Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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PODCAST: Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 01:05 PM
Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
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
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Industry Elite honoree Kelly Wyatt on 25-year career with GM Financial
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
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Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
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
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New site to use investor funds directly to originate contracts
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, 04:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The combination of investor money and an online platform created by what the company calls an “A team” of industry veterans who have collectively more than 110 years of experience in automotive, below-prime automotive finance, billions of dollars of securitization ... [Read More]
CFPB ombudsman has 3 recommendations for complaint database
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, 04:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
ACA International dissected the 2015 fiscal year annual report by the CFPB Ombudsman’s Office that’s generated for Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Officials found the recently released report focused heavily on three potential changes to the ... [Read More]
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9 more credit unions join AFG’s balloon program
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, 04:24 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Auto Financial Group — an online provider of innovative financing products including CarMark Auto Finance for credit unions and banks — announced year-to-date growth figures this week, revealing increasing momentum in new customer signings with AFG’s balloon lending and remarketing ... [Read More]
10 components of upcoming Chernek F&I workshop
Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, 04:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I training specialist Rebecca Chernek is hosting a comprehensive, three-day educational workshop in an attempt to help dealerships and their managers to get into position for their most successful year yet. Among the 10 workshop highlights Chernek plans to cover ... [Read More]
Top 20 grossing vehicles in subprime deals
Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, 04:42 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Equifax highlighted the total amount of subprime auto loans originated through August and connected to consumers with an Equifax Risk Score below 620 totaled $75.8 billion, representing a 12.6-percent increase year-over-year. In an effort to help dealerships and finance companies ... [Read More]
SCUSA taps BNY Mellon EVP to be CFO
Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, 04:38 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Santander Consumer USA appointed a new chief financial officer on Monday; an executive who will take on the role starting Dec. 16. Replacing interim CFO Jennifer Davis, who will continue to serve as deputy chief financial officer is Ismail “Izzy” Dawood. ... [Read More]
eLEND Solutions joins DealerVault’s Premier Network, appoints chief sales officer
Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, 04:37 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with tapping an executive to fill the newly created role of chief sales officer, eLEND Solutions — a technology company delivering integrated credit, identification and finance solutions to dealers — recently announced the provider joined DealerVault’s Premier Network. DealerVault ... [Read More]
Is industry ‘numb’ after CFPB’s latest multi-million fine?
Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, 04:23 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Steve Levine used both social media and an email message to SubPrime Auto Finance News to convey thought-provoking reaction to Thursday afternoon’s announcement from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Levine wondered via Twitter if the industry as a whole is ... [Read More]
Executive changes at Ford Motor Credit, VW Credit & Huntington
Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, 04:10 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Two captive finance companies and a commercial bank all made changes to their top executive teams this week. Beginning with Ford Motor Credit, the Blue Oval’s captive named Joy Falotico as chief operating officer. The OEM also elected Falotico as ... [Read More]
Reynolds adds F&I library for Texas dealers
Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, 04:06 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Reynolds and Reynolds now has more resources for dealerships in the Lone Star State. The week, the company announced that Reynolds Document Services released the Reynolds LAW Texas F&I Library. The library is a comprehensive catalog of standardized, legally reviewed ... [Read More]
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