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SPONSORED EPISODE: Greenville Auto Auction Celebrates 16 Years—A look back and a look ahead
On this sponsored episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Bill Zadeits visits with Billy Willis and Kevin Stallings of Greenville Auto Auction. The auction celebrates 16 years in early September, and the guys talk about the history of the sale, ... Listen Here
Wide-ranging car-business conversation with Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short
Lotlinx chairman and CEO Len Short firmly believes car dealers are the most resilient operators in any business. During this episode of the Auto Remarketing Podcast, Short explained why he is anticipating dealers showing that resilience again because it’s needed ... Listen Here
Path to delivering education in Spanish with Ignite Dealer Compliance Group
Steve Levine has dozens of dealer clients with Spanish as their native language. Those dealers also have hundreds of Hispanic customers who cannot speak or understand English. To fill compliance and training gaps created by language challenges, the owner of ... Listen Here

2 suggestions for maintaining profitability

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
While the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency acknowledged vehicle installment contract delinquencies are are at “manageable” levels now, FICO’s analytic team recently offered a pair of recommendations to help finance companies protect profitability in case those conditions deteriorate. ... [Read More]

How F&I training can add ‘prestige’ to job

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Nick Zulovich, Editor
When IDDS Group co-founder and chief executive officer Max Zanan arrives at a dealership to conduct a consulting and training session, he acknowledged that he rarely sees any documents hanging within the F&I department that shows managers are certified through ... [Read More]

GSFSGroup organizes program to serve veterans

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Associates from GSFSGroup, a nationwide provider and administrator of F&I products, recently banded together to honor the nation’s military veterans by collecting, assembling and delivering hundreds of care packages to the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston. The ... [Read More]

Negative consequence of 65-month new-car contracts

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Nick Zulovich, Editor
Cox Automotive chief economist Tom Webb didn’t reference the Federal Reserve’s revamped consumer credit report that includes more details about auto financing when he conducted his quarterly conference call this week. But the metrics the Fed reported probably didn’t provide ... [Read More]

Western Funding books nearly 1,000 contracts in June

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Western Funding closed the first half of the year with the biggest origination month in company history, fueling plans to grow its footprint and workforce. Western Funding — a specialized subprime automotive finance company and subsidiary of Westlake Financial Services ... [Read More]

NAF Association opens next enrollment session for compliance program

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The National Automotive Finance Association established the next in-person session to create another cohort enrolled in its Consumer Credit Compliance Certification program. The NAF Association will host the opening module of the four-part training endeavor at the Irvine Marriott in ... [Read More]

TFS promotes Groff to expanded captive role

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In moves that became effective July 1, Toyota Financial Services announced on Thursday that Mike Groff, president and chief executive officer of TFS USA, was appointed to be CEO of the Toyota Financial Services Americas Region.  The captive indicated Groff ... [Read More]

CFPB reveals guidelines for faster payment networks

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A wide array of service providers now operate to help finance companies keep payments coming into their coffers along with ways so customers can stay current on their vehicle installment contracts, especially individuals who might fall into the growing underbanked ... [Read More]

Ally adds 3 account and credit info features for auto customers

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SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
With federal regulators asking finance companies to provide consumers with more resources to manage their vehicle installment contracts and more, Ally Financial added three enhancements to its offering. At the National Association of Minority Automotive Dealers (NAMAD) annual convention on ... [Read More]

6 ‘knockout factors’ to find great employees

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Don Jasensky, Automotive Personnel
We have learned the value of establishing “knockout factors” at the beginning of every search.  These are factors that are so important that, no matter how qualified a candidate may otherwise be, they will be “knocked out of contention” if ... [Read More]

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