Your service drive is filled with loyal customers who trust your dealership and are physically in your store, yet most...
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Edmunds on why appeal of used EVs could surge as gas prices keep rising & affordability remains challenging
Wednesday, Mar. 11, 2026, 10:30 AM
PODCAST: Carleton’s Tim Yalich on how critical accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers
Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2026, 10:57 AM
Already the top factor holding back dealership business, potential economic headwinds build
Monday, Mar. 9, 2026, 10:53 AM
Carleton’s Tim Yalich on how critical accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers
Tim Yalich, who now is vice president of business development for Carleton, returned for an appearance on the Auto Remarketing Podcast. Yalich explained how much more crucial accurate payment information is to today’s car shoppers in an environment with some ... Listen Here
Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2026, 02:48 PM
Widewail CEO Cuyler Owens
Cuyler Owens is CEO of Widewail, a reputation and customer experience platform for the auto industry Cuyler joined Widewail as CEO in December, following nearly three years as chief revenue officer of TrustRadius, and time with Dell, Vmware and Dealerware. ... Listen Here
Monday, Mar. 9, 2026, 08:09 PM
Automotive Intelligence Award Honoree: Patrick Manzi of NADA
Our conversations with the 2026 Automotive Intelligence Award winners continue with Patrick Manzi, who is the chief economist at the National Automobile Dealers Association. Manzi , who got his first subscription to Car and Driver in his early teens, talks ... Listen Here
Friday, Mar. 6, 2026, 07:55 PM
CU Direct Connect Tops $1B in Loans in 2014
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]
Westlake Flooring Helps NJ Dealership Consolidate Into 1 Location
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]
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The Dealer’s Guide to Smarter GPS Tracking
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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3 Components of vAuto’s New Subprime Tool
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
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
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
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
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
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
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]
AFSA Adds 6 Members Ahead of Vehicle Finance Conference
Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, 04:32 PM
SubPrime Auto Finance News Staff
As its 19th annual Vehicle Finance Conference & Exposition begins this week in San Francisco, the American Financial Services Association welcomed six new active members, one commercial member and two business partners, several with connections to the auto finance industry. ... [Read More]
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