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Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Drawing standing-room-only attendance in the second-largest setting at Used Car Week 2025, Ryan Miller led a six-executive panel session that focused on one of the most complex challenges in all of repossessions and recoveries. Now available through this episode of ... Listen Here
Four experts on automotive & the economy
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Used Car Week 2025 again brought together experts who can explain which parts of the economy impact automotive most. This year’s event included views from Laura Wehunt of Black Book, Tim Gill of the American Financial Services Association, T.J. Cox ... Listen Here
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
Affordability challenges are reshaping the automotive landscape—vehicle prices and payments are at all-time highs and negative equity is on the rise. In this episode, Micah Tindor offers a data-driven conversation with real-world strategies around acquisition tactics and long-term profitability to ... Listen Here

700Credit, DealerClick Partner for Access to Reports & More

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Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, 04:57 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
700Credit, which provides credit, compliance and prescreen products and services exclusively to the automotive industry, recently formed an integration partnership with DealerClick, a leader in automotive software solutions. Officials said this agreement will allow DealerClick dealers seamless and secure access ... [Read More]

CU Direct Connect Tops $1B in Loans in 2014

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Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, 06:36 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
CU Direct Connect (CUDC) announced its year-end results this week as auto loan application volume jumped 25.3 percent. That rise helped CUDC to close 2014 with more than $1 billion in funded loans netting a year-over-year increase of 30 percent.  ... [Read More]

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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business

The ART of AI: A Dealership Guide to Deploying AI With Confidence

AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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Turn Battery Risk Into Trust: Your Edge in the Used EV Market

Independent battery health certification is the new gold standard for used EV dealerships. The latest AVILOO detect Magazine reveals how...
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How GMs Start Their Day with Mastermind & Make More Deals

Successful General Managers know that how you start the day sets the tone for dealership performance. This checklist outlines the...
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Rising Repos, Shrinking Margins: A Guide to Reduce Collections and Servicing Costs with AI Agents

As delinquencies rise and margins tighten, leading auto lenders use AI agents to cut collections and servicing costs without compromising...
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Out-of-State Titling: 12 Steps Every Title Clerk Should Follow (The Easy Way)

Out-of-state titling isn’t easy. With every state having different DMV requirements, document packets, and deadlines, it’s easy for mistakes to...
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Free Guide: How Smart Dealers Can Profit from Customer Car Insurance

Turn Customer Auto Insurance into Dealership Profit If you're not profiting from auto insurance in your dealership, now’s the time...
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Go In-House With Your Photos

Your Photo Vendor Didn’t Show Up Again? Let’s Fix That. Stop relying on vendors and start owning your inventory. This...
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The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI

The Auto Dealer’s Complete Checklist for Evaluating AI highlights key questions dealership leaders should ask technology partners during the selection...
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Westlake Flooring Helps NJ Dealership Consolidate Into 1 Location

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Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, 06:33 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Westlake Flooring, a division of Westlake Financial Services, recently financed the acquisition of Phoenix Truxx’s current dealership location, helping the heavy-duty truck enterprise consolidate its operation in New Jersey.  Officials highlighted the property had been in bankruptcy foreclosure and Westlake ... [Read More]

3 Components of vAuto’s New Subprime Tool

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Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, 06:31 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Emphasizing three main capabilities, vAuto introduced what it dubbed a Subprime Booking module as part of its Provision system to help dealers address the challenges of properly acquiring subprime inventory and matching credit-challenged customers to those vehicles. As the latest ... [Read More]

Student Loans Create 9% Dip in 2014 Lease Approvals

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Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, 06:29 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The pool of subprime borrowers for finance companies to service potentially could be getting deeper judging by the reason Swapalease.com cited as the trigger for auto lease credit approvals for 2014 dropping by nearly 9 percent year-over-year. Swapalease.com reported last ... [Read More]

Key Case Could Cut CFPB’s Ability to Use Disparate Impact

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Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, 01:37 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
The ability for federal regulators such as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to use disparate impact theory to hand out enforcement actions against finance companies that provide auto financing could be reduced or even eliminated, depending on how the Supreme ... [Read More]

Dealertrack’s Henrick to Host FTC Compliance Workshops at NADA Convention

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Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, 04:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Dealertrack Technologies associate general counsel for regulatory and compliance Randy Henrick will be a featured workshop speaker at this week’s National Automotive Dealers Association Convention and Expo in San Francisco. Henrick will conduct two workshop sessions to educate dealers on ... [Read More]

Auto Finance Closes In On $1 Trillion

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Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, 04:14 PM
SubPrime Automotive News Staff
Auto finance is getting closer to becoming a $1 trillion business. According to the latest Equifax National Consumer Credit Trends Report released Tuesday at the Vehicle Finance Conference and Exposition hosted by the American Financial Services Association, the total balance ... [Read More]

4 Ways to Prevent Fraud Inside Finance Companies

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Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, 04:09 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Since half of the specialty finance companies that participated in a recent survey conducted by McGladrey experienced some form of fraud during the past 12 months, senior manager Ronnie Lee devised four strategies institutions can implement to overcome possible unscrupulous ... [Read More]

Subprime Trouble? Moody’s and Consumer Advocates Differ

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Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, 04:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Despite consumer advocates insisting that rising auto financing default rates are mirroring the mortgage mess that triggered the most recent recession, Moody’s Investors Service explained that elevating delinquencies for loans originated by independent finance companies reflect a loosening of credit ... [Read More]
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