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Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here

6 teams of Northwood students involved in EFG Companies F&I Innovator of the Year Award competition

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Friday, Sep. 25, 2015, 03:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
EFG Companies this week announced student competitors and F&I mentors participating in the first F&I Innovator of the Year Award competition at Northwood University. The competition will pit six teams of Northwood’s junior and senior undergraduate automotive marketing and management ... [Read More]

August auto defaults tick up 4 basis points

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Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2015, 03:51 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
More subprime paper in the entire credit mix produced small increases in numerous default rates, but not to a point that triggered warning from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian. Data through August showed the auto segment of the S&P/Experian ... [Read More]

Disparate impact use continues to frustrate industry

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Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2015, 03:48 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The reported acknowledgement by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that its use of disparate impact could over-count potential discrimination by indirect auto finance companies continues to churn the industry’s frustration with how the regulator operates. Paul Metrey, chief regulatory counsel ... [Read More]

78 more executives on path to compliance certification

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Wednesday, Sep. 23, 2015, 03:44 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The National Automotive Finance Association enjoyed another great turnout for the opening module of its Consumer Credit Compliance Certification program. The most recent session last week in Irvine, Calif., drew 78 participants from 55 different companies. Hudson Cook partner Patty ... [Read More]

2 reasons why residuals should be used for underwriting

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Monday, Sep. 21, 2015, 09:11 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps while finance companies consider changes to underwriting practices as the fourth quarter approaches, Black Book’s latest white paper shows how executives and managers should be using collateral and residual values in the underwriting process. Black Book highlighted that the ... [Read More]

W.Va dealer group settles another FTC lawsuit for $80K

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Monday, Sep. 21, 2015, 03:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A West Virginia franchised dealer group again found itself involved in a regulatory matter with the Federal Trade Commission. Ramey Motors recently agreed to pay an $80,000 civil penalty to settle a lawsuit the FTC brought last year. The FTC ... [Read More]

CPS finalizes $300M securitization; third one of 2015

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Monday, Sep. 21, 2015, 03:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Consumer Portfolio Services recently closed its third term securitization of the year. The company pointed out the transaction is CPS’ 18th senior subordinate securitization since the beginning of 2011 and the first securitization to receive a triple-A rating on the ... [Read More]

GWC Warranty launches 2 new products

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Monday, Sep. 21, 2015, 03:21 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty bolstered its offerings of vehicle service contracts and related finance and insurance products by recently introducing a new 5-year, 100,000-mile used model coverage term length and a Service Lane product. Based on input from dealers across the country, ... [Read More]

Another rate pass by Fed; 2 experts discuss future ramifications

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Friday, Sep. 18, 2015, 03:58 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Perhaps what Equifax chief economist Amy Crews Cutts shared about the thinking of most observers means the Federal Reserve will deliver finance companies the gift of an interest rate adjustment a little more than a week before Christmas. With the ... [Read More]

NADA’s new online campaign to highlight F&I work

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Friday, Sep. 18, 2015, 03:55 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In a move to highlight the important work being completed by F&I offices at franchised dealerships, the National Automobile Dealers Association rolled out an online campaign this week to tell stories of consumers who saved money by financing new-vehicle purchases ... [Read More]
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