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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
Kevin Roberts, who is director of economic and market intelligence at CarGurus, is back on the show to talk about the hot start to 2026 for the retail used-car market. Roberts and Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby discuss ... Listen Here
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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2 Ohio dealerships settle FTC charges over lease ads
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, 09:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Federal Trade Commission indicated this week that two Ohio dealers have agreed to settle charges from the agency that they deceived consumers with advertisements that touted low monthly vehicle lease payments but failed to disclose key terms of the ... [Read More]
House report calls out CFPB for ‘junk science’
Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, 05:20 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
The Republican staff of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee gave the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau some interesting reading material to go with its Thanksgiving dinner: A report about how these lawmakers view how the agency is regulating auto financing. On Tuesday ... [Read More]
How Fed rate could hit 2 percent
Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, 04:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While many auto finance executives are gearing up for Thanksgiving with family and friends, it appears leadership of the Federal Reserve is not only prepping for turkey, too, but also mulling over how much interest rates should be increased. In ... [Read More]
Finance company notes: Exeter securitization & Ally redemption
Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, 04:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two significant players in the auto finance space — Ally Financial and Exeter Finance — each shared details about recent company developments. At Exeter, the company announced on Monday that it closed a $300 million securitization backed by automobile loan ... [Read More]
Wise F&I exec to serve as GAPA president
Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, 04:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Rob Berger, executive vice president at Wise F&I, was recently elected to serve as president of the Guaranteed Asset Protection Alliance, an organization established in 2006 comprised of companies that offer guaranteed asset protection (GAP) products. The purpose of GAPA ... [Read More]
PaymentVision offers free webinar on tokenization
Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, 03:08 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The week after Thanksgiving, PaymentVision will hold a free webinar on the importance and benefits of tokenization, or when applied to data security, the process of substituting a sensitive data element with a non-sensitive equivalent. The webinar covering the currently ... [Read More]
Veros Credit opens new Texas business center
Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, 02:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Veros Credit announced it has opened a new Regional Business Center in the Dallas area. The company reported the new center will assist in the company’s growth efforts in Texas. The focus of the new center will be to provide ... [Read More]
Lenders remain ‘vigilant’ amid auto-loan market growth
Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, 02:38 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Reporting strong performance in the “no-score” segment of the credit spectrum, Equifax pointed out in a release this week lender vigilance is helping to drive auto loan market success. According to the latest National Consumer Credit Trends Report from Equifax ... [Read More]
House passes CFPB reform bill
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, 04:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
To the delight of many in the automotive industry, the House of Representatives voted on and passed a bill aimed at altering the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s handling of indirect auto financing. With a vote of 332 to 96, the ... [Read More]
Analysts wonder why lease credit approvals are spiking
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, 03:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Even though lease credit approvals are down slightly this month, rates remain unusually high, prompting analysts to discuss the factors behind the surge. According to Swapalease.com, lease credit approvals fell to 75 percent this month, down a bit from the ... [Read More]
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