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Laurie Harbour is a partner at Wipfli, a top 25 accounting and advisory firm, and works with automakers and suppliers on how to adjust to changing winds of automotive. Harbour joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to discuss how automakers are ... Listen Here

Chip Perry & Dom Pope of sellmyride

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A Look Back at Last Two Decades of the Used-Car Industry in Canada

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In the grand finale of our podcast episodes from Canada’s Used Car Week in June, conference chair and Cherokee Media Group president Bill Zadeits is joined by Brad Hart and Peter Snoyer on a panel celebrating 20th anniversary of the ... Listen Here

April Auto Defaults at Lowest Point in 10 Months

Tuesday, May. 26, 2015, 07:51 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian discovered auto loan defaults dropped 9 basis points in April to settle at its lowest level since June of last year. Analysts reported as a part of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices that ... [Read More]

Global Asset & Auto Finance Market Is Looking Positive

Tuesday, May. 26, 2015, 07:49 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The newest analyst video from White Clarke Group shows the global asset and auto finance market is looking positive, despite political and economic tensions. White Clark Group explained the global leasing industry started 2015 with positive expectations that remain undaunted, ... [Read More]

NAF Association Updates Conference Plans After Texas Storms

Tuesday, May. 26, 2015, 03:20 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

In light of the severe weather impacting the Lone Star State during the past several days, National Automotive Finance Association executive director Jack Tracey offered an update on the organization’s Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference, which begins on Wednesday afternoon in ... [Read More]

30 States, 3 Credit Bureaus Reach Settlement

Friday, May. 22, 2015, 03:49 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Ohio attorney general Mike DeWine and 30 other state attorneys general reached a settlement this week with the three main credit reporting agencies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — which have agreed to make a number of changes to their ... [Read More]

AFG & CU Direct Partner for Balloon Program

Friday, May. 22, 2015, 03:39 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Auto Financial Group — an online provider of innovative financing products including CarMark Auto Finance for credit unions and banks — recently formed a new partnership with CU Direct, a provider of lending, automotive and strategic solutions to the credit ... [Read More]

Exeter Finance Names New CFO

Friday, May. 22, 2015, 02:50 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Exeter Finance Corp. went outside of the auto finance sector to find its new chief executive officer last fall, and on Friday, the subprime operation repeated the process when choosing a new chief financial officer. Taking on the CFO role for ... [Read More]

Collections Among Topics on Tap at NAF Association Annual Conference

Wednesday, May. 20, 2015, 05:08 AM

Nick Zulovich, Editor

If the auto finance market is about to pivot in any direction from its current path, the National Auto Finance Association is hoping its 19th annual Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference prepares executives and managers with the information and strategy they ... [Read More]

KPA Ramps Up Offerings to Boost Dealership Compliance

Wednesday, May. 20, 2015, 05:06 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

KPA, a provider of dealership management software and services, recently launched a new product line that combines efficient software, comprehensive content and on-demand expert advice to help stores follow sales and finance best practices and ensure their business complies with ... [Read More]

Metrolina Credit Expands NC Footprint

Wednesday, May. 20, 2015, 05:01 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

This week, Metrolina Credit Co. announced the opening of its newest branch office in Raleigh, N.C. This opening expands the subprime finance company’s branch network to five full service branch operations across North and South Carolina, and represents the second ... [Read More]

3 Paths to Sharpen Collection Strategies

Monday, May. 18, 2015, 03:32 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

AutoStar Solutions chief legal officer Steve Levine pointed out most dealers and finance companies are well aware of what he described as “big-picture” compliance safeguards they should implement into their collections efforts. But Levine also stressed that actually putting these ... [Read More]