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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

640 dealer violations trigger nearly $700K in penalties

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Wednesday, Sep. 9, 2015, 03:36 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The latest enforcement action against a dealership in New Jersey provided another reason why Dealertrack Technologies associate general counsel Randy Henrick recently acknowledged that when he brings up the topic of compliance, “many dealers feel a headache coming on.” Before ... [Read More]

Prestige Financial unveils refinancing program

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Wednesday, Sep. 9, 2015, 03:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Prestige Financial rolled out a new direct-to-consumer loan solution on Tuesday aimed at leveraging the potential market for refinancing a vehicle installment contract. The company highlighted that Prestige’s new offering allows consumers to deal directly with the financing source to ... [Read More]

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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

The ART of AI: A Dealership Guide to Deploying AI With Confidence

AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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Turn Battery Risk Into Trust: Your Edge in the Used EV Market

Independent battery health certification is the new gold standard for used EV dealerships. The latest AVILOO detect Magazine reveals how...
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How GMs Start Their Day with Mastermind & Make More Deals

Successful General Managers know that how you start the day sets the tone for dealership performance. This checklist outlines the...
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Rising Repos, Shrinking Margins: A Guide to Reduce Collections and Servicing Costs with AI Agents

As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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Out-of-State Titling: 12 Steps Every Title Clerk Should Follow (The Easy Way)

Out-of-state titling isn’t easy. With every state having different DMV requirements, document packets, and deadlines, it’s easy for mistakes to...
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Free Guide: How Smart Dealers Can Profit from Customer Car Insurance

Turn Customer Auto Insurance into Dealership Profit If you're not profiting from auto insurance in your dealership, now’s the time...
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Go In-House With Your Photos

Your Photo Vendor Didn’t Show Up Again? Let’s Fix That. Stop relying on vendors and start owning your inventory. This...
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The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI

The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI highlights key questions dealership leaders should ask technology partners during the selection...
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9 executives join AFSA board of directors

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Wednesday, Sep. 9, 2015, 03:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The American Financial Services Association announced that nine executives have been elected to join its board of directors for three-year terms, which will begin following the association’s board meeting on Oct. 6. The nine individuals include: — Jody Anderson is ... [Read More]

CFPB complaint normalization draws 2 association rebuttals

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Friday, Sep. 4, 2015, 02:40 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The more the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau highlights details about its consumer complaint database, the more industry associations make their own grievances about how the regulator constructs its reports, which are often critical of how providers are performing. The American ... [Read More]

Pennsylvania dealership settles charges for leasing unrepaired vehicles

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Friday, Sep. 4, 2015, 02:37 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A Pennsylvania independent dealership reached a settlement agreement with the state attorney general, who alleged the store leased vehicles that needed considerable amounts of repair work and used a lease agreement that did not comply with federal law. Attorney General ... [Read More]

2 fronts where $100M facility helps Pelican Auto Finance

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Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2015, 04:19 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
To hear Pelican Auto Finance chief executive officer Troy Cavallaro explain the impact, the $100 million warehouse funding facility with Wells Fargo Securities the company announced on Wednesday will help the deep subprime auto finance provider in two places. The ... [Read More]

Latest CFPB complaint report reinforces 4 CDIA concerns

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Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2015, 02:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
When the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its monthly consumer complaints snapshot report a little more than a week ago, one of the categories drumming up the most activity was credit reporting. Potential problems with how that metric developed is ... [Read More]

60% of banks still unsure how to serve millennials

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Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2015, 02:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with an inkling about what its auto lending prospects might be, initial findings from the 2015 Growth Strategy Survey orchestrated by Bank Director showed the traditional banking industry may find itself unable to attract what orchestrators called a “decidedly ... [Read More]

Larger participant rule implementation arrives

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Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, 03:42 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Unlike a college student scrambling to submit an assignment on time, there doesn’t appear to be much turbulence in the auto finance space since the larger participant rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau went into practice on Monday. Previously, ... [Read More]

Experian spots uptick in Q2 captives’ high-risk financing

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Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, 03:39 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experian Automotive noticed captive finance companies increased their appetite for risk a bit during the second quarter. According to the latest State of the Automotive Finance Market report, the year-over-year change for captives in the highest risk segment — buyers ... [Read More]
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