments quoted to online shoppers since the service launched in 2008. The company highlighted DriveItNow’s patent pending truPayments calculation engine is now generating ... [Read More]
Record March ignites CPS’ Q1 originations
Sunday, May. 1, 2016, 11:38 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
While also touching on how the subprime auto finance company is navigating challenges in both collections and rolling out securitizations, Consumer Portfolio Services highlighted that it closed the first quarter by originating the most contracts ever in a single month. ... [Read More]
4 trends from CFPB’s April complaint update
Friday, Apr. 29, 2016, 02:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with offering more details about complaints originating in California, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its latest monthly consumer complaint snapshot this week as the overall total continued to march toward 900,000. As of April 1, the CFPB said ... [Read More]
SpringboardAuto.com launches private party transaction financing in 3 states
Friday, Apr. 29, 2016, 02:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
SpringboardAuto.com rolled out its private-party transaction financing availability this week. With the company indicating more states in its network will be added soon, the online platform is now originating financing for buyers in Arizona, California, and Florida. SpringboardAuto.com chief executive ... [Read More]
Why VSCs can help navigate financing storms
Wednesday, Apr. 27, 2016, 08:36 PM
Brien Joyce, EFG Companies
One of the hot topics at the 2016 NADA Convention was the much debated subprime bubble in relation to rising delinquency rates. Again, industry experts worked to calm everyone’s nerves about Fitch Ratings’ latest report, which brought to everyone’s attention ... [Read More]
GM Financial’s prime originations climb above 68%
Wednesday, Apr. 27, 2016, 05:04 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
General Motors Financial continues to move away from a company that predominantly generates subprime paper. During the first quarter when the company saw its net income rise to $164 million, representing a climb of 14 million, GM Financial president and ... [Read More]
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