United Car Dealers Association Leaders Join CUCW Live Stage
Next up on our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from Live Stage at Canada’s Used Car Week is a conversation with United Car Dealers Association leaders Jim Hamilton, Christy Fines and John Tangreda. They talk with Cherokee Media Group ... Listen Here
Thursday, Jun. 25, 2026, 07:09 PM
Blair Earle of IAA Canada
Kicking off our series of Auto Remarketing Podcast episodes from the Live Stage at Canada’s Used Car Week is a conversation with Blair Earle, who is managing director at IAA Canada. Earle and Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby ... Listen Here
Thursday, Jun. 25, 2026, 06:59 PM
SPONSORED EPISODE: Bracing for more than ‘portfolio stress’ with John Elias of Allied Solutions
John Elias, sales specialist in auto finance business development with Allied Solutions, acknowledged lenders might be experiencing more than just “portfolio stress” since delinquencies, insurance costs, negative equity, and repossessions are all intensifying at the same time. Elias, who was ... Listen Here
Monday, Jun. 22, 2026, 07:11 PM
Hensarling’s 7-part plan to replace Dodd-Frank
Tuesday, Jun. 7, 2016, 03:26 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Receiving immediate support from organizations such as the Consumer Bankers Association and the American Bankers Association, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, the Texas Republican who also is the U.S. House Financial Services Committee chairman, has a plan he described as a way ... [Read More]
The opportunity banks & credit unions have in non-prime
Monday, Jun. 6, 2016, 04:02 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Commercial banks and credit unions typically work with customers in the prime space, but recent analysis shared by Equifax and Moody’s Analytics was geared to give executives and managers with those institutions some evidence in order to consider borrowers who ... [Read More]
Spireon names new CEO as active subscribers top 3M
Friday, Jun. 3, 2016, 06:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
At the same time Spireon announced it has reached 3 million active subscribers for its suite of GPS-based vehicle telematics solutions, the company also highlighted this week that it has a new chief executive officer. Taking the reins as CEO ... [Read More]
RouteOne elevates Oesterle to be CEO
Friday, Jun. 3, 2016, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
RouteOne moved within a month to pick a new chief executive officer, elevating one of its executives who has been with the company since its inception. RouteOne’s board of directors named Justin Oesterle as CEO, insisting that he will continue ... [Read More]
Western Funding rolls out revamped underwriting system
Friday, Jun. 3, 2016, 03:27 PM
Lance Dagenhardt, Correspondent
Subprime auto finance provider Western Funding has a new underwriting system that the company claims will cut the time of getting funds to dealerships in half. The company recently announced the release of its new automated underwriting system, which is designed ... [Read More]
Average amounts financed climb again in Q1
Thursday, Jun. 2, 2016, 05:07 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With retail prices rising, Experian Automotive reported the average loan amount and monthly payment for used and new vehicles continued to trend upward. According to its most recent State of the Automotive Finance Market report, Experian indicated on Thursday that ... [Read More]
TransUnion CreditVision to power FICO Auto Score 9 XT
Wednesday, Jun. 1, 2016, 03:18 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In an effort to strengthen finance companies’ underwriting of potential customers with soft credit histories, TransUnion and FICO on Wednesday rolled out the availability of FICO Auto Score 9 XT based on TransUnion CreditVision trended data. The firms highlighted the ... [Read More]
2 trends being watched by NAF Association members
Wednesday, Jun. 1, 2016, 03:09 PM
Nick Zulovich, Senior Editor
Jack Tracey, executive director of the National Automotive Finance Association, described the relationship between member finance companies and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as not exactly deteriorating but not necessarily improving significantly, either. He explained to SubPrime Auto Finance News ... [Read More]
Internet Brands acquires Auto Credit Express
Wednesday, Jun. 1, 2016, 02:23 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Subprime automotive financing technology firm Auto Credit Express has been acquired by Internet Brands — a company that includes vehicle listing provider CarsDirect — according to an announcement posted on Wednesday morning. Executives said the deal immediately bolsters Internet Brands’ presence ... [Read More]
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]
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