How much revenue is slipping through the cracks in your digital sales process? Our latest guide reveals the most common...
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Loan extensions keep climbing as repo agents now seeing ramifications
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4 attorneys decipher developments since FTC sent letters to dealers nationwide
Friday, Apr. 24, 2026, 10:51 AM
VantageScore spots ‘subtle migration’ of consumers toward lower credit tiers in March
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 10:37 AM
FICO’s Shams Blanc on lenders sharpening underwriting & more
Fresh off being in Miami as part of the Used Car Industry Summit that Cherokee Media Group hosted this spring, Shams Blanc, who is vice president of auto scores at FICO, appeared again on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Blanc discussed ... Listen Here
Wednesday, Apr. 29, 2026, 03:54 PM
Byron Oldham of Honest Autos & FIADA
Byron Oldham is president of the family-owned Honest Autos dealership and is president of the board at the Florida Independent Automobile Dealers Association. In this episode, Oldham talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby about the upcoming Southeast ... Listen Here
Monday, Apr. 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Automotive CFO-To-Go Kathi Kruse talks dealership finance, accounting in ‘lightning round’
Kathi Kruse, the Automotive CFO-To-Go who brings her financial expertise — born through years of experience as a dealership chief financial officer — to dealers needing help in that area, is back on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. In this episode, ... Listen Here
Sunday, Apr. 19, 2026, 04:27 AM
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]
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Loan Origination Automation Guidelines for Modern Lenders
Lenders are under pressure to move faster, handle higher volumes, and reduce manual tasks. Automation can help, but only if...
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Turn Service Visits Into Sales Growth: A GM’s Checklist
Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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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]
The ‘real’ question about potential interest rate rise
Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2015, 03:47 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Even one of the experts who specializes in the certified pre-owned vehicle market and is set to appear at Used Car Week for the fifth year in a row joined the discussion about what moves the Federal Reserve might make ... [Read More]
CFPB receives 8 federal recommendations for complaint database
Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2015, 03:43 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Multiple industry associations disagree with how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau orchestrates its complaint database. Now a top federal examiner whose primary responsibility is “to detect and deter waste, fraud and abuse,” according to its own website, is questioning how ... [Read More]
BillingTree bolsters business development team
Wednesday, Sep. 16, 2015, 03:41 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
BillingTree hired a director of new business development on Tuesday to focus on extending access to the company’s payment services and solutions to broader markets and industries, including auto finance. Taking on this post is Greg Mallin, whose position was ... [Read More]
Industry awaits Fed decision on interest rates
Monday, Sep. 14, 2015, 03:59 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Perhaps auto finance companies will know more about interest rates this week since Stifel Nicolaus & Co. chief economist Lindsey Piegza called the upcoming meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee “arguably the most widely anticipated event in the aftermath ... [Read More]
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