Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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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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Automotive Intelligence Award honoree Tom Kontos of Auto Auction Holdings
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
Monday, Mar. 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
Industry Elite: Mike Clark Jr. of C&C Cars
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
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2 fronts where $100M facility helps Pelican Auto Finance
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
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]
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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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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist
Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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60% of banks still unsure how to serve millennials
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
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
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]
Blue Bridge Financial joins NIADA as a national member benefit partner
Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, 03:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For stores looking to diversify their offering or potentially expand or revamp their facilities, Blue Bridge Financial, a direct lender and national provider of small business financing, joined with the National Independent Automobile Dealers Association as NIADA's latest National Member ... [Read More]
AAGI mobile app eliminates need for ‘paper contracts in glovebox’
Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, 03:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
American Auto Guardian — a provider in developing, marketing and administering vehicle service contracts and other automotive aftermarket products — rolled out its newly developed mobile application to its agents during the company’s product launch earlier this month. Company officials ... [Read More]
Just 37% of buyers completely satisfied with time spent in F&I
Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, 03:58 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With the proliferation of tablets and other technology that make consumers' lives easier, digitizing the F&I process can have lasting, positive impacts on customer satisfaction for dealerships, according to a new study from MakeMyDeal and F&I Express. Titled, "The Digital ... [Read More]
BillingTree completes examination for SSAE No. 16
Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, 03:56 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
SubPrime Forum exhibitor BillingTree recently completed its examination in conformity with Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16, Reporting on Controls at a Service Organization for the period from May 1 of last year through April 20 of ... [Read More]
GrooveCar Direct partners with 2 more credit unions
Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, 03:53 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GrooveCar Direct is expanding again through a pair of new partnerships to bolster its vehicle-buying resource for the nation’s credit union industry. Coming aboard the platform are Service 1st Credit Union of Tampa, Fla., as well as Long Island Realtors ... [Read More]
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