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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Autoscribe collects 2 more honors during Best in Biz Awards
Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, 03:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Autoscribe Corp., provider of PaymentVision and Lyons Commercial Data, has been named a silver winner in the Best in Biz Awards, an independent business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts. Autoscribe — also a recent ... [Read More]
CFPB hands Clarity $8M penalty
Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, 06:44 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is now wielding its enforcement action and penalty powers in the alternative data space. On Thursday afternoon, the CFPB took action against a nationwide credit reporting company, Clarity Services, and its owner, Tim Ranney, for ... [Read More]
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Subprime originators gain more market share in Q3
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, 04:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As captive activity also registered gains, Experian Automotive highlighted on Wednesday that what it classifies as finance companies — institutions that don’t hold customer deposits but get most of their business from consumers with subprime and deep-subprime credit — gained a ... [Read More]
Fitch notices losses for subprime auto ABS top 8%
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, 04:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings analysts used the terminology “minor cracks” to describe the auto ABS loss trends they continue to see emerging in both the U.S. prime and subprime markets. Analysts spotted that subprime annualized net losses rose for the fifth consecutive ... [Read More]
CPS lands $100M revolving credit facility
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, 04:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Seen as the raw material to generate more originations, Consumer Portfolio Services announced this week that it has entered into a new two-year revolving credit agreement with Credit Suisse AG and Ares Agent Services. Executives indicated loans under the new ... [Read More]
DriveItNow & GoMoto partner to enhance shopper engagement at dealership
Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, 04:18 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
DriveItNow, a provider of online pre-qualified monthly payment marketing technology, finalized a partnership this week with GoMoto, a dealership engagement solutions provider. Executives explained DriveItNow will be integrated with GoMoto’s mobile kiosk technology to improve the shopper experience and boost ... [Read More]
2 areas where finance companies can improve service
Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, 03:18 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Consumer Financing Satisfaction Study gave two specific areas where auto finance providers need to focus their efforts on servicing processes. Stemming from the study that examines the overall customer experience with financing either an automotive ... [Read More]
GO Financial now awarding back-end pool payments
Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, 03:15 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GO Financial announced on Monday that its first back-end pool payments began this month. Executives highlighted some of the early GO dealer-partners are seeing the benefits from their first pools maturing and now are receiving back-end pool payments based on ... [Read More]
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]
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