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Industry Elite: Tony Rimas of XPEL

Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2026, 07:40 PM

Concluding our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Tony Rimas, who is vice president of global revenue at XPEL Inc. Rimas — an avid biker who swam and ran track & field and cross country ... Listen Here

Industry Elite honoree Mike Thomas of Resolvion on building his career — literally

Thursday, Mar. 26, 2026, 02:23 PM

Next up in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Mike Thomas, who is chief executive officer of Resolvion. Thomas shares memories with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about working in construction and ... Listen Here

Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business

Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 05:01 PM

Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Jennifer Turnage, who is chief executive officer of Primeritus Financial Services. Turnage talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about the importance ... Listen Here

New Protective Asset Protection report highlights dealer gains in F&I

Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, 11:31 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Here’s a positive trend happening in the finance office at one in five dealerships, according to Protective Asset Protection. The provider of F&I programs and services said at least 75% of the car buyers at that store purchased F&I products ... [Read More]

Carson’s successful path leads to promotion at Primeritus

Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, 01:41 PM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Misty Carson’s productivity and successes at Primeritus Financial Services have led to an executive promotion within the provider of repossession management, skip-tracing and remarketing services for the auto finance and insurance industries. On Tuesday, Primeritus announced the promotion of Carson ... [Read More]

Coupons4Real uncovers Top 10 states where consumers are trying to improve their credit most

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Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, 11:10 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

With a new education program from TransUnion enabled by its collaboration with Credit Sesame coming later this year, Coupons4Real analyzed the search volume data from Google to gauge how much consumers are interested in improving their credit and from what ... [Read More]

5 trends being watched by Experian North America chief economist

Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, 11:09 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

In his latest installment of “The Macro Moment” distributed this week, Experian North America chief economist Joseph Mayans delivered insight on the U.S. economy as well as key economic and credit developments and implications for the financial services industry. While ... [Read More]

Cox Automotive sees credit access flat to start 2025

Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025, 09:44 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Cox Automotive reported the arrival of the January reading, coupled with a slight downward revision of December’s mark, left the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index flat on a sequential comparison. However, Jonathan Gregory, a senior manager on Cox Automotive’s economic and ... [Read More]

TransUnion & Credit Sesame to launch new education and monitoring offering

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Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, 10:23 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Your customers who have soft credit profiles could benefit from a new program from TransUnion enabled by its collaboration with Credit Sesame. Announced last week, this new offer is expected to enable the credit bureau to more fully serve the ... [Read More]

3 compliance benefits from Algebrik AI partnership with Carleton

LCT teams with AKUVO to streamline loan refunds

Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, 10:20 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Algebrik AI and Carleton now are working together to boost compliance efforts by their clients. The companies announced a strategic partnership last week integrates Carleton’s payment calculation APIs into Algebrik’s loan origination platform in an effort to set a new ... [Read More]

DriveItAway welcomes Light as board of advisors chair

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Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, 10:34 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

The newest industry executive to join DriveItAway Holdings sees the provider of “micro-lease to purchase” technology as being on a “path to scale.” DriveItAway announced on Thursday that it has closed a $4 million credit line funding guaranty from Menachem ... [Read More]

Hudson Cook’s Covington on what could be ahead at CFPB & state regulators

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Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, 10:33 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

Hudson Cook partner Patty Covington helped the industry wrap up what’s been a busy week on the federal regulatory front, including three key positions being filled at the Federal Trade Commission and President Trump nominating Jonathan McKernan to be the ... [Read More]

Trump nominates McKernan for 5-year term as CFPB director

Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, 09:55 AM

SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff

President Trump sent more than 60 nominations to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday for confirmation to lead regulatory agencies, serve as foreign ambassadors and more. One nomination was Jonathan McKernan to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for ... [Read More]

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