AI is rapidly reshaping dealership operations, yet most stores are still in early experimentation mode. According to the Cox Automotive...
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Connecting auto finance, risk management & interest rates ahead of Fed’s last policy meeting of year
Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, 10:23 AM
COMMENTARY: A dealer's 2026 strategy guide for F&I in the new age of affordability
Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, 09:55 AM
Growing volume of paper booked in Q3 has terms stretching toward 2033
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, 10:58 AM
Cutting keys & cutting costs during repossessions and recoveries
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
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:42 PM
Four experts on automotive & the economy
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
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, 04:39 PM
Sponsored Episode: Winning Trade-Ins and Trust – Navigating Today’s Affordability Challenges
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
Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, 03:15 PM
GO Financial Finalizes Sale of Additional Interest to Manheim
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, 04:27 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GO Financial executives announced on Wednesday that they completed the sale of an additional equity interest in the subprime auto finance company to Manheim through a deal that was effective at the close of this past year. Last April, the ... [Read More]
Subprime Approvals Could Jump Nearly 13% in 2015
Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015, 04:24 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
CNW Research is upbeat about how much subprime paper is going to flow into finance company portfolios this year. In a special projection report released on Tuesday, CNW is expecting subprime approvals to improve in 2015, but not quite to ... [Read More]
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Best Practices, Ideas, and Tools for Business
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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SAFCo Appoints Former Exeter Exec to Monitor Risk
Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, 05:11 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Southern Auto Finance Co. (SAFCo) hired a former Exeter Finance Corp. executive to be its new senior vice president of risk management and credit policy. Tapped for this role was Karyn Lentz, who was most recently the executive vice president ... [Read More]
NIADA Selects EFG Companies as National F&I Corporate Partner
Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, 05:10 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association and EFG Companies recently created a new strategic partnership to drive greater F&I profit opportunities for independent dealerships nationwide. NIADA tapped EFG as a national corporate partner so association members can leverage the company ... [Read More]
4 Parts of Illinois Tax Law Change to Boost Leasing
Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, 05:07 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
In what the Chicago Automobile Trade Association is calling a rare triple winner — good for consumers, good for business, and good for government — the Windy City’s dealer organization highlighted four components of Illinois’ revamped state tax program associated ... [Read More]
Impact Transaction Prices Might Leave on Financing
Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, 05:05 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Perhaps a factor helping to push outstanding auto loan balances toward the $1 trillion threshold is if the transaction price activity spotted by Kelley Blue Book analysts maintains the current rate. KBB reported on Monday that the estimated average transaction ... [Read More]
GWC Warranty Expands Headquarters
Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, 04:08 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
GWC Warranty, a provider of vehicle service contracts and related finance and insurance products sold through dealers, finalized an expansion of its headquarters before 2014 closed. Officials highlighted GWC’s state-of-the-art facility has been expanded to almost 20,000 square feet. The ... [Read More]
AIADA Chairman: Looking Forward to What’s Ahead in 2015
Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, 04:06 PM
Larry Kull, AIADA
As this past year closed, you couldn’t turn around without seeing another retrospective on 2014. Websites, magazines, news and entertainment programs, and even radio shows get in on the action. They cover everything: The 10 best movies, the 20 best ... [Read More]
NY Regulators Shut Down Condor Capital
Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, 04:02 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Condor Capital is no longer originating and servicing vehicle installment contracts for dealers who cater to subprime customers in New York or more than two dozen other states. Just before the holiday, the New York Department of Financial Services submitted ... [Read More]
CarMax’s Subprime Portfolio Grows to $56.7M
Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, 03:59 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
CarMax Auto Finance still is steadily originating subprime paper through its own test program as company executives continue to monitor the performance of this portfolio segment they launched last year. During the third quarter of its 2015 fiscal year, CarMax ... [Read More]
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