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PODCAST: Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2026, 01:05 PM
Industry Elite honoree Jennifer Turnage on why accurate financial information can make or break any business
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
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Industry Elite honoree Kelly Wyatt on 25-year career with GM Financial
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Kelly Wyatt, who is chief digital officer with GM Financial. Wyatt shares a conversation with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Nick Zulovich about being ... Listen Here
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Industry Elite: Sean Morgan of Westlake Financial
Next up on in our inaugural Industry Elite: The C-Suite honoree series is a conversation with Sean Morgan, who is executive vice president of finance and operations at Westlake Financial. Morgan talks with Cherokee Media Group senior editor Joe Overby ... Listen Here
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Q4 Subprime Delinquencies Move Up Only Marginally
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, 05:40 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Along with describing how much millennials are fueling the ongoing auto finance resurgence, TransUnion’s latest report showed just a marginal uptick in subprime delinquency rates. TransUnion pegged the year-over-year subprime delinquency movement in the fourth quarter going from 5.72 percent ... [Read More]
DriverUp Launches Online Platform for Accredited Investors
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, 05:38 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
DriverUp launched its new program this week that company officials are calling an “industry first” marketplace to give accredited investors an opportunity to enter the auto finance industry directly and provide dealers with an expedited, streamlined credit process. DriverUp is ... [Read More]
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AFC Promotes Exec to Oversee West Division
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, 05:35 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Automotive Finance Corp. promoted Johnny Shroyer to be vice president of operations for the floor plan company’s West division. AFC indicated Shroyer will report directly to Joe Keadle, senior vice president of operations. Shroyer, who joined AFC in 2010 as ... [Read More]
Bradley Confident in How CPS Can Answer Regulator Questions
Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, 05:10 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
When Consumer Portfolio Services reported a year-end earnings per share increase of more than 35 percent, chairman and chief executive officer Brad Bradley not only highlighted that performance, but also how the company is preparing to answer questions from the ... [Read More]
Report: OneMain Financial Involved in Possible $4B Sale
Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, 05:03 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
A Reuters report posted late last week indicated OneMain Financial might be sold to a subprime finance company that currently does not operate in the auto space. The report citing anonymous sources said Citigroup is in “advanced talks” to sell ... [Read More]
Metrolina Credit Expands into SC
Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, 05:00 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Metrolina Credit Co., which specializes in subprime auto financing, recently opened its first branch outside of North Carolina. The newest addition to the company’s branch network of four full-service operations is located in Greenville, S.C. The footprint growth also marks ... [Read More]
Industry Asks CFPB to Consider 3 Points of ‘Flawed’ Analysis
Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, 04:19 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Eight dealer, financial services and pro-business organizations delivered another strong message to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to address the bias and error found in the method the CFPB uses to determine whether unintentional disparate impact exists in an indirect ... [Read More]
FICO Enhances Relationships with TransUnion & Experian
Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, 04:17 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On the heels of FICO renewing an agreement with TransUnion, the predictive analytics and decision management software company announced this week that FICO Score 9 is available now at Experian for U.S. credit grantors to use for testing and validation. ... [Read More]
Northwood Senior Receives $1,000 AFIP Scholarship
Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, 04:08 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The Association of Finance & Insurance Professionals (AFIP) announced that Ryan Cole, a senior in the Automotive Marketing and Management program at Northwood University in Midland, Mich., was named the Jakob Murray Lange Memorial Scholarship winner for 2015. Officials indicated ... [Read More]
Experian: Outstanding Balances Hit $886B With Subprime Share Softening
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, 06:49 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Experian Automotive found that the total outstanding balance on open automotive loans hit an all-time high during the fourth quarter, but subprime contracts constituted a smaller part of the figure. That all-time high figure climbed to $886 billion. But according ... [Read More]
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