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Carleton’s Tim Yalich on how critical accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers
Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2026, 02:48 PM
Tim Yalich, who now is vice president of business development for Carleton, returned for an appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Yalich explained how much more crucial accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers in an environment with some ... Listen Here
Widewail CEO Cuyler Owens
Monday, Mar. 9, 2026, 08:09 PM
Cuyler Owens is CEO of Widewail, a reputation and customer experience platform for the auto industry Cuyler joined Widewail as CEO in December, following nearly three years as chief revenue officer of TrustRadius, and time with Dell, Vmware and Dealerware. ... Listen Here
Automotive Intelligence Award Honoree: Patrick Manzi of NADA
Friday, Mar. 6, 2026, 07:55 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Patrick Manzi, who is the chief economist at the National Automobile Dealers Association. Manzi , who got his first subscription to Car and Driver in his early teens, talks ... Listen Here

Cordray reiterates issues with arbitration agreements

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Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, 05:52 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Back just before Thanksgiving, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made a special page on its website where individuals could submit complaints about the auto financing process while the agency reiterated its warnings about signing arbitration agreements, cautioning consumers how they ... [Read More]

AUL promotes Smith to additional leadership position

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Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, 05:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Vehicle service contract provider AUL Corp. recently promoted Scott Smith to lead the operations department in addition to his role as the service support manager. Smith joined AUL nine years ago as a customer service representative and then was appointed ... [Read More]

AssurancePlus now integrated with F&I Express

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Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, 05:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Express recently welcomed AssurancePlus to its growing network of aftermarket F&I providers.  Officials highlighted that the addition of AssurancePlus to F&I Express will allow dealers the ability to eRate, eContract and eRegister all of AssurancePlus’ services and products. “By ... [Read More]

Execs share 3 common challenges during DRN roundtable

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Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, 04:16 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
When Digital Recognition Network hosted its second annual DRN Lender Roundtable early last month, 20 top executives from some of the largest auto finance companies shared three similar challenges their facing nowadays. According to DRN’s recap of its event, these ... [Read More]

Fleet Financial highlights new branding & more

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Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, 04:11 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
About a year and a half after the company lost its founder, who died in a cycling accident, Fleet Financial has now reemerged with what company leadership hailed as a new look, feel and brand. Fleet Financial, a national finance ... [Read More]

NAF Association hosting first module of compliance program in April

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Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, 04:09 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The National Automotive Finance Association is again hosting the opening module of its Consumer Credit Compliance Certification Program; the ongoing training endeavor to help finance companies and other stakeholders in the industry tackle the increasingly difficult challenge of complying with ... [Read More]

4 features of new MaximTrak global platform

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Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, 04:07 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
After many years of investing in research and development with its valued clients and partners, MaximTrak Technologies recently rolling out an F&I platform the company believes has four unique enhancements geared toward international business. The MaximTrak Global platform is being ... [Read More]

The likely ‘shock’ that pushed Q4 delinquencies higher

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Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, 04:56 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
To borrow a term often used now that it’s election season, the soundbite version of what TransUnion discovered about auto delinquencies might sound ominous. TransUnion determined 2015 closed with the high fourth-quarter delinquency rate since 2010. But instead of frothing ... [Read More]

Some subprime elements of leasing reminiscent of 1990s

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Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, 04:51 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Black Book vice president of lender solutions Barrett Teague recollected leasing activities back in the early 1990s; a span when subprime leasing as well as contracts stretching as long as 60 months made their way into finance company portfolios. Teague ... [Read More]

Clarity’s latest research refutes more CFPB data analysis

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Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, 04:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Clarity Services’ research division, nonPrime101, published a new report this week based on a unique five-year data set of more than 100 million payday loans representing 20 percent of the storefront payday market. Because of the unique size and duration ... [Read More]

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