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Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 03:07 PM
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
Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Tom Kontos, who now is analytics advisor for Auto Auction Holdings. Convinced to come out of retirement and get back in the business last fall with the growing wholesale ... Listen Here
Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars
Friday, Mar. 20, 2026, 03:50 PM
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Clark Jr., operations manager of C& C Cars in Pinellas Park, Fla. Clark is a third-generation dealer and helps run the family business ... Listen Here

CFPB considering arbitration clause rules

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Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, 03:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is now using the phrase “free pass” to describe how some finance companies include arbitration clauses in their vehicle installment contracts. As a result, the CFPB announced on Wednesday that the agency is considering proposing ... [Read More]

Wells Fargo Dealer Services expands in Texas

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Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, 03:55 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Wells Fargo spokesperson Natalie Brown told SubPrime Auto Finance News late this summer that the company doesn’t “grow for growth’s sake.” So it’s likely the company made a concerted effort with its due diligence as it opened its 57th regional ... [Read More]

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Reynolds releases F&I library for Washington

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Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, 03:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, Reynolds Document Services, a segment of Reynolds and Reynolds, released the Reynolds LAW Washington F&I Library, a comprehensive catalog of standardized, legally reviewed finance and insurance documents available to franchised dealers in the state of Washington. Reynolds reiterated ... [Read More]

10 attributes about millennials’ ‘fragile’ financial standing

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Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, 03:33 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A pair of experts from the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center at the George Washington University School of Business shared their analysis about millennials’ personal finances and highlighted 10 key findings. Coming from the report titled, Gen Y Personal Finances: ... [Read More]

More than 500 dealers mingle with lawmakers

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Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, 03:30 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The National Automobile Dealers Association chose an appropriate time to conduct its Washington Conference with all of the vehicle financing activity that percolated out of the nation’s capital last week. More than 500 franchised dealers and dealer association executives from ... [Read More]

Credit Acceptance completes $75M secured warehouse facility

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Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, 03:22 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Credit Acceptance recently completed a $75 million revolving secured warehouse facility with an institutional investor.  Under this facility, the company explained it will contribute loans to a wholly owned special purpose entity (SPE) and the SPE may borrow up to the ... [Read More]

2 trends reinforced in Fifth Third action with CFPB

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Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, 03:47 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
In developments that frustrated a trio of franchised dealer trade groups, it appears the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau strengthened two regulatory patterns when the agency released its enforcement action against Fifth Third Bank earlier this week. To get some clarity about ... [Read More]

Westlake offers 7 details regarding agreement with CFPB

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Friday, Oct. 2, 2015, 03:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Westlake Financial Services made public statements late Thursday after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau penalized the subprime auto finance company and its auto title lending subsidiary Wilshire Consumer Credit for pressuring borrowers using what the regulator deemed to be illegal ... [Read More]

CFPB action against Westlake tops $44M

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Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, 07:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The second significant Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforcement action of the week in the auto finance space hit one of the largest players in the subprime market — Westlake Financial Services. On Thursday, CFPB punished Westlake and its auto title ... [Read More]

House lawmakers pepper Cordray over dealer reserve

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Wednesday, Sep. 30, 2015, 03:59 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Two of U.S. House membesr who are two of staunchest defenders of dealers and how the indirect auto financing model currently operates — one that still includes dealer reserve — peppered the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who ... [Read More]

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