Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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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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Only 30% of Banks Expect Subprime Delinquency Spike
Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, 05:34 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
The January Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices orchestrated by the Federal Reserve indicated about 29.4 percent of the banks that originate subprime auto loans expect delinquency and charge-off rates to increase this year. Fed officials acknowledged ... [Read More]
Hyundai Capital America Signs Lease for New Office Space
Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, 05:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
This week, Hyundai Capital America signed a lease for 177,000 square feet of working space in Newport Beach, Calif. HCA highlighted the property, which is the west tower located at the corner of Jamboree and MacArthur Boulevards, will serve as ... [Read More]
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A Buyer’s Guide for Independent Dealer, BHPH, and Auto Finance Leaders Reducing Risk, Unlocking Opportunity Independent dealers and finance companies...
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Used Car Turn Vendor Management Checklist
Vehicles touch multiple vendors before they ever hit the lot, and when approvals, communication, and invoices are scattered, delays are...
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Ally Taps Brown to Be Next CEO
Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, 01:14 AM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
During several conference calls in a row, Ally Financial highlighted how much its auto finance business is crucial to the future success of the company, and continuing to foster relationships with dealers is paramount to extending its recent string of ... [Read More]
January’s Subprime Used Sales Climb Nearly 15%
Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, 05:03 PM
Nick Zulovich, Editor
Dealertrack Technologies' Michael Collins told SubPrime Auto Finance News during last month’s Vehicle Finance Conference hosted by the American Financial Services Association that the industry is in “very good shape.” January’s used-vehicle sales performance — especially in the subprime and ... [Read More]
CDK Global to Release Contract Validation Solution to FCA Stores
Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, 04:55 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As part of a trio of company developments, CDK Global announced its Contract Validation solution will be released later this year to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) dealerships in the U.S. During the vehicle buying process, the CDK Contract Validation solution ... [Read More]
EFG Companies Now Offers Mileage-Based VSC
Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, 04:52 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
On Monday, EFG Companies launched what it’s calling MAP My Miles — a mileage-only vehicle service contract that can enable consumers to customize their VSC to their personal driving habits. According to a recent EFG survey, 40 percent of consumers ... [Read More]
Ally Year-End Originations Hit 7-Year High
Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, 05:28 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Despite General Motors enhancing its relationship with GM Financial and Fiat-Chrysler shifting its captive finance company allegiance to Chrysler Capital that’s fueled by Santander Consumer USA, Ally Financial remains confident in its future prospects, sparked in part by the fact ... [Read More]
55% Percent of US Households Live Paycheck to Paycheck
Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, 05:16 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
New analysis by The Pew Charitable Trusts showed again how much that monthly payment is critical to formulating a vehicle installment contract. The report indicated the majority of American households are living paycheck to paycheck because analysts discovered 55 percent ... [Read More]
ABS Filled with Smaller Cars Could Soften in 2015
Friday, Jan. 30, 2015, 05:10 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
Fitch Ratings indicated the shift away from smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles could result in lower wholesale vehicle prices and marginally slow asset performance of auto ABS transactions in 2015. Analysts pointed out that sales of trucks and SUVs reached the ... [Read More]
Midwest Sales & Financing Prospects Look Promising
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, 05:05 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
For dealers and finance companies with business interests in the Midwest, Huntington Bank’s third annual Midwest Economic Index is offering an encouraging forecast for possible deliveries and originations. The index showed 16 percent of consumers in the region definitely will ... [Read More]
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