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Cox Automotive on guiding the modern car buyer
One of the keynote presentations from Used Car Week 2025 featured Micah Tindor and Elizabeth Stegall of Cox Automotive for a session titled, “Guiding the Modern Buyer with Trust, Tech & Smarter Trade-Ins.” Valuable study findings and dealership recommendations now ... Listen Here
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Kevin Roberts of CarGurus on 2026 Used-Car Market
Kevin Roberts, who is director of economic and market intelligence at CarGurus, is back on the show to talk about the hot start to 2026 for the retail used-car market. Roberts and Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby discuss ... Listen Here
Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, 07:18 PM
Cox Automotive on the vanishing divide between wholesale & retail
Used Car Week 2025 extended the ongoing conversation about how the wholesale and retail portions of the used-car market aren’t quite as distinct as they used to be. Cherokee Media Group’s Bill Zadeits hosted a fireside chat about the subject ... Listen Here
Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, 09:43 AM
Study shows how unaware consumers are of interest rate impact
Wednesday, Jul. 29, 2015, 03:50 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
According to a national survey commissioned by Carvana, consumers still are uninformed about the total costs associated with the interest rate connected to their vehicle installment contract. Carvana — a completely online vehicle retailer backed by DriveTime and launched two ... [Read More]
CFPB denies NADA request for leaked memo
Tuesday, Jul. 28, 2015, 03:25 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Monday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau blocked access to information the National Automobile Dealers Association sought. NADA officials said the CFPB rejected a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to release a memorandum that they believe can show the bureau ... [Read More]
2 elements that help dealers in non-prime financing
Monday, Jul. 27, 2015, 04:20 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Michael Buckingham, senior director of the auto finance practice at J.D. Power, acknowledged dealers and finance companies already know that trying to get a new-vehicle contract completed for a customers with a soft credit profile can be “tricky.” So when ... [Read More]
Appeals court overturns previous decision questioning CFPB constitutionality
Monday, Jul. 27, 2015, 04:16 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
If members of Congress wanted more ammunition for a crusade to eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, perhaps a three-judge panel on the District of Columbia Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals provided just the thing. An opinion released ... [Read More]
Auto loan defaults sink to new low in June
Friday, Jul. 24, 2015, 03:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
June’s auto loan metrics bucked the trends seen in other credit markets to register a new historical low, according to the latest S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices. Analysts from S&P Dow Jones Indices and Experian noticed the auto loan default ... [Read More]
CFPB fills top 2 posts on acting basis
Friday, Jul. 24, 2015, 03:50 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made temporary adjustments to fill the role of its deputy director who resigned last week, a pair of Texas lawmakers introduced a proposal to eliminate the CFPB altogether. With deputy director Steve Antonakes departing the ... [Read More]
F&I Express unveils tool to watch margins for compliance
Friday, Jul. 24, 2015, 03:46 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
F&I Express recently launched what’s being dubbed CompliPrice, a cloud-based tool aimed to help stores ensure profits on aftermarket insurance products are compliant with dealer and finance companies compliance policies, and potential guidelines from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The ... [Read More]
More evidence of consumer rebound via subprime loans
Wednesday, Jul. 22, 2015, 03:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Westlake Financial Services and Equifax now have more data to support their argument that subprime auto financing can benefit individuals with soft credit histories, rather than create a negative situation some regulators and consumer advocates might believe. Equifax recognized Westlake ... [Read More]
The numbers as the CFPB turns 4
Wednesday, Jul. 22, 2015, 03:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau celebrated its fourth birthday on Tuesday. Among the individuals on hand to cheer the occasion were the lawmakers who authored the Dodd-Frank Act, which created the CFPB. Instead of just cake and party hats, bureau ... [Read More]
Upcoming free FICO webinar to discuss application fraud
Wednesday, Jul. 22, 2015, 03:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
FICO is offering finance companies strategy recommendations for those who fear that they’re reviewing too many applications for fraud, yet still finding fraudsters on the books. FICO also questioned whether finance companies have a clear definition of what is fraud and ... [Read More]
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