Chip Perry & Dom Pope of sellmyride
Chip Perry, founding president and CEO of Autotrader and former CEO of TrueCar, has a new role: chairman of sellmyride, a startup seeking to help dealers source inventory from private sellers. Perry and sellmyride founder and president Dom Pope join ... Listen Here
Friday, Sep. 26, 2025, 03:08 PM
A Look Back at Last Two Decades of the Used-Car Industry in Canada
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
Thursday, Sep. 18, 2025, 02:32 PM
SPONSORED EPISODE: AI & Big Data Deliver Significant Improvements to Inventory Management
In this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Merritt Critcher, Director of Product Management with CDK speaks with Bill Zadeits about the newest trends and potential for AI and big data to meet and exceed the inventory management needs ... Listen Here
Thursday, Sep. 11, 2025, 04:33 PM
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]
More ‘Normalizing’ Ahead for Captives
Monday, May. 18, 2015, 03:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings is projecting that “normalization” is ahead for many major U.S. captive finance companies. Analysts arrived at that position because they see strong asset quality and profitability measures among several captive finance companies are expected to continue to revert ... [Read More]
Subprime Share at Lowest Point in 3 Years
Monday, May. 18, 2015, 01:31 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Evidently, dealerships and finance companies aren’t just giving cars away to just any consumer who arrives on the lot and completes a vehicle installment contract application, inflating that “bubble” some observers continue to mention. On Monday, Experian Automotive reported that ... [Read More]
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