Auto Finance News

Auto Remarketing AR Canada Subprime News BHPH Report Auto Fin Journal
EMAIL SIGNUP CMG PREMIUM LOGIN
X
Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 05:01 PM
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
Industry Elite honoree Kelly Wyatt on 25-year career with GM Financial
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 04:43 PM
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
Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
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

April lease approvals rise 3.2%

leasing
Thursday, May. 12, 2016, 03:01 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Swapalease.com reported that vehicle lease credit approvals bounced back a bit in April versus the pace of approvals seen in March, registering a 3.2-percent gain. Site officials indicated the April approval rate came in at 69.9 percent, up from the ... [Read More]

DriveTime opts to wind down GO Financial

news
Thursday, May. 12, 2016, 09:01 AM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
DriveTime Automotive Group ownership is eliminating its subprime auto finance company that originated paper with franchised and independent dealerships for the past five years. GO Financial president Colin Bachinsky said the company stopped accepting applications from dealerships late on Wednesday. ... [Read More]

Resource Hub

Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

Turn Service Visits Into Sales Growth: A GM’s Checklist

Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
Read More

The Dealer’s Guide to Smarter GPS Tracking

A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
Read More

Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist

Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
Read More

Why 13.1% delinquency rise was ‘natural’ in Q1

graph concept 3
Wednesday, May. 11, 2016, 03:27 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
A double-digit rise year-over-year in what TransUnion classifies as serious delinquencies above a level not seen in five years might prompt pessimistic auto finance observers and executives to reduce originations immediately and turn up the intensity in collections in hopes ... [Read More]

F&I Express and First Equity Payment complete integration

integration button
Wednesday, May. 11, 2016, 03:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Express recently finalized an integration with First Equity Payment to better serve their dealership clients by fully integrating their eContracting capabilities. F&I Express has aggregated a network of more than 110 automotive aftermarket insurance providers in an online portal ... [Read More]

How vehicle lines of credit could aid subprime borrowers

hand with 50s
Tuesday, May. 10, 2016, 03:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Tony Hughes and Michael Vogan of Moody’s Analytics proposed what some finance company executives might consider an outside-the-box idea to help their customers who are stretching contract terms as long as possible in order to keep monthly payments affordable and ... [Read More]

Negative equity is growing, especially on car notes

money car
Monday, May. 9, 2016, 04:12 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
NADA Used Car Guide gave SubPrime Auto Finance News an exclusive look at its latest white paper that examines a new way of financing in light of lengthening terms and deeper negative equity positions. During a conversation on Monday, executive ... [Read More]

GWC Warranty names new VP of training

new hire
Monday, May. 9, 2016, 04:05 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty recently hired Tom Blackwell as its new area vice president of training. The company highlighted that Blackwell will lead the development and implementation of innovative training programs for GWC Dealer Consultants, providing them with the tools and resources ... [Read More]

3 industry groups find similar concerns with CFPB arbitration proposal

arbitration agreement
Friday, May. 6, 2016, 03:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Three large industry organizations — the American Financial Services Association, the American Bankers Association and the Consumer Bankers Association — all found similar issues with the proposed rule governing arbitration released on Thursday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. As ... [Read More]

EFG among BenchmarkPortal’s Top 100 call centers

business excellence
Friday, May. 6, 2016, 03:10 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Coinciding with the recent hiring of a former executive at Hyundai and Nissan as vice president of product development, EFG Companies highlighted this week that it is the only F&I product provider to be named to the BenchmarkPortal Top 100 call centers ... [Read More]

CFPB finalizes proposal for arbitration changes

news report stock photo
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]

Med Rec 1

MedRec 2

MedRec 3

Filmstrip

Digital Edition Ad

Offerings

X