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: Carleton’s Tim Yalich on how critical accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers
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Already the top factor holding back dealership business, potential economic headwinds build
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Jessica Gonzalez of InformedIQ on growing ‘AI and fraud fatigue’
Jessica Gonzalez, vice president of customer success and general manager of automotive at InformedIQ, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast to describe growing “AI and fraud fatigue” and other topics connected with auto finance. Listen Here
Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2026, 04:17 PM
Carleton’s Tim Yalich on how critical accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers
Tim Yalich, who now is vice president of business development for Carleton, returned for an appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Yalich explained how much more crucial accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers in an environment with some ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2026, 02:48 PM
Widewail CEO Cuyler Owens
Cuyler Owens is CEO of Widewail, a reputation and customer experience platform for the auto industry Cuyler joined Widewail as CEO in December, following nearly three years as chief revenue officer of TrustRadius, and time with Dell, Vmware and Dealerware. ... Listen Here
Monday, Mar. 9, 2026, 08:09 PM
August auto defaults tick up 4 basis points
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
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]
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A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
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78 more executives on path to compliance certification
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
Despite some tighter underwriting subprime to see ‘new entrants’
Thursday, Sep. 17, 2015, 02:07 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps underwriting standards aren’t quite as relaxed now as they might have a been a few quarters ago, but Fitch Ratings still is expecting to see “new entrants” into subprime auto financing during the near term. Along with touching on ... [Read More]
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