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SPONSORED EPISODE: Five questions to ask before choosing a transportation partner
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, 09:15 PM
This sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast features two experts from Central Dispatch who offer valuable guidance for choosing a transportation partner. Shanna Wise, who oversees business strategy execution, and Blake Bentley, who leads enterprise client account success, take ... Listen Here
Inside Auto Auction M&A with Mach10 CEO George Pero
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, 02:01 PM
The auto auction industry has seen a spike in M&A over the last three years, similar to the consolidation in auto retail that has been going on much longer. And our guest today has experience with both. George Pero is ... Listen Here
Insight into Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index
Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, 04:17 PM
While the year-over-year figure reflects broader market volatility, Matthew Babcock, who oversees digital lending product strategy for Wolters Kluwer, explained the strong quarter-over-quarter increase of the Q3 Wolters Kluwer Auto Finance Digital Transformation Index signals market re-engagement. Babcock elaborated about ... Listen Here

More evidence of millennials not understanding credit

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Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, 03:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
According to a new survey released by TransUnion, millennials are less likely than baby boomers to identify milestone life events that could affect their credit. In fact, officials determined less than half of millennials surveyed could cite specific major life ... [Read More]

3 new Equifax credit-based marketing products

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Monday, Oct. 26, 2015, 03:13 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Equifax is expanding its marketing offerings with the launch of a new suite of credit-based marketing products for the automotive industry. Fueled by Equifax’s consumer credit data and fraud processes, the products enable Dealer Service Provider (DSP) unique marketing solutions ... [Read More]

AFS Acceptance outlines future after equity sell-off

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Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, 03:05 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
AFS Acceptance chief executive officer Dov Szapiro explained why his company’s decision to sell 65 percent of its equity to Mexican finance institution Credito Real “could not have occurred at a better time.” With growth expectations stemming from originations as ... [Read More]

September auto defaults tick 2 points higher

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Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, 03:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The auto loan default rate for September ticked up 2 basis points on a sequential basis but remained 9 basis points lower than a year earlier. The September reading also was just 7 basis points above the all-time low established ... [Read More]

Penn Warranty now part of F&I Express eContracting network

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Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, 02:56 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Express announced this week that it will provide its dealer clients with access to products from the Penn Warranty Corp. through F&I Express’ eContracting platform. Through this new relationship, dealers using the F&I Express eContracting platform will have the ... [Read More]

Comptroller calls auto finance behavior reminiscent of mortgage problems

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Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, 03:09 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Another high-ranking federal regulator tried to tie together what’s happening in vehicle financing nowadays to the mortgage-connected developments that created the Great Recession nearly a decade ago. Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry gave a speech to the Exchequer Club ... [Read More]

Mexican institution acquires 65% stake in AFS Acceptance for $18M

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Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, 07:14 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Credito Real — an institution in Mexico that boasts five lines of business including used-vehicle installment contracts — announced on Wednesday that it acquired 65 percent of the equity interests issued by AFS Acceptance, a company that specializes in subprime ... [Read More]

DRN rolls out new solution to avoid charge-off losses

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Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, 04:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Re3 Conference presenting sponsor Digital Recognition Network launched new product on Tuesday that the company is calling its Enterprise Solution — a value-based subscription model for “all-you-can-eat” access to vehicle location data. Finance companies that rely on DRN’s vehicle location ... [Read More]

GWC Warranty adds 4 consultants in 4 markets

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Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015, 04:12 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty, a provider of used-vehicle service contracts and related finance and insurance products sold through dealers, recently hired dealer consultants in four new markets. In adding four new dealer consultants, GWC is now represented with a dedicated presence in the ... [Read More]

Redefining micro-management of your sales team

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Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, 03:46 PM
Don Jasensky, Automotive Personnel
Is it time to revisit the definition of micro-management? I receive calls on a weekly basis from frustrated executives lamenting over the difficulty of finding good sales people. You may have heard these frustrations, too, including: — This new generation ... [Read More]
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